The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-10-26
ANOTHER NEW ROAD.
Three New Railroads in Three
Weeks a Good Record.
THE CASTLE VALLEY COAL LINE.
The B. W. briggs Syndicate Buys Out the Busby
Mining Company and VIII Build a
Line this Fall
Three railways in three weeksis pretty

Three railways in three weeks is pretty
good record.
tits not a month since the Deep Creek
railway project was precipitated upon the
public. The franchise had not been granted
until another railroad enterprise more vast
and extensive was made public and at once
attracted the attention and enlisted the
support of the chamber of commerce and a
number of public spirited citizens. The
Utah s. Idaho railway, penetrating as rich
and productive country as that through
which the Oregon Short Line passes, is
destined to become as valuable a piece of
railroad property to its projectors as the
Oregon Short Line is to the Union Pacific.
MAJOR Wilkes located this line as long as
twelve years ago, and yet 1t has remained
dormant all these years and REQUIRED ali
aroused public interest in railroad build
ing to bring its great Importance promi-
nenty before the pubic.
To day THE HERALD IS IN position to
inform it's readers that third railroad,
and one Of equal Importance with those
already announced, is likely to be built this
fall.
To secure the facts. HERALD reporter
called ut the Office Of Mr.. 3. w. briggs,
ir in the Utah Commercial bank building,
and gained the following information:
II nave spent good deal OF time" said
Mr.. briggs, during the last month in in
vestigating the resources of Castle valley,
in order 10 lind what inducements there
were besides our vast coal fields TO build a
railroad, and find them so rich and plenti-
full as to warrant carrying out our projects
more fully than ut first contemplated.
The yrdicate we have formed has just
concluded the deal with the Busby Mining
company. purchasing the entire capital
stock of SOU, 0u0 SO tnat we now have
under our control one of the largest and
| best deposits of coal in the United States, a
twelve-foot vein OF Dtunlnou5 camel coal,
resembling Australian shale now Imported
TO the gas works DIT $40 ton, whole
mountain of soft coai promo Inced by eX-
perts to be the best coking coal in Utah,
and superior blacksmith coal, and neces-
sarily good coal for stoves ard engines.
We have also secured vast deposits of min
eral wax, aSphaltum and kindred sub
stances containing a fine quality OF para
phine and ozokorite. These substances are
used in so many ways they are as staple as
coal. BESIDES these there are beds
of cement, silica, gypsum, boraX,
alum, sulphur sandstone, photographic
stone, and iron, all in a radius OF a few
miles, and last, but not least in mineral re
sources, is gold and silver mines being
opened up. The contemplated railroad will
also tap one of the largest timber belts in
Utah, extending for iity miles from San
/ pete range along the San Rafael and yicin
| ity Some fifteen saw mills are now just
| on the edge of this extensive timber belt
and have to haul their lumber by teams
twenty-five miles; our road will reduce il
| to begin with, so that it can be delivered tC
| the cars in about five miles haul by team
at is contemplated and the road located
! to run from some, point in Castle valley or
the line of the Denver & Rio Grande
through the settlements of Castle valley,
via our coal fields and on over the range
into San Pete through Juab to tap the iron
country and Connect the coal and iron
thence on the west side of Utah lake anC
/ Jordan TO Salt Lake city, and branch int
southern Utah with Il view to eventually
opening way for market of these extens
i've coal regions 10 California. The road vii
run through one of the largest stock range:
in Utah and open up agricultural resource!
that now lie dormant
The camel coal has been tested at th'
gas works and pronounced the equal of the
Australian shale, and the Eagle foundry
has tried the coklng coal with fatterine
| results.
Mr.. briggs haskhad a Surveyor in the
field doing preliminary work. Invent.
miles CT the forty miles required to be bull
mas already Deen graueu ana IS rSaCy 10
the ii s, while the balance of the line i
over comparatively level country and ca
be built very cheaply The principe
stockholders in the enterprise are Sal
Lake people, though couple of eastern
capitalists are interested in the scheme
Mr. briggs will go east in couple 0
weeks to secure the necessary capital t
build the line, and he expects TO have Goa
in this city from Castle Valley by Januar
or February.
After the line is built to connect with tt
Rio Grande Western, steps will be taken I
build through TO this city. taking route o.
the west of Utah lake aud coming into tn
city on the west side OF the Jordan river
The Castle Valley will pass through som
of the best winter stock ranges in the ter
ritory, and during the season Mr. briggs i
sati fed that his road can picK up severa
carloads of stock daily. H. is also inter
ested in the Union Stock yards and be
, lieves that the stock-growers will ship tliei
, stock 10 the yards as soon as they are read
for business.
; Tne total length of the Castle Valley lin
when completed will be 159 miles.
Mems heavy pants 81 pair at S.
NGtban'S.