TONOPAH AND GOLDFIELD RAILROAD COMPANY. "Exchange" trip pass No. A 328 issued to F.A. Lawson from Goldfield to Tonopah.
Item #5689
7.7x17.7 cm. incl. attached "Going Trip Check"; white paper printed in black, holograph entries; countersigned by J.W. Sensenbaugh; two datestamps on verso "Tonopah & Goldfield R.R. Gen Supt's Office Oct 12, 1906." Oct 12, 1906. "In the latter part of the year 1903 the development of ore bodies in the camp of Tonopah had advanced to such a state that it was deemed advisable to construct a line of railroad from a point of connection with the Carson and Colorado Railroad near Rhodes, Esmeralda County, Nevada, to the town of Tonopah, Nye County, Nevada, for the transportation of the ore from the mines to the smelters. The Tonopah Railroad Company was thereupon incorporated under the laws of the State of Nevada and an agreement entered into between it and the Tonopah Mining Company of Nevada, under which agreement the Tonopah Mining Company undertook to construct and equip a narrow gauge railroad into Tonopah. The construction of this road was commenced in the early part of 1904 and was completed in July of the same year. In December, 1904, it was deemed advisable, in order to meet the requirements of the increased traffic, to standardize the gauge of the Tonopah Railroad to conform with the gauge of its connections, which was thereupon done. In the latter part of 1904, owing to the development of large bodies of ore in the camp of Goldfield, a syndicate was formed for the purpose of constructing a line of railroad from Goldfield to a point of connection with the Tonopah Railroad. The construction of this road was commenced in May, 1905, and completed in September, 1905, the road being operated under the name of the Goldfield Railroad Company. On November I, 1905, the properties of the Tonopah Railroad Company and the Goldfield Railroad Company were taken over, under an agreement of association, amalgamation and consolidation, by the Tonopah and Goldfield Railroad Company, which company has since that time operated the line of railroad between Tonopah Junction and Goldfield." Sam P. Davis, History of Nevada, Vol. I, 1912. Old adhesive & mounting residue on verso, else very good. |
