The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-01-28
ORE INSURANCE
WILL. LOWER RATES


A well attended meeting of The
Pioche Commercial Club was held An
the club rooms last SATURDAY. ana
after the elections and other rout,r.
business had been concluded. sn In
formal discussion took place on the
effect of the present high freight "a
rim on Phoebe ores, these rates h.v-
ing now been in effect for i've mon
tbs and the resultant loss to sh,nn-
ers has been great.
A letter was read from the oeB-
ciais OF the Salt Lake Route stating
that the ore tariffs were still under
consideration. giving however. NO
assurances of any definite action.
statistics show that the Pfocha
district pays the railroad an amount
In excess of a. quarter of a million
dollars annually and is certainly A
a result entitled to consideration In
maintaining production.
The matter of the heavily eradea
freight tariffs was discussed and the
secretary was instructed to take the
proner steps to ascertain whether
the higher grade ores with their in
creased loss risk could not be insur-
ed with Independent companies and
thus enable the railroad to eliminate
the graduations as governed by the
value of the ore.
Mining men are we'll aware Of the
fallacy of the producer Of high gra-
de ore having to pay a higher hate
than the low grade producer and
the fact that the tonnage Of high
grade ore moved Is so relatively
small that the miner might Just as
we'll pay high freight IL absolute
ly unfair and discriminatory. Re-
GENT statistics show that the cost OF
hauling ton Of Phoebe ore to the
Valley smelters does not exceed 81.
80. Should no loss result. high
grade ore can be moved az cheaply
as the lower grade, with the clemens
of hazard eliminated.
Only recently two cars OF ore
from the Comet district, near Piocha
though Of high grade content took
respectively two miners seven mon
tbs to produce and the other one nh
ner five months to produce. The
cost OF marketing this ore at the
Salt Lake smelters was approximat
ely $40 ton, about one third OF the
value Of the ore. The producer OF
high grade is entitled to profit ana
The present system is similar to the
principle of charging an increased
price for an article because the VEN
dor assumes the vendee has lots OF
money
A producer Of high grade ore is
entitled to all the product should
fairly bring him, high grade ore
does not occur in large depositsnor
is it plentiful. These facts are we'll
known to all mining men, but are
apparently not realized by railroad
officials in the western country.
Other matters of interest were ia
ken up among which was the propo-
sal that requests should be made
to the Board of County Commission
ers to provide funds for the purchase
OF silo form and necessary COM
plete adiuncts. This form and eq-
uipment could be utilized by the far
mers and stockraisers of the county
in building silos for their use, with
corresponding addition Of wealth to
the county. Senator A. L. Scott
and Assemblyman Ernest T Gentry
will also be approached in this mat
| ter.
The question of sanitation ana
the need for general cleaning up in
Phoebe was deferred to the Fbru-
airy meeting Of the club, as the heavy
mantle Of snow will serve this pur-
pose for many days. All members
ere requested to attend the next ses-
sion as matters will be considered
which will be Of vital interest.
cent lead.