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Show Ijj'j j BRANCH LINE FOR 'ML! I j ORES OF GOLDFIELD l , A letter from Arthur Hudson, super- ! 'j( intc-ndent of the Twilight group of t " ( prospects adjoining the Belcher mines j' "( out of Tonopah, Nov, says that a con- j . ''j tract has been let for the construction 1 ii I of a branch line of railway from the J , main line between Rhoads and Tonopah tl to Goldficld and that the distance "be- il (' tween his properties and transportation I ., ; will be reduced to less than two miles. 1 This, he says, will enable the Belcher to market oyer 2000 tons ot second-class J ( I ore which has been languishing on the ( ' , Belcher dump since It was, In the '70s, ) I i operated as the Gen. Thomas mine. '' Mr. Hudson also writes that the man- 1 I, 'I agement of the Belcher will begin the i ' i forwarding of first-class ores to the , i ' station at Tonopah within the next few I days. He reports about eight carloads ' 1 J now sacked jkI ready for shipment and i ( " expects to busy the teams for some tt' ' days. To Gold Bountaln and Goldfleld i. ! the extension means everything in the A t vocabulary of advantage. |