The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-07-05
A. & P. TUNNEL.
NAY be Used for a Connection With
Clark Road.

Denver TimeS)
The Incorporation of the Denver q
salt Lake Tunnel. Railway & Mining
company is a matter OF more signifi-
canoe to Denver than appears on the
81 face. especially when the Clark road
from the Pacific to salt Lake is taken
into consideration, in connection with
the statement made on the same day
that the Clark road might be built TO
D5aV5T.
When Mr.. Hartman told Senator
Clark that he could not build his road
20 Salt Lake because the powers that
be did not want il built, and that If
he reached Salt lax he could not get
his freight hauled out or that city, IL
was very evident that he did not know
Senator Clark or his capacity Tor busl-
ness. Dozens Of men in Denver and
hundreds of men in Butte could have
told him that Mr.. Clark seldom takes
hold OF anything that he is not pre-
pared II carry through
The a. & =. tunnel is in the line
which forms the most direct passage
through the range Two other routes
have been men toned. one passes
through at the head of South Boulder
creek. another at the head or Middle
Boulder creek But If the A & 2 tun-
mel is put through by the time Mr-
Cfark's road is ready for IL the TACT
VIII be q strong inducement Tor the
selection Of that route. and the three
routes proposed are covered by not 10
exceed twenty miles IN an almost IL
rect line north and south
That the tunnel viii be built IS as
sured by J.. r. RatchfOrd OF syracuse,
y. Y. and j. ". Snyder OF New i OK
CftV both of whom are interested IN
the company. and left Tor the east yes
terday after trip 20 the tunnc. me
companv VIII have no dlfnc0lty IN He-
ia T.
an the money required IS already as
sured- Nothing viii be done this sea
son EXCEPT to get the company IN shape
for the commencement OF operations,
but lsxt spring the work VIII STAR
with a fCu equipment of machinery
ana A force OF men sufficient 10 keep
three shifts at work
The estimated cost OF the work u
not far from $1,0eJ,OJo- me exact us
lance through the mountain IS Iouf anu
one-eighth miles OF tni5 LlIiS tl-oi
than a mile HIS already been drlVt1'
leaving 1880 feet to be CONSTRUCT a.
A bid has been received from an ld2nO
contractor to build 10,o0e feet for s0le.-
Gee. and the remaining 6,9uO rect VIII
Co.'S no more IN proportion
The tunnel VIII not DC used Tor loco-
motives unless IL should be SOLD 70 q
railroad company, the intention OF the
company being To operate II as sep
arate enterprise by electricity. An elec-
IrO-mOlbr will be installed next spi ans
10 bring the waste rock out, and the
plan of operations is TO haul the cars
through by electricity and deliver them
to locomotives at either end The oil
mansions of the bore wiz be lsxZ4 Feet
large enough 60 permit the passage
Of the largest sized furniture cars Inc
outer shell OF the mountain mas Deen
pierced on this SIDE through the hard-
est kind Of granite. and the breast -
now in tie big pOrphyry dixie when
traVerses the range and when IS soA1
enough 10 permit rapid progress 10 DC
made.
As a mining proposition the tunnel
VIII be Of great Importance. AlreadH
several large veins have been cut thar
show assays Of good values and Whea
operations are commenced some OF the
best Of these veins wiN be dTifted upon.
1T is thought by many who have eX-
amined these ore bodies that it VIII
DE but a short time before the output
OF these mines VIII pay the greater
part of the expense OF driving the tun-
mel. Some Of the veins which have been
cut are Of libersl SIZE and good values
and there is no doubt that they VIII
lie made very productive.
The railway feature 81 the enterprise
however, is Of che most Importance al
the present time Neither the moor
porators nor any Of the others of the
company Wiz say anything in regard
te an association with the Clark syn
oicSSe. but there is evidently an under
standing IN the event thsE Mr.. Clars