Show PIOCHE TO PRINCE CON record pioche nev the salt lake route surveyors have completed the preliminary surveys for the two routes proposed for the line to be huilt built to the prince consolidated side of the camp chief engineer knowles ovles has gone to headquarters with all the data and in all probability the construction ceppi department ament will be in position in a few days to arrive at a conclusion as to which way the road will go to reach the bonanzas on the other side of the mountain in tile the meantime mr knowles is holding his corps of engineers here to await further orders the record has ascertained that the line from the pioche depot via the pioche metals and demijohn Dem john mines measures 8 miles in length with a maximum grade of 2 per cent direct from the prince consolidated to panaca the distance is 9 miles with a maximum grade of 3 per cent it is estimated that the cost of constructing ting the first named route would be somewhere around while the panaca route will require at least additional |