The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-02-17
UTAH and EEvADA RAILWAY.

UTAH End NEVADA KALI WAY.
In another par! of the HERALD Is
the announcement Of the incorpora-
ton of the Utah and Nevada Rail-
way Company. This is the successor
to the Utah Western, the property of
which it now owns. The articles Of
incorporation state that one purpose
of the company is to construct and
operate 6 railroad from thu present
terminus Of its line, near Stockton.
Tooele County, to Tanners Springs,
In Juab County, a distance of between
eighty and ninety miles. We under
stand there is little question that the
road will be continued to the point
mentioned. The oHners feel that
they must go somewhere to fad 8
suitable place for terminus, and the
Tintic Valley ia the first poin. reached
that presents anything like a good
place for stopping. 1t will there fnd
a fairly rich mineral belt, 3 good stock
range and vast timber region, al!
OF which will furnish ample suppori
for the road. But we hope the line
will not halt at Tanners Springs. nor
in Utah, and believe Q little investl-
CATION will demonstrate to the COM
pany the propriety of going ahead
over into and across Nevada. That
such a road would ne profitable lbereI
can be little doubt, as il o3Eld never
have a competitor for the large carry
ing trade that the vast mining region
GFsYer5ed will develop. As the
HERALD readers are aware by
the peFusal OF occasional let.
ters a year or two ago from
the Dsep Creek country, there
are some large and rich lodges near
the boundary between Utsh aud Ne
vada, in Deep Greek, Clifton and
other districts. These are somathing
like 100 miles from the Central Pa
oifc, and about the same distance or |
farther from rail 10 this direction.
There is no outlet except across the
desert, and the consequence is. the
lodges have practically lain idle. the
long aud expensive transportation OF
ores and supplies making the working
OF the mines. and especially those
carrying only Low grade ores, ur-
profitable. Some parties have held
fast to their elaine, and selecting the
the richest ores, have been able 70
make money, Notwithstanding the
difficulties that surround them. A
railroad would start boom for west
ern Utah, and open many really vsl-
nable properties. adding largely to
the precious metals product Of the
territory. Beyond the Utah line
railroad entering Nevada at Deep
Creek would run through a mining
country, slmost continuously, to
Reese River, opening the Schell
Creek, Egan Mountains, Cherry
Creek and other regions, striking Ed
reks, and finding rich section be-
tween the latter place and Austin. to I
which point a nsrTOw-gauge from the |
Central Pacific Is running. The
road would have the field to 7
itself for all time, as there [
is no probability OF another ;
going between it and the G P, and :
the southern projects are all snd 1
necessarily must be cut Of ccmpeti- b
tive range. That a road following ,
the general line, We have rather in i
def litely traced will be constructed p
some time there eau be little ques- e
ton, as ii is hardly probable the great :
interior region of mineral will be Il
permitted to lie undistGrbsd. 1t is II
boped the Utah and Nevada people Ii
will take enough interest 10 the Il
matter to at least maze a thorough E
investigation, because, if that COM q
osny shall build the line, this city n
will be the terminal point OF what g
must be a most important road. d,
The absence of fuel in Nevada and q
western Utah, as we'll as the scarcity in
IF water, would bring the bIlk of the W
,-es here for reduction, ss most OF ~
be smelling rock OF Nevada now d,
comes to Sandy, where the facilities u
or smelting are better than can be u -
ound elsewhere. Many good res- m
DIS can be presented for the speedy fr
xtsnsion of the narrow gauge-an IN
xtepsion in which the stockholders, W
ne mining public and Ssl5 Lake tn
ity are all deeply interested. The ia
IKRALD hopes it will be able to an W,
ounce ere long that the determine is
on has been arrived at to 80 ahead, IN
cd that work will soon be COM in IN
Fenced in opening another of the of
oh Wilderness of the great interior co
est. III