Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-09-17

freight for the Orient fruit from Call
fornia viii be shipped over this line
mining camps developed and coal de-.
p0sits worked. all OF which viii be Oper-
ated by this road. While we win have
"a main line through from Salt Lake %
Los Angeles at the same time there
VIII be built branch lines 10 the various
mineral deposits adjacent 20 the line OF
route which viii have the effect OF
building and developing the country to
a wonderful extent"
OUTLET TO THE ORIENT.
In talking in regard to the wonderful
harbOr at san Pedro. twenty-five miles
from Los Angeles where the terminal
road already has an immense frontage,
Mr. Gibb0n stated In substance.
In 1896 Congress appropriated $780,
000 for the purpose OF constructing a
deep-water harbor at san Pedro by
building a hreakwatcr SO designed ms
20 secure a large area OF protected an
choTdge In water ranging from i've 10
nine fathoms IN depth. Work upon this
breakwatcr was begun I'm April. 1899
and has since been and now Is In prog
ress. Under the provisions OF resolu-
ton adopted at the 81 session OF Con-
gress. the engineering depar tment II the
United states has prepared and sub
mltted a report TO Congress giving an
estimate of the cost of obtaining Z
depth IN the inner harbor heretofore
referred 20, Of twenty-four feet at mean
low tide which viii accommodate
ocean going vessels Of tweHty-eight feet
draught and VIII afford within lines
of completely protected inner har-
Dor about seven miles of wharf 'front.'
age This Improvement Is estimated by
the report 20 cost slightly over two
millions OF dollars. and as the work up
on the breakwater has been contracted
for about a million and a half dollars
less than the amount OF {2.90O00O origin
ally Appropriated for the same, II would
not appear unreasonable To hope that
the government may shortly appropd-
ate the sum required for the proposed
work upon the inner harbor The pro-
ject and estimates for this work provide
for a harbor which will not only be Sec
ond a. none on the Pacific coast. but
which will when completed In accord
ance with the plans submitted. be abso-
lutely the best harbor for the purposes
Of ocoan-going commerce on that coast.
DEEP CREEK ROUTE.
While there are several old surveys
under consideration by the promoters Of
this road, what Is known as the Deep
Creek route is probably the one That
demands the most attention at their
hands at the present
The country tributary 70 this line Is
such as win supply q continued traffic
Tor an seasons The lire crosses three
or four valleys almost as rich and eX-
q Ia. .n / ~ 10
mountains In route are found 20 con-
tain immense deposits Of silver, lead
copper. iron and coal
Traffic for the Utah division viii COM
mence within twenty miles OF salt
Lake. In the Oqulrrh mountains sew
eral varieties Of marble an exceeding
ly fine brown stone, a white stone and a
gray sandstone are found. easily quar-
rel and accessible 20 the road,
The agricultural resources OF Tooele !
valley together with contiguous mining
districts win furnish a very handsome
course Of revenue for The road
The prosperous mining district OF !
Stockton. furty-two miles, with an out |
put az present OF from 81 10 100 tons of |
ore per day and the adjoining district !
Of Ophir. with smaller output, would |
both contribute 20 the Income Of the |
road
on reaching ST. Johns hfty-four |
miles, the products OF Rush Valley |
would be tributary. n valley forty miles /
in length and twenty miles in width. |
and equally as rich as any valley IN the |
territory.
AZ ninety miles, the agricultural pro- |
ducts Of Skull valley are reached. EN- |
tensiye lodges Of magnetic specular and |
hematite ores are found near the base |
OF the mountains. Several OF the lodges |
have working shafts varying from sew.
cnty 20 eighty feet In depth and re- /
ported as assaylng respectively |
1913 669l, and some as high as 20 per |
cent
The fire clay found near the line has
been tested az the salt Lake City pot /
terry, and other works In Salt Lake city. |
and the resultant bricks pronounced |
the best bricks seen IN this territory /
seems 20 be a very superior article
There are also three silica sand lodges /
In Skull valley which can be used IN the /
~ glass.
BIG MINERAL ZONE.
Passing several mining distrlets the