The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-02-09
MINES SHIPPING
MANGANESE ORE
DEMAND BRINGS INCREASE IN
DEVELOPMENT IN SOUTH
ERN CAMP

LIN q CAAch0 800
increasing values of the ore now
being shipped from the mammoth
manganese field located Is miles
east of this city are two of the main
things that point to Las Vegas as
soon becoming one of the largest
shipping points for commercial
manganese ores in the United
States. The Manganese Association
which was incorporated at a meet
ing held Saturday, made its twenty
second carload shipment Friday, and
returns received on earlier ship
ments now indicate that the grade
of the ore is showing a decided in
crease over the initial shipments.
Attracting the attention of min
ing men and ore buyers in all parts
of the country, many of whom have
visited the property in the past two
weeks, the association is now con-
sidering several contracts made by
eastern concerns for the entire out
put of the field and an offer has
been made by one of the purchasers
of the earlier shipments covering
one and one-half years output at
the present market price.
Although several efforts are now
said to be on foot to secure the
building of a narrow gauge rail-
road, the association will, for the
present, continue the shipment to
Temple, Pennsylvania, and has a
large caterpillar ore-hauling outfit
now on the way from Gina, CAL,
which will go into service some
time next week.
With the caterpillar and two ore
trucks, which r to be put into
service Immediately, from 80 to so
IONS of the ore will be delivered
daily to the railroad, in addition to
that which is now being hauled by
team.
That the field is attracting the
attention of the outside world as
we'll as the large business interests
of Nevada and California, is shown
in the many prominent men who
have visited the property in the
past weeks. Among these were t.
NJ. Sloan, general freight agent of
the Salt Lake Route, who visited
the property Sunday with a view of
a~scertaining the requirements for
transportation facilities; S. +.
Yount of Los Angeles, one of the
principal owners in the Yellow Pins
Mine at G~oodsprings, whom 1t Is
understood has negotiations under
way which may result in the pur-
chase of several valuable adjoining
claims of property.
At the present time all ore ship
ped from the property is being sam
pied at Salt Lake City. This ar
rangement will continue for the
present, although it is understood
a sampler is to be established at
this point in the immediate future,
or mine-run samples will be accepted
by the purchasers.
The Seaboaro' Steel company OF
Temple, Pa, manufacturers of ferro
manganese, is at present taking the
entire output, the ore now running
about AZ per cent, with a minimum
of silica.
Aside from the commercial value
of the ore, Clark county can in a
feel that it is now also
contributing directly to the manu-
featuring of one of the greatest ne
cessities of the war, steel. Although
already a heavy shipper of lead and
zinc, the addition of manganese to
the list of war necessities now being
mined in this country places Las
Vegas in a new position, N that
cannot but help in a great way it's
development and progress. Clark
County Review.