The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-04-16
UNITED MINES TO
BUILD RAILROAD
Believed United States Com
pany Has Made Favorable
Bid Fluxing Ore.

That the United States Smelling com
pany win draw upon the properties of
the United Mines company, at Ward,
New, for fluxing ores to supply the
need caused by the abandonment OF the
Eureka & Palisade railroad, FORCING II
TO close its own mine at Eureka, Is sur
missed from the sudden activity or the
United Mines company In preparing TO
build railroad from Ward 10 Ely
The United Mines companyS proper
ties al Ward are said by experts VINO
have examined them. to contain bodies
of lOW-grade lead ore which rank
among the largest IN the United States
The company about four years age TOOK
over several old mines in the district
which IN early days had been worked
as high-grade silver producers. IL mas
since been developing them upon
broad scale, with results out OF the
ordinary 1t was announced at the
company's annual meeting, held last
January, that the mines were IN form
tor large production and that the great
need was a line Of railroad from ward
TO Ely, about IA miles.
No action toward constructing the
railroad was taken so far as this public
knows, however, until within the last
few days, or closely following the an
nOuncement Of President M. L. hequa,
OF the Eureka & Palisade Railroad com
pany, that his line would probably be
hot rebuilt.
Examined by Local Experts.
The United Mines oompany's proper
ties were examined last winter by G. 70.
Allen and J. FewsOn Smith. local ex-
perts of the United States company.
The impression prevailed at that time
that the United States people were
negotiating to purchase the properties
but If they were the deal fell through.
The examination, at any rate, served
TO inform the company of an important
source of supply of fluxing ore, and IL is
likely that the information is now being
taken advantage of.
Concerning the preparations OF the
Omitted Mines company tc construct 6
railroad, the Ely ExpositOr says:
The preliminary survey for a rail-
road from the properties of the Nevada
United Mines company at Ward to con-
rect with the Nevada Northern railroad
was completed yesterday by r. e. Cow
den, a civil engineer Ia the employ of
that corporation.
When the different levels for the new
road have been ascertained Mr.. Cow
den will submit to the directors OF the
company at Denver an estimate OF the
actual cost of constructing the road.
According to present lines, the road
will be fourteen miles long, and an
average grade Of one per cent mss
been obtaind for practically the en-
tire distance. The worst stretch or
road will have a three per cent grade
for half a mile.
Plsns for the building Of standard
gauge road from Ward 10 Ely have
been under way for more than year.
and construction work Will be started
as soon as the report of the company
engineer has been accepted by the dlZ
rectors. Through the construction OF
the road the Nevada United will effect
a saving of So on each ton of ore that
Is shfpDed to the salt Lake shelters.
The company at Ward will be In a
position to ship 500 tons OF ore daily
as soon as the railroad Is In opera
ton.