Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-20
NEVADA RAILROAD LINES.
Nine Building or Projected Result of
Gold Discoveries
Special Correspondence Of The Star.
COL .DEIElI n AYo.. A.-I -


special Correspondence Of The Star
GOLDFIDLD. New, August 10. 1909.
A gentleman high in the solid mining a..
fairs Of this state as well as in its noI,tic.
told me today that he believed that In tue
years Nevada would be constructing more
railroads than any other state in the Union.
Inese articles have already told of three
raiiroads already building, viz the Tono-
pah and Goldfeld railroad extension tn
Bullfrog. the Salt Lake CLARK road). which
II to spur IN from Las Vegas. and the
Borax-Smith railroad. which is now build
ing from Ludlow on the Santa Fe Now
surveys have begun for a road across the
Mason and Smith Valleys Lyon and Doug
lass counties. to connect the various towns
and mining districts in tha. vicinity witt,
the the, main Inc Of the Southern Pacifc .sys-
The road will probably: run southeriv
from some favorable point between Church.
nh and Wabuska through the valley. mem
the towns of Belleview ana BucksIin, the
Ludwig mine. Kinds Hot Springs. Wei
lfngton, Bodies the Walker river, Indian
port says that anew corporation Of east
ern capitalists has agreed to finance the
project, but It is probable that the South
ern Pacific Is interested. since the new
road VIII depend so largely on that system
for profitable business relations George
D. James Of Buckskin, civil and mining
engineer and United States deputy mineral
surveyor has been employed to make the
surveys and establish the grade line
Another road from Wadsworth to ding
house is projected. This road must cross
reservation as well. United States Senator
Nixon has recently returned from WASH
ington. where he and associates secured
the government rights to cross the Indian
reservation. The hackers Of this latest
road are described as New York Capitalists.
Perhaps D. o. Mills could explain much
capital. since his new road ran its first
train from Carson to Minden on August g.
Still another. described as a Gould
road" is said to be assured. This line is
known as the Western Pacific. 1t will be
eighty-f1ve miles longer from Salt Lake to
San Francisco than the Southern Pacific.
but it Is promised that the avoidance Of
heavy grades will make it shorter in time.
From Cobre to Ely. Nevis another line
which will be the property of the American
Smelling and Refining Company. which
Ely. The projectors promise that an ex-
tension to Tonopah will be pushed. This
latter venture places Goldfelds silicious
Hems in their es at
Ely, within easy reach.
A Southern Pacific feeder" from Hazen
to Fallon has been surveyed and the ma
terial for construction ordered.
Surveys are being conducted between
Boise City. Idaho. to Winnemucca, New.
for a standard gauge road between those
it's wealth and prospects see no logical ter
minal at Winnemucca, and 1t Is confidently
predicted that this road Is intended to ter
inmate at the Pacific coast.
Here in Goldfield news Is fast and fire.
quent of great undertakings in mining and
efforts to cheaper 1t to a point beyond the
excessive freight rates by building mills
and smelters. prominent operator said
to me today: Don't send your paper
lot Of figures that will make eastern stock
holders too impatient for dividends. we
don't propose to pay any DIVIDENDS unit!
our company has accumulated mill fund
Of $2OO. 900 We will pay freight on gold
and not on ore after that has been accom-
plished." This policy Is probably the pest
one. after all Is said and considered Stii.
with the cooler weather Of September, work
will be crowded to completion on the rail-
roads approaching from the south, and
competition for the ore tonnage will be
established, the results being much lower
tariff than that which, now obtains
d. Mackenzie & Co. are sponsors Ior
some very optimistic utterances on the
proven mines: Their. own leases on the
are shipping four cars daily, and they con-
tinue to work bodies of ore that seem des-
tined to outlast their leases me new
shaft on the No. lease Is being crowded
predicted there. Among the non productive
mines Mackenzie's Goidfeld Madonna Is
looked upon as q conner. The values d1s-
closed by the work to date are inconsioer-
able but it's location Is excellent
The stock exchange in Goldheld is "a
lively trading center for the summer sea.
SON Stocks have been strong for severai
weeks the improved t ssasions are rn being
held, and the noise makes one think OF the
Broad street New York; curb.
If prices go to one-half the predicted ng s.
ures the holders of Nevada SHARES VIII net
some very handsome profits.
c...-.a M. No% S%ansland