Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-03-29


gagged In making iniptov mems,
preparing the vats, ETC., for resumlng
operations Ia the mill.
THE CITY FILLING W.
House ronting agents are feeling
better over the decrease In the number
Of vacant dwellings on their lists, and
the consequent increase ol their
revenue from rents. Tho number Of
houses Tor rent has been greatly
diminished within the past two
weeks, through their occupancy by
tenants.
FOR SAN LUIS VALLEY.
A dispatch from La Vela, Colorado,
says that OH Monday special train,
carrying President Jciltry, Superln.
iendent Burns, Chief Engineer Rogers
aud other officials OF the Denver ard
Rio Gmndu, rolled into La Veta from
tue East. President Jvtlegy walked
around, accompanied by hi- officials,
ana from words dropped It was learned
that the iong.expected railroad move
Is about 10 take place. The Rio Grande
has found out that her territory IA be
ing fast taken from her, and that she
must DO something TO hold her own.
The Missouri Pacific ON the nOrlh aui
the Rock Island on the south have
about made all arrangements 20 enter
the Ban Luis valley and deprive the
Rio Grando OF her trade. To chockmate
this move, II ~ presumed, IL the visit OF
the Rio Grande officials, ami with the
work now being done, 10 prepare the
track rom Walsenberg 10 La Neta for
the running Of "hog" engines. IL
looks as II the Rio GrBnde will com.
mouce building a broad gauge west o
La NelH to the San Luis valley. The
only question Ia where to tunnel the
mountain. II IA also IA fact that the
Rio Gfandc company has had two
engineers watching the range for the
last six weeks. They left La Veta last
Monday ana today the head men
came. IL was also learned that work
would commence inside Of thirty days.
RAILWAY HEADINd NORTH.
The Piocho Record save. A letter
from the Keystone mine, yellow Pine
district, spys that work on the railroad
from Coils continues steadily anu that
sixteen miles more Of tho track Ia laid
aud about sixteen miles more OF grade
Ia ready for rails, which for some reR.
son CONS along slowly. IL Ia reported
there that the r0nd Ia TO bo pushed Mt
once beyond New York district, the
first objective point, right 10 Good
| Springs, which IL the middle OF Yellow
Pine district, and that orders have
been received 10 survey another section
OF ninety miles ~ the northeast from
that point. This viii bring tho line
10 the old California crossing ON the
Muddy river, this county, anu oontin-
uing from there up Nirgen river will
bring the road 10 the vicinity OF the
iron and coal deposits near Cedar,
| Utah, from which connection with
the Rio Grhude Western, now
at Salina in the SEWER valley,
will 10 made, or, continuing from
the Muddy crossing up Meadow Valley
Wash, about sevenly.ilve miles, the
grade Of the Union Pacific, which en-.
lers the Wash at Culverwell ranch,
sixteen miles below Panaoca, will be
tapped.
10 CLOSE DOWN AT BUTTE.
Butte Miner. General Manager
Thomas Couch OF the Boston a. Mon.
tana company says that the entire
smelling works Of the company In this
| city will be shut down about June let.
Up to about two months ago the COM
| pany had two plants In operation here,
each OF when had a reduction capa.
city OF between 200 and $50 tons OF ore
per day, but the old works were sealed
about the time stated, which left only
/ one plant In operation. BY the closing
down OF the upper works, $50 men
were thrown out Of employment, and
a like number ami from ten 10 fifteen
more will lose their obs when the
lower works close. About 100 OF this
number will be taken from the mines;
the others from the smelter. This will
make total deCapilali0n Of about 500
In the working force within niI
months, yet there viii he nearly GOO
left to furnish ore for the Great FnIls
plant. MIR. Couch also states that the
rumOr that the men thrown out of
work by the closing OF the pmelter will
DO put on ut the mines is falss, as the
output Of ore will then be lessened
nearly 225 tons per day.
CHEAP SILVER AND HIGH FREIaHTs.
Regarding the closing down Of the
Mullan mine, ia the Cmur d'Alene
country, Idaho, mentioned few days
ago, the superintendent OF tho mine,
Mr.. Huntley, sayE at would be- i'm.
possible for me To tell you what Will
be done In the future, but one thing
sure, the mine will not DO touched
again until freight rates come down OF
else the prices Of silver and lead 10 up.
Our mine produces low-grade ore, and
under present conditions we cannot
work the mine at n profit. IL costs us
but little less than 81 to mine and tram
the ore, which ut times has not run
more than from three 10 four ounces
In silver. This Hhui-down Ia not
question of labor aud we IRE not
trying TO make cut In wages.
Our company recognizes that you
cannot get good men ia country
like this f1r low wages, 40 there are
but two hopes ono for . r iiso In the
prices OF silver and lead anu tho other
Tor reduced freight rates. When the
company pumhafed this mine last
spring there were thousands OF tons OF
ore blocked vi. Tue II was very low
grade ore, but we saw that there was "A
large body and that with good mill
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