The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-04-19
spaniards the Pioneers.


Spaniards the Pioneers.
Although the Spaniards first forced /
their way into this region and gained
glimpse Of its possibilities, their advent
resulted in practically no good. The
desOlatiOu and the hardships were ap-
parently too much for them, and they
retreated to more congenial localities.
This was centuries ago. Now for the
first time sOuthdAn Nevada is on the
verge Of emerging from its chrysalis
state and showing the world what 1t
can amount TO, for a railroad is driv-
ing away the terrOrs Of the desert Elk
perience has shown that water can be
had by digging or drilling. while science
has taught the farmer to store the
floods of spring to raise the crops of
summer and fall. With the railroad to
aid the ranchman and TO supply his de-
ficiencies, the miner is in a position 20
tear up the ground as Ii never been torn
up before IN all this region, and 40 one
who knows anything about the country
doubts that vast streams Of precious
metals viii soon be pouring out Of
southern Nevada.
The country has scarcely been
scratched, and yet already mines have
been opened up whic hpromise a large
tonnage mostly Of silver and lead
as soon as a railroad comes within a
reasonable distance. A few years ago
Professor Walter p. Jenney, the en-
inent mining engineer, was sent
through this region to estimate the ore
tonnage which could be counted upon
if a railroad were built along substan-
TALLY the route adopted by the San
Pedro. In his report he estimated that
L IL dur ara an III HHH
sight to warrant shipments Of $50 tons
daily at once, while with development
/ the possibilities were inestimable. HIS
/ figures did not include the great camp
of De Lamar, which has since been
opened up. nor of TonOpah, which is
within striking distance of the new
| road.
Tonnage in Sight Now.
| Professor Jenney made the following
/ estimate on the daily tonnage Of camps
/ Immediately tributary to the proposed
road.
/ Yellow Pine. Potosi and Good Springs..I5
| Irish mountain OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES :
! Tim Pah Ute .........--...-..'..'.'' ...'.-.' 4
Bristol --ss.srsFtrr rfrFF D
/ Resting Springs ....--.---..---.-.---- .
/ lVaDah o.. ................. j
| These figures are based on ore IN sight
] Careful examination of the districts mem
I toned. and others. convinced him that
/ the output would be wonderfully IN
/ creased with prospecting and So stemaIlc
| development, something possible only
| with the aid Of q railroad.
/ Ernest LeNeve Foster, a Colorado min
ing engineer who travelled 200 miles ana
/ visited twenty mining districts, inVestl-
| eating traffic possibilities, figured Jne
monthly tonnage at 1,5iS tons NJ ne tsarJ.
instead Of 4 500. as estimated by professor
Jeuney. The principal difference OF opln-
ion is as 70 Phoebe and vicinity. Mr., tQs-
I ter estimated the tonnage OF the FlOehe
and Jack Rabbit districts az 20 tons a
] month Professor Jenney placed II az
/ sizty-five tons daily, or $50 tons montn-
IN. A general survey of the camp con
/ Vinced him that there was not less than
200 tons of shipping ore on the dump ana
$500 blocked out in the mines.
New York Mans Estimate.
! George w. Maynard, a New York min
ing engineer, who spent several weeks
in 1890 measuring up the ore bodies IN
! Phoebe and neighbOring mines, estimated
a production of 100 tons a DAY from me
RAYMOND & Ely alone If II should be
bumped out and worked according 70 us
possibilities He found $500 tons OF ore
in the Day mine in the Jack Rabbit as