Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-01-22
BUSINESS And MINES.
lmlOrtal, Changes ir loo Railway 10
Garfield Beach,
rnE SNOW ON THE urAn CENTRAL
insincs. AMI Mining News Items
Gathered from yUlUas
Quarters.


The Union Pacific Official, are max
Ing active preparations to make tho
U'ah & nevada section oi the road q
standard gauge line. The change IL 10
10 made in the spsius, lust as early a.
Work oin be- commenced, provided the
receivers do NO, vagy from the present
program. Win tho line o. Garfield
leach broad gauge. the Union Pacific
,Hcufslons from north aud south may
be- taken direct 10 that point without
the inc0nvoniuucc gt % transfer which
exists at present There .. more talk
10 the elect that when the new line
IL ready the depot will be ut tho
corner Of FLEET South and Fourth
West streets no longer, but will bo
Transferred TO the present Union Pacific
passenger station, where accommoda.
tons on the street are more ample.
That tho laying Of the broad gauge
this season Is fully determined
upon II evident from "a mum.
Der Of factS, though the railway men
VIII have nothing 10 say on the sub.
loct. one impoflan. item il the sale
Of the narrow gauge rolling stock that
IL now going on. Several cars have
been cold 10 the Sanroto Valley road,
which has also purnaased the siroprrst
aui bcst locomotive on the Umh q
Nevada, anu will have IL NJ WORK roou
between Nrphi nnd Manli.
On the now tack between this CITY
and Garfield Beach new and hsnyy
steel rails are 10 be- laid, aud the track
IL TO be slaughtered TOT the running Of
trains Vt hish rate OF speed. II Ia
said aj'minutc time table will bo
adopted between this city aud TIE
Beach. Beyond this point tho beet
rails VI the present track arc 10 be used
Ia the widunui gauge 10 Terminus,
Tooele county.
The management Of the Garfield
beach bathing fus0ft will, II IL said, bo
given Into now hands, the parties be.
lOnginR 10 an eastern company, which
viii uHpend a considerable sum on the
resort.
sHOvELiN0 Snow.
Tho Utah Central Railway Ia having
iu annual iussle with suoW butwsen
this city aud the Pafk. The line has
been kept pretty well open, but yestcf.
day's tall Of "lhe beauuiulD la the
mountainslwas rather too much for In,
llidng qualities Of impfovised snow
plOwH on the little locomotives. This
morning trainioaJ OF shovelers went
out and cleared the track and with tho
present calm weather II II expected
tfaiho viii not be- impeded 10 any
great eKiouL This morning's train got
through ~ the Park and the passenger
tfainh are keeping fairly near lOl The
schedule time.
NOTES.
James Nolan, miner employed Al
thu Flanagan mine, Idaho, was Uaily
ihlufrd on saiuriay eve Ing, by tho
uAplosion OF a blas. ~ gitut powder
which he was drilling out. Hs face
Wa ifightiully laoeratoi, and IL Il DO.
lleVed bis oytslght IL lost.
Ephraim EHtorprtss: Notwithstand.
INK the heavy SNOW IA tho mountains
: number " citizens arc Prospecting
~ precious metals. a number ~
good claims will DO .opuned up "a soon
Promises " be lively one for this city.
Tue report oomus from Lander, Wy.
lming, OF a very rich pocket In the
Burr mine nj Lewiston. About forty
IONS VI rock hAvo been taken out
Shich viii run $500 10 5000 per ton.
lhis II the flchvat pocket ever disc0y.
'fud IN the Burr. Development work
viii be pushed all winter and the orc
nilloi IN the spring.
The Idaho pruDe industry Is beoom.
ng quite important 10 that state. A
rroft made on Saturday 90 Senator
'noup gives this following figufes:
Number Of pounds cured 1892, 100, 900;
y 1898, 100000. Number Of pounds
.teon, raised anu shipped IN 1892, $780,.
OOi In 1898, 100000. Approximate
'alue Of crop In 1899, 10000, In 1893,
$4,000. Amount Of money invested,
$4,000. Pfosent value Ia acreage,
5000, 600. Number OF people In the
BUSINESS, 500.
Beaver UlOHiaH We are In TsosIpt
I a sample Of coal which came from
no tccently ii sCJvefed ledge OF
canon Aud other. The coal makes
nice lame aud appears 70 burn easily
nd freely, leaving very little refuse.
The blacssmiths report that they have
Rod his coal and hnd It FAR ahead OF
ny other they have been using, being
more free from foreign substance.
here lisa fortune for tho owners Of
his ledge n Il II OF sufficient quality
nd can BIO worked 20 advantage. We
70 informed that both these points DO
OF exist MS hindranoes, but that there
an immense body OF the Cjal anu II
an DO handled with unusual advAu.
,gp. Good f0T the finders aud coed