The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1908-01-04
ELY AND 60LDFIELD RAILWAY
Believed Proposed Route Will
Bring Road to Within IS
Miles of Eureka

A broad gauge railroad from Ely tC
Goldfeld is the latest enterprise an
nounced, the preliminaries for the con
struction of which it is claimed by the
promoters are arranged.
Frank @. Armstrong and "Tex'
Richard. two prominent business men
Ct Ely. are now in the field looking ovei
the different possible routes for the pro.
posed railroad, and upon which actuai
construction work will soon be com
menced.
As soon as Msssrs, Armstrong al d
Richard return and decide upon the
quite to be taken. a corps of engineers
will be put in the field aud the perma.
nent survey work pushed as fast as
weather conditions will permit.
1t is stated that the new line will be
commenced at some point near the
present terminus of the Nevada North.
ern Railroad in Robinson district, about
eight miles west of Ely.
The Ely Mining Record says that
while the route to be selected is as YET
unknown, it is said by those who are
familiar with the topography of the
country that a good grade can be Sc
cured by following up Illipah creek
some distance above Moorman's ranch,
and then swinging to the north around
the mountain to Hamilton, on to
the Six Mile House, and from thence
southwest to Morey, Hot Greek. Tono-
pah and Goldfield.
The Six Mile House referred to above
Is about So miles from here. That be.
ing the case Eureka would be only that
short distance off the proposed new line.
The SENTINEL believes it is voicinR
the sentiment of the principal mining
company of Eureka district. as we'll as
the smaller mining companies, indi.
vidual mine owners, and the business
people generally. when it says they
would gladly encourage the building OF
a broad gauge branch line to the Six Mile
House or a nearer point to n Eu.
reka with the proposed new road. The
promoters of the main line would no
doubt aid aud assist in the building OF
such a broad guage branch when they
are informed of the tremendous ton.
mage of fuxing ores that can be ob.
tanned in this district. This fact alone
would be a great incentive toward con
Meeting this section with the new road
That the branch that would be run
from Eureka to connect with the pro.
posed new line should be a broad.guage
is necessary for more than one reason i.
First, it would obviate the necessity OF
transferring freight from one road to
the other, as is now the case of all
freight shipped from Eureka to Palisade
by rail the destination of which is either
east or west of the latter place; and
second. the capacity of the ears on q
broad.guage road is vastly greater thar
it is Of those on a narrow guage.
The $40. 900. 900 smelter now being
constructed at McGill, about IS miles
from Ely. will need the kind of ores
this district eau furnish in nearly un.
limited quantities. Besides, the build
ing OF a branch line from Eureka would
put new life into the camp and hun
dreds of men would soon be at work in
the district extracting low grade ores,
thus establishing an almost permanent
feeder for the new road. Aside from
the possibility of then enabling owners
of low grade mines working them at q
profit, it is more than probable that in
doing so properties hat are at present
only partially developed would en-.
counter large bodies of high grade ores.
The Mining Record also says: 1.-The
leading spirit of this great enterprise is
W. B. Thompson. Manager of Hayden,
Stone & Co.. of New York City. Mr..
Thompson is already largely intereste .
in this section of the State. he and his
associates having invested many mil
lions of dollars in the Robinson district
in various enterprises. Mr.. Thompson
is a man of pronounced energy and
business capacity, and he has the ability
to raise money in unlimited amounts,
even during such trying times as
these"