The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-03-26
MARVEL RAILROAD.

lne south western part OF the country is
receiving some attention from tie railroad
+ people, va win put Oh traction engine
and tr- wagons to determine if the
traffic will Justify a railroad from Marvel
up into the mining country. II this proves
to be the case railroad viii be built at
once. We have received a pamphlet from
the California Eastern transportation Com
pany which We print below.
! Dear Sir:
You are personally familiar with the be-
lief in the existanoe Of mineral in the country
north Of Marvel. California, Of sufficient
value and quantity to furnish paying traffic
for railroad.
From the high cost of wagon transports.
tion it has never been actually shown that
this traffic could be furnished.
From the doubt thereon capital could not
be induced to embark in the railroad, and it
therefore never got beyond the margin Of
the mining country.
The ownership of the railroad has
changed, and the redemption period viii ex-
! pire in the month Of April next. Before
that time the present company must be able
to set Oh doubts at rest relative to the
country being able to supply volume Of
traffic that will justify the much desired ex.
! tension. They have been advised by many
mine owners that the building fo the road
would be the signal for an immediate pro.
| duction AMI shipment Of ore and they have
determined to test the matter fully and i'm.
mediately by the introduction Of traction
engine and train Of wagons. While this
will not haul the ore quite so oheaply as a
railroad, IL can do il cheap enough Of at all
to get the ores out at good profit to the
mine owners Therefore they are satisfied
| that il the mine owners can support a rail-
road with their traffic, and want enc built.
they will welcome an opportunity to prove
it with the wagons.
The California Eastern Transportation
Company has therefore been organized for the
purpose Of operating between Marvel, by
way OF Dry Lake and Mesquite Valley, to a
point about opposite to Good Springs. This
company is now pcparad 30 contract for the
transportation Of ores from any point On the
line Of It's route to Marvel, at rates which
can be obtained personally of the Secretary
at Marvel, or On the road, The
company will a9l undertake at present to
leave the valley to receive ores at the mines
themselves, unless it should appear that the
cost Of ordinary wagon transportation from
the mines to the line of the traction engine
should be so high az to operate against the
success Of the main enterprise. In that
event ofcourse this Company would beohliged
to deviate from the straight route now pro-
posed, and get nearer 60 individual mines,
| il possible. But they recognize the fact
that this can ouly be done in few cases at
I best, and that as there are responsible and
reliable freghtors now in that section, and
well known to the mine owners, aud as this
company wishes to drive no one ont Of
business, but do everything possible ior
many to be prodtably employed, they viii
run their trains beyond their established
line only in case the business should demand
it.
The Company, however invites CORES,
pondanca and suggestions from any mine
owner ra tive to the opening of new lines
into othe Districts, or extending the main
one, 1t will be prepared to extend the
system indefinitely, on suitable showing
and agreement to supply traffic, rates fol
which can always be fixed with the Secretary,
The Company confidently relies on you t.
whom this letter is addressed, giving it your
immediate cooperation, by preparing tc
produce mineral and contracting with this
company to ship it. by so doing you car
prove the value Of your mines, you can de-
rive revenue from them, aud you can make
a market for their sale A Colorado mine
owner lately said Of a mine in this neighbor
hood, that he could buy it for ten thousand
dollars, while if it was near Cripple Creek, Il
would be worth two hundred thousand
The way TO make these mines as valuable a,
they would be in any other section of tn,
Rocky Mountain country, is to get a rail
road in, and that must be done by first get
ting ore out. II you meet us half way now
the country will be opened and your proper
ties made Valuable.
The CALIFORNIA EASTERN
TRANSPORTATION Co.