Show UN UNITED lIED STATES CO V WILL GET OUTLET FOR EUREKA ORES OS II It is reasonably a assured that t. t the United States Sm Smelting company will ill get t an Cutlet for ores from irom its m Rich Rich- b. b Eureka mond-Eureka mino at Eureka No Nov ov The Southern Pacific is il now engaged in inaki making surveys through h Grass and Pino Pine valleys s 's from Tonopah to a n connection with its main lin line at Pali al sade Tho The i projected line is s to extend from Palisade to Millers Miller's Junction in Nyo county and the purpose e of or tho the route is to shorten the line into southern south era ern California Tho The route selected is said to 10 V have o many man v advantages over an any Ii lino no that can be built bum and probably explains why neither the Western nor nor Southern Pacific Pact Paci fie fic company has any desire to purchase or lease the Eureka Palisade narrow gnu gauge o road The Tho route selected by tb the Southern Pacific traverses s through h fertile fertile fer tile valleys that open into ca each h. h other b by blow low passes so attractive for railroad construction Alon Along the he route the I country is highly mineralized and several ral of tho the camps ba have vo a a. a large tonnage of shipping ore blocked out Such camps camps as ns Buckhorn Mineral Hill Round Bound Mountain Manhattan and several sev soy eral oral others will be in easy adess access non none of oC them being tha than moro six sir m miles l s fro from the the- proposed proposed- sed route It will pass through a R great R agricultural agri agricultural ri cultural section and shorten th the tho route from southern California to the eastern markets at least 00 miles It will afford afford af af- af ford tho the greatest relief to Eureka where a number of mines minos' arc are ready to tomake tomake tomake make a regular production as aa soon as rates can be bo obtained that are not pro pro- The owners of tho the Eureka Eureka- Palisade railroad have had an opportunity opportunity tunit to get ct this business for several years but have navo seemed anxious to dispose dispose dis dis- pose of its property rather than en engage a e eIn in th the transportation business The United States Smelting company has hab made mado repeated overtures o either for thc the purchase of this thi line lino or l leasing asin it but no agreement could be reached Now that an opportunity is presented to route direct with tho the Southern Pacific fic from the mine mino to tho the smelting plant at Iid and thus do away with reloading reload reload- in fag ing from the narrow narro gauge u c line lute to tp the broad gauge aute at Palisade there thero is is no further prospects of a dicker being consummated con con- summated for tho the purchase of this lino line With a straight strai bt haul from tho the mine to this market it is reasonable to presume that tho miners minors of or Eureka will be given tho the cheapest transportation rates in tho history of that camp and it is destined to greatly stimulate mining activity in that rc region ion I The Tho Richmond Eureka mine i is capable capa ble bla of producing several hundred tons 1 of iron ore daily with its its- present equipment When work is it resumed d the mine will be drained and development develop ment mont to a greater reater depth be begun at once It is tho the opinion of tho the owners of this property that at greater depth some of tho rich rich silver led ledge ledger ef will rill be cn en on- countered v |