White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1912-05-12

route. The inspecting party Is to in
ciude the governor, state highway
commission and chairman of the
Commercial clubs good road s
committee, and others interested in
the project.
1t is conceded that the Ely route
Is the shorter or any that can be
laid out to advantage, and Secre-
tary Hoag of the Ely Commercial
club, has for some time been in
communication with the Salt Lake
Commercial club, to bring about a
personal inspection of the route
by Utah officials. 1t is thought that
If the Utah state board of high
way commissioners is willing to CO.
operate in the Improvement of the
Ely route, that either the state of
Nevada or White Pine county would
stand a share in making the route
this way a sure thing.
The number of automobile tour
lists is constantly ON the increase, and
the coming summer will see more
than ever journeying across country
by this popular and pleasant method
of transportation. 1t all means
business to the town, city or COM
munity that offers inducements, and
both the route proposed and Ely
offer inducements of an unusual ma
ture. To say nothing of the scenic
beauties which to many is a strong
attraction, the average tourist can
find much in the Ely district to
warrant a stop of a few days at
least, In an inspection of the great
copper mining and manufacturing
interests in Ely and at McGill
1t is expected that Governor
Spry and party will make the trip
to Ely about the first of June, and
IL is further planned that the Utah
delegation will be met at Deep
creek by the White Pine County
commissioners and Secretary Hoag
of the Ely Commercial Club league
and escorted to Ely over the proposed
Schellbourne Pass route
Other counties besides White Pine
are waking to the fact that the trans
continental automobile road and
good highways in general throughout
the state are subjects of large i'm
portanee to the development of Neva-
da. and a paying investment in the
end
The Goldfield Daily Tribune of
Wednesday, says that the old wagon
road will form the Goldfield-Tono-
pah link of the proposed trans
continental automobile road. This
determination was reached by the
county commissioners upon their re-
turn to Goldfield Tuesday night from
a journey to the silver camp and re-
turn, which they made as the guests
of Chares G. Patrick, in his ma
chine, following their decision at
their meeting Tuesday morning to
aid In the building of the ocean-to-
ocean highway to the extent OF re-
pairing the roads to form its route
across Esmeralda county.
In making the round trip to the
silver camp, says the Tribune, the
county commissioners travelled over
the old auto road going and over
the old stage road returning, with
a view to ascertaining which of the
two thoroughfares would be best
for transcontinental auto travel be-
tween Tonopah and Goldfield. The
old wagon road was found to be
in the best condition and will re-
qulre the least expense to put it in
first class shape.
The proposed route of the Los
Angeles to Salt Lake auto road will
be from Los Angeles through the
Mojava district to Owens river,
thence to Big Pine and across the
/ White mountains to Oasis, through
Ida valley to Goldfleld. Tonopah
Hot creek, Ely, Osceola, Nephi and
Salt Lake City.
1t is possible that complete logs oi
the automobile route from Chyenne
to San Francisco and Los Angeles by
way of Ely, will be published In
a comprehensive volume by the Ely
Commercial club.