Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-08-01


Pacific NAV be better indicated by fig
urcs showing some of the products OF
the first group of counties enumer-
ated-those adjacent to the main line.
of the road. These included in 1906, among
other articles. l.2S5000,00O pounds of
green fruits 355, 900 pounds of drieo
fruits 100000 bushels of grain, L.,
100000 tons Of hay and alfalfa, 2,OOO,-
900 cases OF canned fruits and vegeta-
bles, $4,000, 900 gallons of wine and beer,
$4,000 tons of sugar beets. 12,000.000
pounds of butter and cheese. $4,000.
900 feet of lumber. In addition the
manufactures Of the counties named
turned out in 1906 products of various
kinds to the value of $3.50 600.
MINERAL WEALTH
The total mineral product of Cali
fornia for 1906 was SAG, 776, 900. OF this
amount the fourteen counties embraced
in the territory directly traversed by
the Western Pacific railroad produced
s9,I13,000 Oroville. in Butte county,
is the center of the principal gold
dredging industry of the state, The
industry is one which has come into
existence within the past decade but
1t has had a healthy growth in tn.
Oroville field, as is shown by the in
crease in output from 81 1923, 99S In 1903
twenty and thirty dredges. costing
from $150,O0O to s25O,000 each are en-
gage in working the ore bearing gravel.
which has a depth of about 40 feet. 1t
Is estimated that over $4,000, 900 has
been taken from these gravel beds at
Oroville, and lands which a few years
ago could be purchased for from $40
to $50 an acre, now sell at from $1,000
to $1,000 per acre.
Quartz and hydraulic mining is an
important industry in Sierra, Plumas
and other mountain counties. In Plu-
mas are located such famous gold
producers as the Plumas Eureka, from
which 100000 has been taken, the
Green Mountain, which has yielded
S7,OOO,OOO, the Crescent, Cherokee and
Gold Stripe The gold mines of Sierra
county have yielded $4,000, 900.
There are also extensive copper and
iron deposits. which are awaiting ade-
quate transportation facilities to make
their development profitable. The
copper deposits of this region are the
continuation of the Shasta belt, on
which are situated farther north the
famous Keswick. Bully Mill and other
properties, producing about $4,000, 600
annually.
The same section of the State which
contains the richest mineral resources
tiiputaiy " lIiS ROAD likewise con-
tains the greater part of the standing
timber in the Western Pacific terri
tory. Something has already been
SAID OF the annual lumber product of
California and of the area contained
in the forest reserves lying within the
state. The amount of timber tribu-
tary to the Western Pacific line has
been carefully estimated, and 1t has
been concluded that there is enough
furnish
freight. producing a large and certain
revenue to the railroad company One
man has holdings of 100000 acres
along the line in the mountain
district, on which 1t is estimated there
is more timber than is now standing
in the whole state of Minnesota.
From the summit of the Sierra to
salt Lake City the Western Pacific
draws line across Nevada and West
ern Utah. Nevada is rich In mineral
resources. and some of its most prom
ising districts lie along the route OF
the new road. Deposits of sulphur.
borax and salt, gold, silver and copper
occur along the line between the Dor
der OF California and that of Utah.
Moreover, irrigation has proved that
the soil of Nevada Is as rich as an
where. In the Truckee- Carson River
country, for instance, where an irriga-
tion project Of the United States gov.
eminent is reclaiming some $50 0op
acres of land, the beginnings of 1,
prosperous agricultural community
have already sprung UP. The country
which is travcrsed by the Western
Pacific is as rich in soil potentialltles
as any in Nevada
When the Western Pacific is in ope~-
ation the value of this country will he
realized upon The mines, which com
munioauon Will make 1t profitable To-
develop. Will send their trainloads OF
ore eastward to the smelters of Salt
Lake Caty, while the mining COM
lnunittes themselves will furnish maj
kets near at hand for the lumber and
farm products of California, and their
presence viii encourage the further
development Of grazing and irrigation
New developments like those of Gold
held and Tonopah may take place In
the northern regions of the state.
Few people appreciate the way Ne.
Vaua has grown, despite her lack OF
railroad transportation During tn.
decade ending with 1906 the sales OF
public lands I'm Nevada amounted IL,
over 100000 acres. The 1907 WOO,
crop of the state was 100000 pounds.
one-half that of California. and it's
value was more than sl250,O0 The
manufacturing industries Of Nevada
use annually raw material to the value
Of over Sl,600,000, and her product
amounts to over 81, 900, 900 yearly. These
industries have trlpled since 1900. Tho
gold production of the state in 1906.
was S,27S,0OO, ranking after Colorado.
Alaska and California. The previous
year II was S5,359,000. There was also
SILVER production OF s3,525OOO, ex-
ceeded in amount only by Montana.
Colorado Utah and Idaho.
OF west bound traffic, I'm addition 10
that which will be turned over to II at
Salt Lake City by the connecting roads
from the east the Western Pacific win
receive a large tonnage I'm coal from
the Utah coal fields, the product OF
which in 1906 amounted to 1,5S2, 900
tons. This coal will be distributed TO
the coailess territories of Nevada and
California.
Taking into consideration all these
sources OF traffic, with their possiblli-
ties, II does not appear that the eX-