The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1902-02-14
THE TONOPAH RAILROAD.
,vt.osion of the Nevada Central Will Be Made
Within Three Months.

Within Three Months.
A late issue of the New York Herald
has the following in regard to the ex
.arsion of the Nevada Central railroad
from Austin to Tonopah
Through the sale Of the Nevada rail-
road by Anson Phelps Stokes to new
company, incorporated in New Jersey
veterday, with a capital of $1,750,000,
there has been launched railroad
soheme that will enlist the interest of
II come of this country's most prominent
/ enanciers, and result in the opening of
mining district believed to be fabu
n ously rich in ore One hundred twelve
miles of railroad are to be built in
three months time by the projectors of
the plan.
The Stokes family have for several
years owned mining properties in CEN
trial Nevada, which have never been
fully developed. largely because of in
adquate transportation facilities. They
are now said to comprise 300 pros
pective mines, and Mr.. Stokes has de-
termined to bring their gold and sill
YER to the market. He is president of
the Nevada Central Railroad Company,
Of which j. II. McCulloch is secretary,
and for years It's ninety miles Of sin
gle track, running from Battle Noun
tain, New, on the line of the Southern
Pacific, south to Austin, New, has
been the carrier of small traffic.
Through the Nevada Midland Rail-
road Company. incorporated yesterday,
the line will be extended south liz miles
| from Austin to Tonopah, New, where
the Tonopah Company of Philadelphia
owns a gold and silver mine, whose ore
ia believed by experts to be direct
continuation of the Comstock lode al
Virginia city. Engineers will start
within ten days on the work of sur
veying, and cars are expected to be
CARRYING ore from Tonopah to Battle
| Mountain by June 18th. AS the grade
Is easy it will take only about three
months to build the road.
Mr.. Stokes mining property does not
! reach Tonopah. 1t is scattered between
that settlement and Austin, along the
fne of the projected extension. He will
Nm an interest in the Nevada Midland,
shich has an option on the stock OF
the Nevada Central, and will profit not
only by the chance to open up his min
ing property. but by the increased
4 traffic carried over the road. The ac-
tual work Of building the extension
will be performed by a construction
company, soon to be Incorporated, and
| composed of prominent railroad men
and miners. 1t already has franchise
and charter.
Simon Bamberger. president of the
Salt Lake and Ogden railroad, is pres
dent of the new Nevada Midland, and
its vice-president is j. f. Hulshizer,
president of the New Jersey Title Guar
antee and Truct Company Manuel
Hirsch of this city is the treasurer
by this extension" said Mr.. Hirsch
yesterday, the route from Tonopah to
Salt Lake City, the great smelling CEN
ter will be shortened 200 miles. AT
present the ore from the Tonopah mine,
whose volume has been choking up the
smelter at Everett, Wash. and the
Selby smelter at San Francisco. has to
be hauled across the country to Soda
vile for shipment over the Carson a
VI Colorado railroad, built by ID. O. Mills
More than $4,000 tons of ore, running in
value from $50 to 500 a ton. is now
On the Tonopah dumps, waiting for a
railroad The largest team. consisting
Of twenty, horses. can only haul fifteen
4 ons.'
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