Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1907-08-31
NEIL M'LEAN ON
The UBEHEBE
GREAT RAILROAD BUILDER HAS
HIGH OPINION OF THE
DISTRICT.

to which he returned early yesterday
morning with John Salsberry, Rich
ard Davis of the Davis-Lothrop Co,
and Fred McGinnis.
Mr.. Mclean is the man who built
all the railroads in the country from
Sodayille to Bullfrog. He made the
trip to the southern copper district
90 determine upon the feasibility Of
building the road, and in fact, of
making a bid on the work of its
construction. He has named his
price and will begin the work as soon
as Mr.. Salsberry hears from the East
as to the sale of the bonds.
1.-THE road can be built for exact
~ the same cost per mile as the
Brock was built from Tonopah to
Bullfrog," said Mr.. Mclean, last
night. There are no more difficult
ties TO be encountered, and the road
from Ubehebe can be built in four
months. And with a line in there
I want to have all I've got in those
mines. 1 have been over that
try before, but l never before saw
what I did on this trip. | knew that
the district was heavily m%ineralized,
but I did not imagine that there was
such a vast deposit of copper.
There is no guesswork about the
pre- being there, for it is visible to
the naked eye. | brought back a
piece of the rock, of which there is
not less than four feet in width of
she same kind, and it will go above
seventy-five per cent. Four feet is
by no means the width of the ledge;
fifty feet would be nearer the mark,
and then some. The Ubehebe coun-
try has lain idle so long because,
heretofore, it was impossible to get
anything out Of the country. Since
the Brock and Clark roads have been
put through there, of course there is
a different story to tell.
IN know enough about lodges and
values to know that it would pay to
ship at the present time from the
mines, but of what use is that when
a railroad can be put in there in four
months? 1t would be too much of a
sacrifice. A railroad will open up /
wonderful country in that district.
Cor there are many mines in the pro-
e S of development that would be
opened up and make the road a mag
nifcent dividend payer,
"A. A. Bass has a big lead mine
within twelve or fourteen miles OF
Ubehebe, and there is a Slovenian
who has another lead property about
the same distance away. Then there
is the Lost Burro gold mine within
three or four miles, and Ulida cop
per mine about six miles from Upe
hebe. There are also two companies
operating on Tin mountain, which is
six miles away, and which will be on
the line of the railroad. There is
plenty Of water and timber on Tin
mountain. Besides these properties
chere is a great salt bed, the salt of
which is ninety-eight per cent pure.
The formation of Ubehebe is lime
and granite, with an iron Gaping.
They have all the essentials in the
country for a smelter. and there is no
silica in the ore. | have submitted
a proposition to Mr., Salsberry for
building the road, and have ninety
head of mules and all my outfit at
Bonnie Claire, ready to start at short
notice.
Mr.. Davis, who was of the party,
brought back with him some samples
from Ubehebe. These he had assay
ed and the return he got was
b1ZS40. The copper alone went $50
per cent, the value being ~$157.SO.
n had heard a good deal of Ube-
aebe," said Mr.. Davis, "and while
did not doubt the stories that were
coming from there, | was anxious to
see for myself. Well, | must say
that I am thoroughly satisfied. The
country far exceeds anything that |
bad imagined. am not a copper ex-
pert, far FROM it, but ] know a ledge
when | see one and | know ore when
1 see 1t.
THE stuff that | brought in, |.
sooR out myself, and there is lots of
Dre IKE that which / had assayed.
There are three or four feet of the
rich stuff right in sight. That there
Is. a big mine there anyone can tell
TAey have a great big cropping at
she summit, and they have cut the
edge again below. Here the vein
can be seen for fifty feet. The hang
ing wal1 is in lime. and while the
footwalf seems to be at hand at the
dfty-foot width, you can see ore be-
yond that still. There Is a whole lot
chat I do not know about copper, 1.
viii confess, but one doesn't have to
know much about the ore to learn
che secrets of Ubehebe, for they are
rharn In nIofn pfour 10 auaryhAIy