The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1920-11-27
NEVADA RAIL RATES
TO Be LOWERED
GRANTING OF MORE EQUITABLE
TARIFF ON LOw-GRADE ORES
BOON TO WHITE PINE MINES.

BOON TO WHITE PINE MINES.
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What will doubtless prove to be .
great benefit to shippers of low-grade
ore from the mines Of White Pine
County to the Garfield international,
Midvale. Murray. Salt Lake, Sandy.
Tooele and other Utah smeltefs. was
accomplished when the Nevada
Northern Railway Company. sitter
considerable effort. received an an
nouncement from the Interstate COM
merce commission at Warrington
that rate ON ore Of value not to
exceed SIS per ton could be pub
lished. effective December 8. says the
White Pine News. F9fp t
Heretofore the local railway COM
pany. under the interstate commerce
regulations. could publish Z rate on
ore not exceeding $25 per ton IN val
ne, and those shippers whose ore did
not reach that figure were bound by
rate which made shipment at
profit impossible.
Due to the fact that all ore from
mines tributary to the Nevada
Northern railway consigned to the
smelters in Utah came under the in
terstate commerce commission rul-
ings. the matter could behandledon1y
through Washington. a. shipmsnts
which do not leave the boundaries OF
this State alone are subject to the
regulations made BY the Nevada pub
lie service commission at Carson CITY.
Commencing December s. the rate
on all ore OF value not exceeding
SIS per ton and consigned to any or
the smelters mentioned above and
loaded at East Ely. Warm Springs,
Ray, Cherry Creek. Greens. Currie or
Decoy will be So per ton.
From Lane City 1t win be $3.40.
From Ruth, Copper Flat or Kim
berry It will be $3.50.
This is reduction of approximate
ly $1.25 per ton from all these pointa
below the old rate based on $25 ore.
These new rates are the outcome OF
exhaustive effort on the part Of .tha
officials of the Nevada Northern Rail-
way Company in the interest of those
who have had large quantities of low
grade ore but were obliged to allow it
to remain on the dumps or in the
mine because 1t would not stand tho
freight rate heretofore imposed upon
1t.
One example is that of the Ward
Leasing Company, which has perhaps
100000 tons or more of low-grade
ore which the new rate will directly
affect. s. B. Elbert, who is in charge
of the operations at Ward. said when
the announcement by the interstate
commerce commission became known.
that he had found 1t necessary to dis
continue shipment of such ore last
September. That Immediately upon
the new rate going into effect on the
date fixed, the leasing company would
resume shipments and would send ap-
proximately fifty tons per day to the
smelters for treatment.
At Lane City many small miners
can take out low-grade ore and will
now perhaps be able to handle It at a
profit. The same situation applies to
Cherry Creek and some mines which
have large quantities of low-grade
ore in Spring Valley.
While 1t is not known at this WRIT
ing just how many properties will be
affected by the new ruling. It Is at
least indicative of the trend of af-
fairs and has a direct bearing upon
the determined fight which has been
waged by shippers of low-grade ore
all through eastern Nevada. When
the raise of 25 per cent went into ef-
feet 1t was body blow to many men
who were taking out low-grade ore
and shipping it at profit as low as
81 per ton. This reduction, 1t will
be noticed, is equal to the profit they
were making. It will likewise have
a tendency to stimulate the Develop
ments of new properties, due to the
fact that when a poor man has some
ore and is striving to reach
a body that will prove far richer and
bring him perhaps handsome returns,
he can now keep up his development
work. and. II he does not run into the
great body Of rich ore that he il seek
ing, he will at least have the consofa-
ton that all his labor has not been IN
vain.
ORE SHIPMENTS THISWEEK
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