The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-02-03
MINING CAMP
RAILROAD TALK
Speculation as to How and by
Whom FairvieW and Won
der Will Get Relief.
SEVERAL PLANS RlPENING
WONDER CAMP is AGAIN 5EcoM-
ING ACTIVE.

Wonder, New, Jan. Sl.--Active work In
the building of a railrOad line into Won
der and Fairview is expected to start at
any time within the next sixty days. The
only question involved apparently is one
OF route. There are three posi-
bic entries to these two districts. From
Fallon, a branch terminal of the South
ern Pacific, the distance is about sixty
five miles. Logically this is the route
which should appeal to the rOad-build-
eTs.
1t is possible that track-Iaying would
have started along this route long ago
but for the glowing report submitted by
party Of engineers who ran a survey
down through the Humboldt, or Winnie
mucca or Dixie valley. You can take your
choice this interesting section of des-
ert having as many aliases as the bank
clerk on his way to Canada till thA, af-
fair blows over. Who ordered this Sur
Vey Is got known officially, though it
has been attributed to the Western Pa
cific. The new transcOntinental line has
entrance TO Winnemucca, and it is al
most d straight shoot down from that
point To Fairview and Wonder, with con-
nections with the Brook road at Nina,
and a run to GOldfield and through to
Los Angeles as more than POSSIBLE
ity looming up. Incidentally, the Winnie
mucca Valley road would tap a rich coun-
try, there being no less than seven es-
tablished mining camps on the route and
enough salt in the famous salt beds of
Dixie to supply the world for decade
Southern Pacific Waiting
As it is only matter of laying thirty
odd additional miles of track more In
this valley than would be necessary TO
connect FallOn with Fairview and WOn-
der the Southern Pacific officials gave
themselves pause at Fallon. An observer
of the moves on the railroad checker
board sizes the situation up this way:
BY running a line down the Winnemucca,
alias Dixie alias Humboldt Valley, the
q would
serve the two districts that have been
clamOring so long and loud for a rail-
road. but hated rival would be shut
out of promising territory and kept es-
pecially from that Los Angeles outlet,
and the rich reward incidental to con-
nectiOn with the Brock railroad at Nina.
Knowing that the Western Pacific is
tied up with its agreement not to engage
in building any branch lipes till the
tranScOntinental line is built, the off,
Gals of the Southern Pacific have de-
cided 10 wait until they are virtually
crowded before engaging in the work. IL
will take a year before the Western Pa
cific can move. and in that length of time
anything may happen
Nevada Hills New Scheme.
That something will happen is the de-
cision of the Nevada Hills people. This
mine which has paid dividends TO the
amount of $4,000 while sinking develop
ment shaft needs to get its ore to the
smelteI. The present method is expen-
1t is now proposed, according to good
authority, that the Nevada Hills Mining
company build railroad OF its own. 1t
is also given out on good authority that
there will be no playing into the hands
of the Southern Pacific in the building,
as il is proposed to cut Fallon out and
run the road over to where the railroad
from Austin swings through the Reese
River valley on the way to Battle Noun
tain. Out of the three chances for a
railroad offered, it is more than posi-
hot nd
one.
In addition to these. one may mention
the cable line, project fathered by F.
T. TOTpey. formerly of the firm OF Tor
pey & McIllheny, Manhattan. Nevs Mr..
TOrpey proposes to lay a cable over the
ordinary road and by method of pro-
pulsion found successful at Santa Cruz,
CAL haul freight and passengers at an
average speed of eight miles an hour.
IT is not Mr.. TOrpeys intention to use
rails of any kind. though rails are nee
essarv at Santa Cruz. He will install his
five engines on q Terington branch first
and later build from Fallon to Wonder
and Fairview, Rawhide, Monte Cristo
and Manhattan.
Mines Are Resuming.
Operations We're resumed a few days
ago on the Wonder MOgul. which is near
the Wonder Sumner ground, in the vicin-
ity of Chalk Mountain The tunnel is
in about 200 feet, and J. T. Wilson, the
general manager of the company, intends
TO continue driving this till he taps the
ledge. The ledge gave assays averaging
as high as Sl00 on the surface. and is
a few inches less than six feet across,
L. l.. Lyons, a Colorado mining mann will
have charge of the property hereafter.
J. ", Lansing, owner OF the Lansing
lease on the Ross group. was notified by
Superintendent f. A. FerrOn of the sun
shine Wonder, that a strike had been
made on the latter property of ore that
looks good. The Sunshine Wonder was
bought by Mr. Lansing and a group of