The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1902-07-12
Two Routes to Tonopah Now
Being Considered.
If Tonopah's Refractory Ores Are
Smelted in Nevada
The Eureka & Palisade Will Be
Extended From Eureka.

Inc following from d San francisco
Bulletin Of July 8 shows that a railroad
will be built to Tonopah, and it is almost
certain that the road built will be an ex'
tension Of the Eureka & Palisade Railway
to that point. Why? Because the Tono'
pah ore is difficult to reduce, and if it ID
to be reduced in Nevada the low-grade
| ores OF the Eureka mines are absolutely
necessary for fuxing purposes. 1t can.
not be done without them. To ship the
ore to Palisade, thence to Reno and
thence to Tonopah would be a useless ex-
pense and involve considerable delay. II
Eureka ore is to be utilized for fiuxing,
two tons at least will be required for one
of Tonopah ore; hence whether the
smelling works be located at Tonopah,
Hot Greek or Eureka, the extension oil
the Eureka & Palisade Railway to Tono-
pah will be an absolute necessity. With
the railroad company it Is not a matter
Of sentiment but business, and the bust
ness interests Of the company, as far as
Tonopah ore is concerned, lie in the ex-
tension of the Eureka & Palisade Railway
to the Tonopah mines. This is not ''hot
air." 1t is an absolute fact which the
inevitable logic OF events will demonstrate
to be true.
HOW THE BULLETIN VIEWS THE SITUATION.
THAT the Southern Pacific will build a
road into the Tonopah country is now assured,
but just which way it will go in is a matter
which is keeping many a mining man guessing.
Some time ago the big railroad sent r. G.
Scrutten, the mining engineer, into Tonopah
to see what the camp really promised, and
after his investigations it was semi-oficially
announced that if the Mizpah ledge, the CEN
ter of Tonopah's wealth, held out for 400
feet, the Southern Pacific would build. The
400 foot limit has been passed, and still the
| richness of the district holds.
Quietly enough, the railroad has conducted
preliminary surveys from Tonopah to the two
roads which it controls. A glance at the map
would lead one to suppose that an outlet
would be sought by way of Candelaria, on the
Carson & Colorado line, inasmuch as that
point is but sixty-6ve miles distance from
Tonopah and no special engineering difficult
ties are presented on the route, but there is
every reason for believing that the line may
first be built in by way Of Eureka. The Eu-
reka & Pahsade line, which is controlled by
the Southern Pacific, now runs south from
Palisade, on the Central Pacific. to Eureka
New. This latter point is nearly a hundred
miles from Tonopah, but the value of such a
route lies in the fact that it passes through a
country rich in low-grade ores, which would
serve as excellent fiuxes for the high grade but
extremely refractory ores produced at Tono-
pah.
Meanwhile local officials of the Southern
Pacific have nothing to say in the matter be-
yond expressing the belief that Tonopah will
be reached before long. The interview be-
tween Mr.. Kruttschnitt and Vice-President
Miller Of the Tonopah Company assured this
some time ago, but the choice of routes is still
| undecided"