Arizona republican., 1899-08-02
To Be Pierced by the Arizona
& Utah Railway.
WHAT IT MEANS TO THE WEST
The Coal Deposits are immense and
Iron Ore and Lime Stone Are
Found in lnexhausiIble QuanfI-
tieS-predicfionS That Inc REQ
ION viii Become The Seat of a
New PiifSburq.

Kingman. Ariz.. Aug. Especial
Correspondence of Tbs Republican,
The new railroad to Chloride referred
to in my last two or three letters is
being built by Kenefick & Tusk. con.
tractors of Chicago and New York. 1t
starts from McConnico Junction. four
miles west of Kingman and the track
is today completed TO Chloride, a dis
rance of 22!1a miles The road and
everything in connection with it is
substantially and we'll constructed, be-
ing laid with 56-pound steel rails or
No 1 railroad tiss. The depot at
Chloride and residence for the agent
are comm6dious and slightly structures
and rhe line will be opened for traffic
forthwith.
1t is a great thing for the Chloride
camp as the mines in that district will
now be able to ship their concentrates
and ores TO K.ngman by rail instead of
hauling them % miles az a heavy cost
over i rough mountain road
is by no means confined to the con
nection with Chloride-its name, the
Arizona & Utah Railway" being
significant of its ultimate deStinae ion
BY January next it will be completed
to the White hills, 80 miles north of
TiI Dc crossed IT Boneilis Gerry, and
from the other side of the river n will
take its way along the Rio Virgin
river to the mouth of the Muddy
river ar st. Thomas. thence up the
Muddy river as far as Meadow Valley
junction and up the Meadow Valley
wash to Clever junction. The pro.
jected road is TO connect with the
Utah & Pacific, now completed to
southern Utah, and besides afrording
another choice Of routes into the ter
ritory and California will deve1ope the
very rich mining and, in fact. agricuI-
trral section through which 1t will
pass.
In the country which Will be ira
versed by this road are some of thu
largest coal fields on the continent
also imme2se deposits of iron ore and
limestone all lying close together and
destined to become the Alabama of tho
Pacific coast.
About 4 year ago miding man oe
the highest reputation drove over tie
entire route and brought with him 10
California specimens of the coal and
iron ore found in the region of the pro
jected line will open up. The coal
close to the outcrop, where it could
hardly be expected 10 be at its best,
was the finest specimen of the black
your correspondent mas ever
seen in America. and the iron ore CT
rough assay yielded upwards of IS per
cent of metallic iron.
With coal and iron ore of this quail
ity in csQSe proximity to the limestone
to say nothing of gold silver and
new country has a great
destiny
It will command the markets of the
Pacific coast 20 the exclusion of all
eastern competitors, and will not only
control the coast trade but that of the
entire orient. 1t is. if considered in all
its bearings. an enterprise of incalcu-
able value 20 the Pacific coast states
md its importance cannot possibly be
over estimated.
When the Colorado is bridged the en-.
ire project may be regarded as a fait
lccompli, and it viii be but n very few
years before i sturdy rival to Pitts
burg, Pa. and Birmingham, Ala, viii
'apidly arise and will attain proper
ion far beyond the scope of the most
imagination.
The coal deposits in the country to
Be opened up by the Arizona x Utah
silway are immense and the iron ore
md limestone are practically mex
laustibie Coal and iron being the
'asfs of commercial prosperity who
hall forsee the ultimate results of
he projected enterprise? Your cor
ventures to predict that
hose results will transcend in i'm
,ortance and be of more permanent
alue to the Pacific coast states than
Il the gold ever found or to be found
n California. Colorado and Arizona.
The opening of the new line to
'hloride is to be celebrated by two
avs festivities on the 10th and 1Tth
f August The silver spike is to be
riven by she Chloride girl who is Sc
acted by popular vote TO officiate with