The Nome daily nugget., 1914-03-26
WILL ASK PRES. WILSON
 CONSTRUCT NOME RAILROAD

in. seward Seward Peninsula rah- r. nd in 1901. the development or 'ne Eo,varok district did not justify the o~..c.,on of the road to Taylor. Since .s.. u~,e several "bonanxa" claims ,.v. been opened up and now work ,n. and it has been proven by actual rrospscting that over 50 miles Of the xouearok river can bs drsdgsd at rroAt under better conditions or transportation.
 one. sx cubic foot drsdss has been ,r actual operation for the past tw' .,r,msrs miles north Of Taylor; .no,har will bs built at Taylor next summer. During the same period tbr.. hydraulic plants were in opera lion within c radius of 10 miles oi ,,., n,acs and numerous small out uts were working with siuices and rockers
 The eward Peninsula railroad has nat been in operation since 1sll' que T., ,ha excessive federal tax of $l00 ,.- mile for which the government 4. .mmenced suit to collect in ls1o. ,r.v,ous to that year the government never attempted to enforce the col lection of said tax.
 Ii is understood. however. that this road will be In operation next season though without Its extension to Tay- lar. fl wil not give the miners of the richer placer fields on seward benin . aula the relief they nre asking for.
 At tho present time about 1000 tons ,d freight d year are shipped into the Kousarok country. the greater part o' which Is sent from the stutes. via .re,ler. situated on Port Clarence oay' ,l.nc. py stern wheel steamer ,nrouxn Irsat san lake. and Mary's liver. 10 Uavidson's Landing. tU miles. rn.nc. by team a distance Of about 4o miles to Taylor.
 Table of Freight Rates
 Per ton 5. M. seattle tu Teller tsame
 as SOmeI .. ....$lzVo to *Ae'"'' Ncme lv Teller .. .... 1o.Vo Teller tv Davidson's
 Landing AS'SS ravidson's Landing to
 Taylor in sumerm. .lzO.00 to zoo.oI ,Depending on condition of trails). davidson Landing to
 Taylor. in winter .. 4oou On account of high divides and nc reads. 1t Is almost sn impossibility to transport heavy machinery in sum r CT from Davidson's Landing to Tay- Tor. The dredsc. pipes. etc. for n.y. draulic plants, now in operation "a ,he Kougarok. were hauled during the w:hter season. Tho great bulk Of the supplies and fuel are hauled at that time, necessltating the ordering of goods almost year ahead. besides the tiefng up of large amount of capital.
 With the building of railroad from Shelton to Taylor to connect with the Seward Peninsula railroad moderate freight rate per ton from N, me to Taylor. 1t is safe to predict a tonnage of over 5000 tons to the Kougarok alone: this. with the pas senger and local freight to Iron creek and Nome river fields there should bt a profitable investment on road tha only run about four months in tho year during the open mining season.
 AZ noted before. this statement i'
 h,rd entirely to the gold placer mining and tho necessity of transport ation in connection herewith, but l would be mistake if some mention was not made of the quartz develop mcnts.
 Along the line of tho Seward Pen iEsuta railroad and projected exten sion. hundreds of thousands of dollar, have been spent in development O prospects of merit. One sample stamI mill has been installed within ons mile of the present line. The 6wner claim they have richer ore and nor extensive. at least as far as they gone down. than the great Trcadwel lCdc at Juneau.
 Sample lots of s5 tons have beer shipped from each of three different copper prospects to the Tacomf smcltcr. giving smelter returns oI over $75 per ton. The opening uI Of these prospects would be aided b, better transportation. besides adding materially to tho tonnage of the roai when built.