Show ft i I IF EXPANSION ERA EDA fl fOR Past Six Months Have Witnessed BP Important Developments In That Camp NEW RAILROAD FROM NIPTON S of or the 4 1 In Elilu lIlu ratio rado 4 I I I I Nevada Is attracting t I n Ii t i 4 whole lot Io of ot attention att just ItOW Ilo be ba because b I cause of ot the he numerous rich strikes s that hire have been made matle In tU that camp during i the tho pant few tow months This rd Increased d dl l lm hm among othir I things I In the insurance of ut fa ta facilities during luring tho present year yearA t A correspondent nt of or the th lie He Heti ti writes Interestingly of ot tho the Searchlight ht country 01 says ayE The Tho past six months hUH has been b n nn an era em ii of ot expansion foe tOI fo the tho Searchlight camp t which Is 13 situated a 11 In lB the southwestern corner of ot Lincoln county 0 mile from Wt k the California line and accessible by I y P stige from froni either on the San fan if Pedro Jedro Los Angeles Halt gaIt I Ike Ik ke rail railroad raili i road or ot Burundi Jarn 1 on the Vo I 1111 5 tern tem Prom a cump camp Comparatively un unknown unknown known J It hn now lIum rank among the Ule most Important rold producing pro sec lice J t lions tion of ot the southwest This advance advancement J 1 ment Is III to the unco uncovering ering crin of Qt Important ore or bodies In tn both boh i new hew and md old ohl properties widening as us aswell a well rm deepening the th ore horizon 11 n cond to the Influx of ot necessary de IC development der r capital of ot tried anti 1111 Ji practical mining milling men Inell and third to the assurance of Ut early railroad con COI construction with distributing centers lo To present lre In detail first would too much mention l i 8 fl made only of ot the opening up ip III ot of large IA rge i bodies hod Ie of ot free treo milling ore are nt u IL depth 1 of cur if over liver SOO feet teet In III tho the Quartet mine 1 J j In lIt the levita lev of ot the Duplex and I 1 f Cyrus Noble Nobl properties Of Ot O still great greater er Ci Importance have hn ben bein tho the thod I development d at it the Ih Santa re Fe ot L A t properties located In to Hats flat to the west vest of ot the tho productive t mines anti In III tho Searchlight Porn Pom I JK fell pell and Southern Nevada properties I I i K thousand 1 feet to 10 the north r whereby the proven area of ot o pay ore oe I j deposits has been The rho de do j of or water In the thc In Int ii t quantity for or milling L e him also been beell a IL contributing factor to fl t Increased particularly i ithe tI tIthe the northern end of at the tu camp Of Ot tho the thoI fi cond cause explanatory of Ot Improved I condition tho advent of ot Sir Mr Ir John the th millionaire mine open J I tar tor and an owner of ot the Commonwealth r I at lit Pierce Arizona has hall Inspired ti confidence In 11 tIle the minds of or both bolh pre pres present 1 ent and prospective I The factor railroad facilities li iI II nn nfl assurance of ot Increased activity t c us Ill well veil us nA a of more profitable operations i There hUll has be n talk tulle from froni lime to time for tor several years of or tho the building bulI of a n t to Searchlight t but bitt a n tangible I utilization Is now nt at hand The Tho lately I Incorporated Searchlight Western I has haK completed the survey for Its itA narrow gauge lino from Searchlight to n ii point on Oil tho the San Pedro Los Lois os An Angeles geles Salt take Lake railroad a II few tel miles below Nipton thu It 11 is I dialed that work t of ot laying the will be lie under underway way 11 This route tin nA surveyed F over oer the III Crescent range has hM n ft 1 maxi maximum mum of or I 1 per pcr cent the tho highest point being about SOO feet feel which Is 18 i feet oct higher titan than the tho quartette mine The ho length l of ot this road will vIll be beabout beabout bet t about 15 1 5 miles The rails mile of at the thu Quartette road t tho to mine lame to the thc old milling plant I at nt the thc Colorado river will wilt be he h used tIlled for tor fort t Steam engines will be he used I for freight lull and gasoline motor mol or cars enrA b for passenger Coincident with the Ilie announcement of ot tim the Inauguration k of ot construction York work on this hue lino comes fOllies the tho report that the Santa i Vo Pa 0 system him baR decided to build a 1 standard gauge road rOil II from a II point between and Ivanpah h on the I lo branch 25 2 miles to the t west vest of ot Searchlight In any cent the seems assured ut of railroad con von connections during the summer Of Ot the score or Ol more proper ties within rt n radius of four tour miles autos of ot t the centrally located town of ot Search light 11 are Me equipped with machinery plants ranKing ranging In horsepower hOI from 10 tr to t ICO about GOO EDO Gb S horsepower Distillate Is the thu fuel fitch lined In Iii I the operation of or the gasoline engines The Quartette company gen generates ell roles electricity for lighting UH Its mines and surface Improvements The total number ot ut tamp set net up la In tho the rump Is 00 GO distributed d at itt the th thee e Quartette Duplex Southern Nevada New Km I ra anti Searchlight proportion properties At t the Cyrus Noble n a final plant It Is beti Installed In and the Quartette Is contemplating 1 plating the th Installation of or 20 SO additional stamps which together with planned milling plants at nt other uther in Ill increases creases the th probable number of or drop iI ping stamps within the year to A r cyanide equipment Is h the usual cum com complement rt of ot amalgamation plants J throughout the tho district Of Ot tIm tho 20 or ort t more developing properties In Ill the out nut I ill f i hying camps of or Dupont Empire rZ redo and ami several ate are aree f t e c with hoisting end milling rf plants 1 while others will wi t ihl be during the tile L pM year years s The Tho various properties In the Search t I light camp proper are aro developed to 10 depths delIth ranging from fet feet to lu over too CO feet teet by b upwards of ot fe feet t of ot underground workings worl nAI The deepest i ft did d most rOost extensively developed as well 11 st in I 8 the most productive Is III i the tile t lotte lette Is wild to have hwe yielded t over Milling ore oro la hi 1 being f extracted from the fifth lh sixth and alid soy sev seventh AC eath levels level enl the th average value of ot the thc theore ore run on being over oer 20 gold johl Regu frt lar shipments of high grade ore are aro li r also alan al o made ad to 10 the th Bm smelters ll Upward of ot miners are arc now em employed tr r In the camp amp antI and the present pres nl r i population of ot la le estimated nt at over 1200 There has been a n marked machell s 1 n rise e of ot rent real rel estate values alu In the town l anti anu nl many malY substantial business fIlth i buildings are In progress of or re rt rr r erection |