| Show NEEDLES fiETS NEVADA ORES I Trade Trad That Has Come to Utah Will Henceforth Be Diverted South Because the Railroads Refuse to Meet the Rates I NO MORE NEVADA ORE i FOR LOCAL SM SMELTERS EL Pioche Cannot Market Rock Running Less Than Twenty or Thirty Dollars a Ton Un Under Uno Under Un- Un o der the Present Conditions FIGURES TELL THE STORY As a result of a reduction made in freight rates on ore between Goldfield Nev and The Needles Cal smelters no more Goldfield ore will win be shipped to the Salt Lake valley valley valley val val- ley smelters because of the present high freight rates that exist between the last- last I named places The railroads which traverse Utah are responsible responsible re re- re- re because they have failed to make rates which would insure a continuance of the tonnage which has I hitherto been sent from the three great Nevada m mining 11 ng- ng I camps to Salt Lake for re- re re rc- j 1 The Tonopah Tidewater I company ma IRS announced that It Jt put Into effect street on January 24 4 a ly I reduced rate a u. ato rate that will wUI bo a great grut o to mine owners In inthe the and l n l will th tl 0 NoO Noodle l heYO n I Ii J S' S n ft T I ri T fe f t railroad the tho railroads railroad bo- bo bo 1 t nd I H lt will continuo con con- to charge their exorbitant ant rates on ore thus thuu preventing p field flold shippers from sending Rending nn any of or their ores orca to this 8 section cUon Considerable of oX tho the Gold field l product pro hns lai boon boen shipped to the Salt Lake Lako valley hot heretofore but when the new rat ratu KOCS goes into effect such shipments will cease Which bleb Got the tb I. I Tho The proposed now talc rate follows lows Ore of or the 20 21 grade grado a a. ton 30 30 grade grado 3 0 per ton 40 00 grade per ton 50 grade 4 40 SO 0 per par ton 60 60 grado grade 52 per ton 70 grade 6 75 per pei ton SO grade per ton 90 grade le 85 per ton 1 00 grade 9 vcr per ton grade 1010 per ton grade ad 11 per ton grade grado md 1240 40 per ton and grade 1350 per ton tun The former ormer prices between Goldfield and the tue Needles NedIes l s were wore tho the samo as the tho present rate between and the Salt Lake valley Graduated according to ore are values alues from rom 20 to a n. ton tho the rate between and Salt Lake Is la 20 ore arc 6 C G a ton lon 80 30 oro are 40 ore 7 50 oro ore 60 ore are 8 S. S 70 ore are 19 9 60 SO ore are 10 90 ore 11 ore arc 12 ore arc 13 1350 50 S OO ore are 15 50 ore oro 1650 1660 and ore are 18 IS Compare these figures by those fixed b by the tho Tonopah Tidewater and md It will bo be seen why tho the Salt Lake valley alley smelters are cut out b by tho the railroads For several years ears Goldfield ore has hag been sent to this section In largo large larJ quantities quantities quan quan- titles because of the to reasonable c Cst of smelting hero over the large prices demanded elsewhere The Tho Salt SaH Lake valley smelters S did not nol get tho the bulk of the GOl field bustness business business busi bust ness because of at the distance between tho pla places ea but they received enough h to Justify them In taking care cara of ot the Goldfield tonnage For a time the high rate prevailed between and Ne Needles with the result that Needles had but little business In smelting low grado grade ores The reduction In freight will permit mine owners to tomake tomake make malte use ulle of their low V grade rade ores and they are aro naturally Jubilant Jubilant- Cnn Con ODI Only Market High Grude Crude Because of tho the rates that prevail pre on ores arcs between tho the mines at Pioche Nov and the Salt Lake valley 1110 smelt smelt- ers ores running less than 20 0 to 30 0 are Bre a total IO loss lois 8 Tho bulk of the ores shipped to lo local smelters from Phoebe Pioche ran range e In value from 40 HO to 70 nO a ton The Tho rates on those ores are for tor oro ore worth 40 O a ton 52 0 rO a ton 6 60 GO a ton and 70 a II ton SG 76 The distance between Pioche and Salt Sail Lake Is about 5 miles and from to tho the Needles cc les smelters It 15 is miles If It there was a lower rate on the lowest grade ore oro between Phoebe Pioche and Salt SaIt Lake such as there Is on similar similar simi simi- lar tar ore from Goldfield to much more of at that class would be shipped to this section to bo be smelted smelled Salt Lake Is discriminated against on nearly nearl all other articles that come como Into the territory by rail and the railroad officials see no reason why wh they should reduce their oro ore rates tr to give the Salt Lake mine owners and smelters tho same opportunity as their competitors |
