Wadsworth semi-weekly dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1899-11-17
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title of the Nevada Power and Trans
portation Company to use a power site
about l8 miles west of Wadsworth.
Several necessary steps preliminary in
their nature to the promotion of the
enterprise have been taken. More
will follow a as the difficulties incident
to such affairs are removed and fair
promise is assuren Of a certain If not
realization of the object in hand.
AS regards the merits of the pro-
position to establish a power plant on
the Truckee at any of the points
named, there is no dispute. AS an
earnest advocate Of the measure all
we could ask of any interested person
would be a thorough investigation Of
eaerything concerned. Choice may
be had Of a number Of sites. The site
chosen by the Nevada Power and
Transportation Company offers many
advantages. but there are other sites
just as good. There is not any
question of the needed volume of
water, or of the fall, or of the COM
parative cheapness Of cost Of con-
struction of ditch, flume or pipe. of
stone for building purpose, non-inter-
ference with prior rights, nor any Of
the conditions offering opposition and
so frequently encountered in schemes
Of this kind. q The scope need be
bounded only by the requirements or the
demand for the product Of the power
plant is alone the question for the
capitalist or the subscriber to stock.
At this time 1t might be hard for the
newspaper man to show up the de-
mand. There are a number of
sources from which 1t might flow.
For irrigation purposes would be one
highly profitable. For manufacturing
purposes is an encouraging possibility
For mining purposes we look for the
best revenue. es
Start from almost any point on the
Truckee between Wordsworth and
Reno within a radius Of fifty miles.
The body of ore being blocked out
In the mines of Arabia district by the
Reno reduction works people will keep
that works running for a number Of
years. The management Of the Reno
reduction works will not handle or treat
custom ore now and as a matter Of
fact cannot say when, If ever, with
present capacity, they can do SO. They
receive so many letters asking them
to treat custom ore that they use a
printed form to reply that they are not
treating custom ore. This is the best
of evidence that the Reno reduction
works has all It can do to treat ore
from the mines Of that company, and
II custom ores are to be treated the
Reno reduction works must be en-
larged and its capacity increased, or
the demands OF those offering custom
ore must be supplied from some other
source, In either Isl 1t is a stirring
appeal for more cheap power. This
evidence cannot be shaken. it is sup
ported BY facts.
Why is not more ore from Peavine
extracted and treated Because It
takes too much money to ship It three
hundred miles and not because there
is no ore there. We have personally
examined some of these properties.
we know that pay ore ever has been
shipped, we feel that a good business
could be done there II the ore could
be treated on the Truckee.
There Is every reason to believe
the mines at Pyramid will soon require
power for mining ami milling. The
reports are favorable. Capital has
taken hold there and the showing Is
good. Cheap power will be wanted.
Cheap power will be the salvation Of