Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-01-03
Rig EXTENSION
IS NOW RUMORED
Nevada Northern Said to be
Considering Entrance
Into Goldfield.
A MILLION DOLLARS READY
.ro,v Richard Says Project is n Go
And Not newspaper
Talk" Merely.

nhe visit of Frank G. Armstrong, of
rlv for the purpose of looking into
,he advisability of the extension of
,,s Nevada Northern railway to Gold
r,,s has excited a great deal of COM
.,ort among mining and business men
of the district says the Goldiield Tri-
,,,ne MIR. Armstrong, who is connect
a with the Cumberland Ely, Ely
,,,lnes Steptoe Smelling and the Me-
,oda Northern Railway company, was
,.orv favorably impressed with tbs
,howirg of the mines of Goldfield, and
10 intimate friends declared that the
rad would be built, and that work
r,or,d have been started before now
orlv for the financial stringency. He
came to Goldheld by the way OF Ham
uton. Duckworth and Typo, and made
n careful Inspection of this route
which is believed TO be the one selected.
/, better grade is said to have been
,ecured along this line than by any Of
tbe others, According TO the prelim-
mary surveys the distance to Goldfield
will be $50 miles, and 1t is estimated
that the cost of construction will be
not more thon $4,000 a mile.
THREE SURVEYS RUN.
over a year ago three surveys were
made from here and fair grade was
secured Another was made under sug-
gestlons of TEX" Richard, and it was
found by the reports Of engineers that
the survey of last summer was the
most feasible. 1t was over this route
that Mr.. Armstrong rode in an auto.
mobile The terminus of the road will
be In Goldfield. but spurs Will be ex-
tended to Tonopah, and probably TO
Montezuma and Silver Peak. and other
points in this section. 1t will all de-
pend on the showing for big tonnage
Of ore that will be required TO supply
the big smelter at Ely. luxing ore is
needed. and the smelter company, as
well as the railway company. will de-
pend on their own railway line to fur
Iish it.,
READY TO BEGIN WORK.
G, l.. Richard. better known as TEX
Rickard. who accompanied Mr.. Alex
ander in the automobile ride from Ely,
and at whose suggestion the surveys
were made into this section by the
Nevada Northern. will remain in camp
for some time looking after his affairs.
He Is as enthusiastic a booster for
Goldfield and southwestern Nevada as
ever, and when seen yesterday in re-
gard TO the construction of the road
from Ely to Goldfield, said:
''The people here do not seem to
realize what II means to the camp.
Judging by the apathetic way they are
taking the matter. Many OF them seem
to think it is newspaper talk, and evil
IDENTIFY Will not be convinced that the
new road Is a reality, until they see
the cars.
FUNDS IN READINESS.
a know what ! am talking about
when ! say that actual construction
will be started in a very short time.
The preliminary survey has been made
and the route selected, and Goldfield
will be the terminus. The company
has ample funds to go right ahead
with the construction, as II is backed
by the Guggenheims, which means the
smelter trust. 1t has already been
financed. and the work OF the perman-
ent survey is under way. There are
no heavy grades. and rails and ties
have already been contracted for. Both
steel and ties are cheaper now than
they have been for years, on account
Of the general suspension of work by
the big railway companies. The smell
ter at Ely. which Is the largest. In the
world, Is nearing completion. 1t will
start out with a capacity of 10000 tons
day and In q short time, the capacity
can be increased TO $4,000 tons. Tho
ores Of this section are needed for
nuxing the copper ores OF Ely. and low