The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-12-31

~ ALlENTE is one or the principal
towns on the line of Senator W.
A. Clarks railroad between Salt
Lake and the southern metropolis of
California, Los Angeles. 1t is one of
the main division points. and contains
a population Of about 500, ranking as
the second town in Lincoln county.
The railroad company has its repair
shops at this point. and also one Of
the largest roundhOuses along the line
OF the road
The population is made up of pro-
gressiYe American citizens and has
made the town a lively and enter
prising place.
Among the many improvements here
are to be found eighteen cottages built
Og the railroad company for the ac-
sommodatiOn of its employees. They
are OF the finest construction, the
smaller cottages one story in height
and containing four rooms, while the
tEVo-story structures contain six
rooms. and all of them completed with
view to the convenience of the ten
ants. There is no company in the
country that has looked more to the
comfort and welfare of its employees
than has this company.
Center of the Mining Districts.
Caliente is the natural distributing
point for many of the big mining dis
tricts of the state, and the remark is
OFTEN made by many who have never
seen the town that to get to any of
these great bullion-producting districts
you must first visit Caliente. You can
reach from here Phoebe, De Lamar.
Ely, Irish Mountain, F'reiberg. Tim
paute, Groom, Fay, Pennsylvania and
fha TanIx a
ton our own great mineral empire
the equal of the best. All are con-
tiguous to Caliente
Stages run daily out of Caliente 10
Phoebe, Panaca and De Lamar. Sem
ator Denton, with his line of stages.
makes regular trips. to those camps.
and he has never been known to miss
q trip.
The mineral possibilities about Cali
ente are simply wonderful. The hills
and valleys are ribbed with leads and
fedges containing valuable minerals of
all kinds and characters.
TIE country in and about Caliente
is streaked with gold lodges, varying
in value from few dollars to the
ton to- fabulous assays from pieces
picked up here and there along the
course OF the veins and lodges Phoebe
alone, one OF the great bulliOn-prOduc-
ing camps the world has ever known,
lies only short distance from Cali
ente; and De Lamar, one other that
promises TO equal any, has its outlet
through this town. All of these camps
are again in preparation for sending
forth the wealth that yet remains with
IN the fastness Of these mountain
belts rubbing the great Nevada des-
ert. Phoebe has been forgotten in the
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1t is not all, but only short
distances intervene between many of
the old mining camps in this desert
country In the vicinity of Caliente that
ara being revived owing to the pro-
gressive personality Of Senator Clark.
who has made it possible for the up
building of Lincoln county into one
OF the greatest mineral empires known
in the west
Great Future in Store.
CaIiente is in but the beginning of
its greatness. There are more pros
pectors in the mountains about Cali
ente now than there are in any other
portion OF Nevada, and they are pre-
pairing for the day of harvest that is
bound to come. Even at the very
threshold of the homes and the fire
sides Of the residents of Caliente are
rich leads of enormous size, which in
a short time will be turning ont riches
that viii in themselves make those who
have profited by their judgment in
securing ground. equal in riches to
any of the mining men of Nevada.
This is no idle dream. Caliente has
a magnificent future, and the residents
OF Lincoln county will share in the
harvest
t. e.
rails are 10 be laid on the Phoebe
branch, which has been graded for the
last five years between this place and
Phoebe. The ore shipped from the
mines belonging to the company at
Phoebe, 10 the Salt Lake reduction
works, terminated very satisfactorily;
even more so than had been expected.
The company has agreed, it is said.
to put up the money, amounting to
$4,000, for completing the road to
Phoebe, and the company is to get
that money back in freight rates over
the line. This the Utah-NeVada com
pany will do, for it has learned by
the experience of others that it will
not pay to reduce the ores at the
mines, and that it is much more eco
nomical to haul them out than it is
to ship freight In.
What Phoebe Branch Means.
This will be welcome news to all of
this surrounding country. 1t means
much for Caliente. After the road has
been completed all the freight and
supplies will have to go in by this
route, not only for the mines Of Phoebe,
but TO all of the other mines, includ-
ing the rich copper country about Ely.
Caliente will be the natural distribu-
ting point for all Of these places.
1T means much, not for this place