Show SQUEEZING EZ 1 NG OF U F I NEVADA MINES Railroads Double Cost of Crude Oil at Tonopah OPERATORS IRE ARE INDIGNANT I AD D WILL A ASK K LEGISLATURE LEGISLATURES S I FOR RELI RELIEF EF h here re who are arc onga d in mining at Goldfield add aM Tonopah are arc boing advised of an advance In the freight upon crude oU oil from California which is I consIdered outrageous Crude oil ship Jd into Tonopah from Kern county Cal which costs at the wells n a barrel has heretofore cost the consumer t 30 per barrel laId down at Tonopah or a barrel In freIght Now and and without warning accordIng to the reports received here without the cost ot of the oil havIng been raised a cent at the wells consumers at th the end have been notifIed by the railroads that the prIce In the future futuro wIll bo be a 8 barrel delivered at camp This Thi action on the part of the rail railroads railroads roads has aroused a great deal of feel feelIng feeling Ing at Tonopah and Goldfield and it is expected that the matter will be taken up ui by the Nevada legIslature at its present session Oil Is used to generate power almost exclusively in the Nevada Sevada camps and to ha have e its cost per cent Is more than the mining Ira fra fraternity feels like standing It Is taken to mean that the railroads are planning to exact every cent that the ores of the new flew stand and give the operator a little of something for lor his trouble A burd burden n whIch works a still great r hardshIp on the mines ot of the section named Is that of the freight rate on modest value ore The freight rate on 50 0 ore from Tonopah to this city is 1120 per ton It If the cost of shipping from Goldfield and oth other r camps to Tonopah including the cost of milling rock is added it is s evident that it will not be long tIll nothing but the highest grade rock easily mined wIll be able to stand the tarIffs eXacted acted e by the railroads railroad and smelters |