The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1915-08-03
A sunday VISIT
TO ROCHESTER
(staf Correspondencel

Sunday the writer visited the camp
of Rochester. To save time it was de-
cided to leave on Southern Pacific No.
. Sunday morning, and accordingly
the telephone was called into requisi-
tion, beginning at 9 O'Clock Saturday
night, to check up the movements
the train. The section carrying the day
coaches arrived at about six clock
Sunday morning, reaching Oreana too
late to make connection with the Short
Line train for Rochester. However, the
superintendent of this line telephoned
up to camp for a special, telling the
man at the other end to send down
" Mike" for couple of passengers
When "Mikeo arrived, he was found
to be a diminutive motor car, in which
tue trip was made in comfort by the
writer and County Surveyor Tilden,
who is engineer in charge of construc-
tion of the road
The Nevada Short Line
This road runs from Oreana to Mem
Zel hill, distance of little over IL
miles. The ten miles from Oreana to
Lower Rochester has been completed
and in operation for some time, the
road carrying both the mails and ex-
press. The two miles from Lower
Rochester to the mines is practically
completed and will be turned over to
the operating department on the 18th
of the present month. It had been in
tended to run through trains last Sun
day
The delay was occasioned by the
wrecking of Shea engine and two
fiat cars short time ago. 1t was
thought that the engine was damaged
beyond repair, but it has been sent to
the Southern Pacific shops at Sparks,
where it will be repaired and returned
in week or ten DAYS, at total ex-
pense of about $1,000. The damage to
the cars is estimated at 5000, so that
in money the wreck cost about $1,000,
but the greater damage was in the de-
lay it occasioned The road has con-
tract to haul all the ores of the Roches-
ter Mines company to the mill, situated
in lower town, at so cents ton, and
il is estimated that the delay in open
ing the road has caused loss of fully
$4,000 in this one item alone.
The road is fine piece of railroad
construction and will no doubt do
profitable business from the date IF
opening, thus iustifving the Judgment
of its promoter and owner A. A. Codd.
The Mines Of Rochester
Although the camp itself presents a
rather dun appearance. in striking con
trast to the occasion of the writer's
first visit. two and half years ago.
from a mining standpoint IL is better
than ever before in its history with
more men at work and a greater pro
drction. Ore is being shipued bv the
Buck & Charley. the Packard the
Rochester Mines comnanv. Original
Rochester. Rochester Belmont. Lincoln
Hill Minino & Milling company, the
Funkies. Lincoln Mining company.
and Octonus
Several other ;;s;T5ueTtSies are in the
ore and viii begin shipping Mt an early
date. among the number being the
Snowstorm. Packard Extension. Tin.
colin Hill Consolidated. Eastern Star.
neiafna. Independence. Valentine and
limerick
On this last named property the
Stowelf Mining & Leasing COMPANY is
working lease During the past ten
months George Stowel1 and 7. w.
Douglass have run 600 feet Of tunnel.
One fourfoot ledge was cut. which
gave returns Of $24 ner ton in free
oo'd. and several stringers were en-
eountered bnt work is hehinc contin-
ned in the hone Of finding the main
LEDGE
AZ present there are two mills in
eawp. a two-stamn which handles the
hich-crade from lincoln Hill. and the
Tn'ton min Of the Rochester Mines
companv. which Is handlinc some Gus
tom work. in addition TO its own ores
third mill is being erected bv the
Packard. which is intended to handle
only its own production. With the
mines working at their full capacitv.
there viii he need of several times the
present milling accommodations, and if
not forthcoming, the ore must be haul
ed TO Oreana hv the Short Line and
shipped
Personal Notes