Los Angeles herald., 1907-07-08

REDDING, Cal, July THE After
though will experience greater actl-
witty during the present season than ever
before and the work that will be done
during the year will only be the open
ing wedge to much greater operations
for the future
This is the way that H. E. Dittmar,
managing director for the Great West
ern Gold company, expressed himself.
"Our company said Mr.. Dittmar,
'has been carrying on very extensive
development and has been installing
very extensive equipment and explora-
ton at the Afterthought mine, but we
have been working under great disad-
vantages. Like the Bully Hill mine
and Delamar smelter we have been COM
PEELED to depend upon wagon freighting
over what during the greater portion of
the winter are very bad roads, and like
the Delamar company we have been
forced to the conclusion that we will
not be able to work our property on a
scale commensurate with it's magnitude
until we have improved our transporta-
ton facilities. For this reason the Red
ding, Afterthought & Northeastern
Railroad company has been organized,
and an all-rail connection will be made
just as soon as it can be done. The ex-
and Copper Hill mines warrants this
construction and everything points to
the development of one of the very
large mines of Shasta county copper
belt on the Great Western company S
holdings. In addition to this the con-
struction of such railroad will be of
considerable Importance in carrying
freight to the northeast, for it is more
than probable that when the first sec
ton essential to rail connection is COM
pleted immediate extension of the
line will be taken under consideration
and an important feeder will have its
bearing on the development of the min
ing, timber and farming resources in
the northeastern and eastern parts OF
the county.
Active Preliminary Work
1.-THE Great Western company die
considerable preliminary work during
the past year and for the past few
months S. e. Brackens h been in
charge of surveying corps and we have
been active in the field determining the
most available route for the railroad
line.
1.-THE hardest part of the work will be
on the upper part of the line. although
the Ingot smelter is only about 500 feet
above the city of Redding. This ele-
walton, however, will have to be over
come, in distance of fourteen or fif-
teen miles, as Bella Vista is on about
the same elevation as Redding, and any
line connecting with the Southern Pa
cific. either directly or over the Ander-
son & Bella Vista railroad, will have tc
pass this level to follow the most feas-
ible route. Sufficient work has beer
done on the upper end to demonstrate
that a good outlet will be available
The line has been run and the grade
stakes set for a distance of about eight
miles, but 1t is likely that some i'm.
portant changes will be made over 6
part of the line in order to insure bet.
ter grades. 1t is my opinion that we
will be able to reach the plateau II
the vicinity of Little RounL mountain
with a maximum grade of approxi
mately 2 per cent and the base of Little
Round mountain is very nearly on {
level with the smelter at Ingot. From
this point on, however, it may be neces.
sary to use a heavier grade for shor'
distances in order to avoid some of the
bad gulches that must be overcome.
when the lroad is completed the
Great Western company will be enabled
to very materially increase it's outpu
at the Ingot smelter. The company II