Buffalo Paper - Notes on the Operation of a Light Mineral Railroad
- Organization:
- The American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers
- Pages:
- 5
- File Size:
- 215 KB
- Publication Date:
- Jan 1, 1899
Abstract
As the operation of light railroads is important to the mining industry, the following statistics of the Arizona Southeastern Railroad may be of interest. When the traffic of the Bisbee copper-mines reached 20,000 tons per year the necessity of better transportation than that afforded by eighteen- and twenty-horse and mule teams became imperative on the score of both cheapness and convenience. Before deciding on the construction of a railroad, the Copper Queen Company made a thorough experiment in transportation
Citation
APA: (1899) Buffalo Paper - Notes on the Operation of a Light Mineral Railroad
MLA: Buffalo Paper - Notes on the Operation of a Light Mineral Railroad. The American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers, 1899.