The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-07-29


+ Incorporated short time ago, has 7
= decided to build line from Caliente :
= to Phoebe New. =
= The final survey is nearly COM =
= pleted and the construction of the =
= line will be commenced as soon as
= material can be assembled. The work 4
= will be completed as quickly as pos
y sible.
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The rails to be used on the line have
already been obtained, and are now on
the line of the Salt Lake Route between
Salt Lake and Caliente. They are avail
able for immediate use
The greatest obstacles that the build
ers of the road will have to meet will be
the shortage of ties. and of men to per-
form the labor Every effort Will be
made to secure sufficient material and la
Dor TO push the work to completion as
quickly as possible.
The Nevada-Utah Mines & Shelters
company, having received assurance that
the road will be built. is placing orders
for machinery and promises to ship ores
from their property as soon as the road
reaches Phoebe.
The company's Day mine i'm the Jack
Rabbit district is now in condition to
produce large quantities of fluXing ores.
These ores carry lime, manganese and
iron, as well as silver and lead values.
They are greatly needed by the shelters
in Salt Lake valley for fluxing purposes.
Will Ship 200 Tons Daily.
The Nevada-Utah company win be pre-
pared TO ship 200 tons OF ore per day from
the time the road is ready to receive the
consignments for transportation. Other
mines belonging to the company Will not
be able to give the road SO great vol
Tine of freight foT some time, as it will
be necessary TO StraighIen and timber the
old shafts, and make such changes as
will be necessary TO facilitate the devel-
Opment of their properties, and the easy
handling of the ores.
An electric power plant Will be con-
structed in the valley, and this cannot be
built until the road is completed. and the
machinery can be carried in. This power
plant will cost not less than $S50,O00, and
when completed will supply all of the
mines in the district with power. The
Nevada-Utah mines will be operated by
electricity.
A narrow gauge road is now in opera
ton between the Jack Rabbit district,
where the Day mine is located, and Pr
oche a distance of twelve miles The
road will carry ores from TIE Day and
Bristol mines 20 the smelters. The Bris-
tol mine is now hauling ores to Caliente
at a cost of S12 per ton. From Caliente
these ores are shipped TO Salt Lake.
Other Properties Promising.
While the Nevada-Utah company will
be the main dependence for tonnage at
the beginning. a large number of prom
isIng properties both prospects and mines,
will now be developed and Put into the
producing stage. This will be a direct
result of the building of the road. and as
a result of the announcement that cheap
transportation of the ores 10 the mar
kets will be afforded.
This announcement follows the personal
trip recently made by Senator w. A.
Clark and j. Ross Clark to Phoebe. Sen
atoT Clark satisfied himself as to the
conditions prevailing, and was convinced
that the old camp could be revived and
developed to greater proportions than il
ever enjoyed in the palmieSt days of its
history He is carrying out his well de-
fined policy of building up the country
through which the road passes.
The new road will effect not only Pr
Cche, but 1t will reach a large area of
territory that is tributary, making Phoebe
a shipping point. 1t is expected that the
old camp will be as lively as in the days
OF II, when the great Meadow Valley.
Raymond and Ely were pouring out their
millions. Wonderful shipments of ore
were made from this camp in those days.
and Phoebe was the center of interest
in the entire American mining world.
The new growth of che camp will not
he spectacular and picturesque as in the
halcyon days of the early f0s, but will
he substantial and solid, such as follows
The development of great bodies of lew
Srade ores under mCdern conditions, and
with modern money-saving and labor-sav-
ing methods.