The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1917-03-30
OLD CAMP OF TYBO
TO BE ON RAILROAD

By an act which was passed dur
ing the closing days of the session
of the Nevada legislature granted to
Walter e. Trent. of Reno, and east
ern fnanciers who are associated
with him a franchise to construct
railroad through the central part
OF the state which will tap a section
of great mineral and agricultural
resources which has hitherto been
without transportation facilities. says
James F. O'Brien in the Loyelock
Review-Miner.
The new road. which will be APP
proXimately 175 miles in length, will
lave either Ely or Eureka for its
northern terminus and will run via
the famous old camp of Tybo to Ton
/ opah on the Tonopah and Goldfeld
| railroad, A smelter, having daily
capacity of 500 tons, is to be erected
at Tybo and this railroad will not
cnly provide economical transporta-
ton to Euraka, Hamilton and other
| camps in the northern part of the
state. with hundreds of thousands
Of tons of ore already developed,
but will furnish an outlet for the
base ores of the southern section.
In addition to its local significance
this railroad will attract special at
tcntiOn from the fact that it may
become a link in transcontinental
I line connecting the Southern Pacific
end Western Pacific on the north
with the Tonopah < GoldfeId, the
Tonopah & Tidewater. the Santa Fe,
ard the Owens Valley railroad on the
south. Operating over the new road
the time and distance between Salt
Lake City and Los Angeles will be
approximately the same as over the
Clark road while saving Of about
twelve hours is made between the
two points mentioned over that made
by the Southern Pacific via San
Francisco 1t will also save about
eighteen hours in the shipment Of
southern California fruit products to
the east as against that of the S. T.
via Sacramento.
While Mr.. Trent and associates
have particularly in mind the bene-
fits to the mine and smelter of the
louisiana Consolidated Mining com
pany, of which they are directors
yet the new road will open up for
; colonization several hundred thous
and acres Of splendid agricultural
land in Railroad and Hot Greek val
- leys. The soil here is excellent anC
it has been proven that water fol
pump irrigation can be developed a
comparatively shallow depths.
The camp of Tybo, where is locat
ed the mine which was recently tax
en- over by the louisiana Consolidat
ed Mining company, is ffty-fv
miles northest of Tonopah. Th
= TybO mine was a famous produce
40 years ago, the production from
1872 to 1880 having a gross valu
, in excess of $5,OOO,OOO. Silver
> lead and gold were the metals pro
! duced and the low prices of recen
1 years for the first two mentione
/ is largely responsible for the fac
p that the mine has not been operate
for a long time. The present hig
figures for lead and silver makes
t wonderful difference and many proI
:, critics which, few years ago, coul
n only be operated with little or n
d profit, will now pay handsomely
, The following are the easter
y capitalists who are interested wit
Mr.. Trent as directors of the Louis
r lana Consolidated. Mining company
) F. Hausman. l.. A. Dessar and Julis
+ Seigbert, all of New York; f \
If Stark of Mansfield, Ohio: and J.
VI Osborne, of Fall River, Massachr
.e setts, OFT F. Heizer is general MAJ
t ager of the company's operations.
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