Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1906-06-02
NEVADA LEADS IN
RAILROAD WORK
TOnOpah Strictly In It---SituatiOn
Has No Parallel

Never in the history of railroading il
the west has there been such activit,
as at the present with several trans
continental lines in course of construc
ton and many more talked of. But il
all the construction the state of Nevad;
takes the lead, and with her wonderful
mineral development has followed sucl
a resumption of railroad building tha
the money expended for the latter il
proving of almost equal benefit as tn,
mineral being taken from a hundre,
mines.
j. Ross Clark, president of the La
Vegas and Tonopah Railroad company
before leaving for Butte on the 29tl
ult. made the announcement to an AS
sociated Press representative that he
had received instructions from his
brother, Senator w. A. Clark, to pro.
ceed at once with the final surveys and
construction of the Las Vegas and
Ionopah road from Bullfrog to Gold
field and Tonopah. Mr.. Clark said that
these instructions would be carried out
to the letter and that the SURVEYS would
be extended at once from Bullfrog to
Goldfield and Tonopah and that this
would be followed up by the grading
and actual construction of the road as
soon as material for that purpose could
be assembled. He said that the work
OF surveys and location and procuring
of material would be carried forward
while the road was being completed to
Beatty and Rhyolite so that there would
be no delay on this account.
The determination to extend the Build
frog line to Tonopah and so tap practi-
cally all of the big new Nevada camps
is due in part to assurances from many
of the mine operators in the territory
to be reached that they do everything
in their power to insure its prosperity.
They have let it be known that they
want the line badly and want to insure
the same liberal arrangements as to
terminals and other facilities in Gold
field and Tonopah that were given in
Beatty and Rhyolite.
What the construction of the new
Clark road viii mean to the mining dis
tricts may be understood by COMPARE
son of the distance between Salt Lake
and Tonopah and Goldfeld over the two
routes. From Salt Lake to Tonopah
via Las Vegas is 669 miles; by the
northern route it is 65 miles further.
The southern line has few heavy grades
and for the greater part of the way Of
fers gravity haul on ores and mine
products as against the heavy construc-
tion and expensive operation over the
stiff grades of the northerly line.
From Salt Lake to Bullfrog the Salt
Lake line is only 548 miles, nearly 200
miles shorter than any possible line
that could be built in connection with
the northern route. When the Clark
line is in operation it will reduce the
time between Salt Lake and the Nevada
camps by hours and obviate the Difficult
ties attending connections the other
way.
Altogether the outlook for the new
through road is most promising and
It's completion will mean much to Salt
Lake in the way of new business. Tab
Hated, the distances on the new route
will be: Salt Lake to Las Vegas. 444
niles; Las Vegas to Rhyolite, 124
niles; Rhyolite to Goldfeld, "a miles;
Ioldfield to Tonopah, 27 miles. Pre-
iminary surveys between the Bullfrog
amps and Tonopah have already been
made and following Senator Clark's
directions to President j. Ross Clark.
he engineers will take the field imme- |
lately to make the final SURVEYS and
ocation.
The preliminary surveys on the ex-
,ension developed no great difficulties in
he way of grades or construction OBJ
itacles; and although it will take some
ime to assemble material for the work
10 unusual delay in getting down to
Ictual construction is anticipated.