The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1908-01-04
ELY AND G0LDFIELD RAIL WAY
Believed Proposed Route Will
Bring Road to Within IS
Miles of Eureka

A broad gauge railroad from Ely 10
Goldfield is the latest enterprise an.
nounced, the preliminaries for the con.
struction of which it is claimed by the
promoters are arranged.
Frank O. Armstrong and "Tex"
Richard, two prominent business men
CT Ely. are now in the field looking over
the different possible routes for the pro.
posed railroad, and upon which actual
construction work will soon be COM
menced.
AS soon as Messrs, Armstrong al d
Richard return and decide upon the
coute to be taken. a corps of engineers
J will be put in the field and 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 Goldfeld.
The Six Mile House referred to above
is about 35 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 %voicine
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 connect Eu.
reka with the proposed new road. The.
promoters of the main line would no
doubt aid and 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 Oh.
tanned in this district. This fact alone
would bs 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.
First, it would obviate the necessity OF
transferring freight from one road to
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 cars IN q
b~road.guage road is vastly greater thar
it is of those on a narrow guage.
The $40, 00O, 900 smelter now being
COloVl uCIcu dO MCblll, tDUub 10 "lles
from Ely, will need the kind of ores
this district can 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 that are at present
only partially developed would en-
counter large bodies of high grade ores.
The Mining Record also says: "The
leading spirit of this great enterprise is
W. B. Thompson, Manager of Hayden.
Stone s. Co., of New York City. Mr..
Thompson is already largely interested
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
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