The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-03-24
PROPOSED NEW
RAILROAD LINE
GRANTED BY NEVADA
LEGISLATURE
(By James f. O'Brien)

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which was passed during the closing
days of the session the Nevada
legislature granted to Walter E.
Trent of Reno, and eastern finan-
ciers who are associated with him,
a franchise to construct a railroad
through the central part of the
state, which will tap a section of
great mineral and agricultural re-
sources which has hitherto been
without transportation facilities.
The new road, which will be
approximately 175 miles in length,
will have either Ely or Eureka for
its northern terminus and will run
via the famous old camp of Typo
to Tonopah on the Tonopah and
Goldfield railroad. A smelter, hav-
ing a daily capacity of 500 tons, is
to be erected at Typo and this rail-
road will not only provide economi-
cal transportation for Eureka, Ham,
ilton and other camps in the north
ern part of the state, with hundreds
of thousands of tons of ore already
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for the base ores of the southern
section.
In addition to it's local signifi-
canoe this railroad will attract
special attention from the fact that
it will become a link in a trans
continental line connecting the
Southern Pacific and the Western
Pacific on the north with the Tono-
pah and Goldfield, the Tonopah and
Tidewater, the Santa Fee, and the
Owens valley railroads on the south.
Operating over the e road the
time and distance between Salt Lake
City and Los Angeles will be ap-
proXimately the same as over the
Clark road, while a 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 ship
ment of southern California fruit
products to the east as against that
of the Southern Pacific via Sacra-
mento.
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 thou
sand acres of splendid agricultural
land in Railroad and Hot Creek
valleys. The soil here is excellent
and it has been proven that water
for pump irrigation can be de-
veloped at comparatively shallow
depths.
The camp of Typo, where is To-
Gated the mine which was recently
taken over by the Louisiana Con-
solidated Mining company, is So
miles northeast of Tonopah. The
Typo mine was a famous producer
40 years ago, the production from
1872 to 1880 having a gross value
in excess of $4,000, 900. Silver,
lead and gold were the metals pro-
duced and the low prices of recent
years for the two first mentioned is
largely responsible for the fact that
the mine has not been operated for
a long time. The present high fig
ures for lead and silver make a
wonderful difference and many
properties which a few years ago
could only be operated with little
or no porfit will now pay hand
somely.
The Typo mine has been devel-
oped to the 4O0-foot level, but the
greater part of the production to
date has come from above the 800.
1t is estimated that there are $4,000
tons of ore developed between the
third and fourth levels, having a
gross value at present quotations
of about $4,000 900. The former
operations also left a large amount
of ore above the third level and this
is figured to be now worth
$500, 900.
The fourth level has entered the
zone of the privary sulphides and
the ore there is 60 per cen richer
thar that above. Ine Louisiana
company has a large force of men
at work and the development of the
mine to the S00-foot level is steadily
progressing. From the increase in
values hat has been noted at the
fourth level it is confidently eX-
pected that when the development
planned is carried out, and
the smelter is in operation, the Typo
mine will increase the mineral out
put of Nevada by many millions.
The property is being equipped
with a Diesel engine power plant,
with electric generators, compressor.
new hoist, and two sets of electric
pumps. Later on the transmission
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