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Show New Life Is Infused Infll Time Nevada RailrojH SAID TO MEAN MUCH K TO MINING INTEW Campaign of Devclopmeriag Said. Will Begin aS For the purpose of improvIngjVp for handling ore shipments be.twflBt Rabbit and Ploche. Nov., and igW a view toward making extenaB great Importance In the future, iRl eni owners of what was forijwwl old Pioche-Paclllc TransportathjjBS pany. which conned ed Jack Rawf! Bullion vllle by way of I'loche, Incorporated uiiilnr the name JmT Ploche-Pacific Railroad compafiHp capitalization of $250,000. By VBAM the valuable franchises held strategic position of thu road, thRO consider themselves in a goodwft carry on extensive developments'MO In the matter of handling frclght'jfflffi passenger traffic. The road was nrst built by WjMfg be. a prominent mining man, nndiMK-by nndiMK-by II. B. Claflln nf New York, whafei the old Pioche Consolidated MinKl pany about 1S79 or H&0. The3Ef constructed for the purpose ofER llux. and ore from Jack Rabbit aiuHP then thriving mining centers, fB smelters at Hullioiiville, a dlH about 35 miles. SH Change iu Control, In 1901, when the Claflln intenE out In Lincoln county, the contriB; Into the hands of the Nevada-UJjBt & Smelter corporation. TheE since been operated for the JHji' the company from the Day B Ploche. It was the posltionJEfi cllltlcs of the road which -jH-brought about the recent morgiB Day and Bristol properties IntoKtt Bristol mine. It is also said tbt important role In the contcmpUjKj ger of the Nevada-Utah and (E tucky interests. Although the stock of theIB poration Is entirely owned by taim Utah Mines &. Smelter corpoHg Is being held under hicorporatlbaBr tecllvc purposes by the ofticorEj concern, Frank M. Foote of "R receiver of public revenue in ;B Is president. E. A. CuIbcrtsoC National Bank of the RepublfdE city is vice president, while Woolley of lhe Nevada-Utah :k Smeller corporation Is secretE treasurer. These, with Ernest and Eddy O. Lee, both conneiB the Nevada-Utah concern, fornHf rcctoralc. The par value of vKfc shares is $100 each. aMs?' Officers Reticent. . At present the road is operHH tween Jack Rabbit and PlochflK carrying about 100 tons of orH The extension of the road froDH to Bulllonvllle Is now part of thK branch which connects Pioche Kf Salt Lake route at Callentc. 'jH the officers are reticent to disaB ture developments, they admit tlrm holds valuable direct rlghtsH between Ploche and Ely and othH They also admit that prcllminarV nations and surveys have provehK in excellent position for futurK Klon of traffic over independent ltK as far as Salt Lake. That theyK plate the construction of suchB however, the officers would nqE Neither would they dony it, biHT that vast sums would be expenajBL future in the development andfSKf ment of the road. ?BEl |