The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-05-18
MASON RAILROAD
WORK COMMENCED
Grading for Nevada Douglas
Branch Is Started at
the Property.
GREAT NEWS DELIGHTS
THE WHOLE DISTRICT
Main Line TO Mason City and
Mason Valley Mine Being
Surveyed.

All doubt relative TO immediate rail.
road installation In the Mason mining
district of Nevada was dissipated Mon
day afternoon by Walter G.. Orem. gen
eral manager of the Nevada Douglas
Copper company. On returning from
the district yesterday, Mr.. Orcm said
that actual work had been started on
the Smith Valley or Nevada Douglas
branch of the line by starting on the
grade work at the Nevada Douglas
mine itself
1t is we'll known that the survey
work for this line all has been com
pleted. and the estimates and prohles
are rounded out. so nothing remained
Tor the promoters TO do but TO begin
actual work. What Will in all prob
ability be the main railroad line for
The district VIII part from the Nevada
Douglas branch at what is known as
Mason Pass. running south from that
point through Mason City and to the
Mason Valley and other mines of the
district, And on Monday orders were
wired TO Nevada to have this road to
Mason City from Mason Pass surveyed
Immediately, so that this construction
task will not be delayed
This demonstrates beyond all ques-
ton that the Mason or Gcriugton camp
rs going to have immediate adequate
"a h'Sppi NtiglvH li'lli(lts, something
nlue operators and stockholders have
been praying for for over two years.
And following RAILROAD construction will
como smelter plans, after which actual
smelter installation will be next in or.
der, MI. OTem saws that everyone iu
the district is ovcrioycd at this splen,
did news, and quite naturally so, and
the same sensation will be experienced
IN Salt Lake City, the city from which
the beginning has banked its capital
and brains on the Mason district be-
coming one of the greatest copper sec
tious Of the country.
When asked relative to the rumor
that Heury krmb was making an ex-
pert examination of the Mason Valley
and Bluestone properties, which exam
NATION has given Salt Lake the i'm
preston that ''hen is on, ,' Mr.. Orem
said:
- only know what Salt Lake al.
ready has heard, and it is my opinion
that YOU will hear soon about whole
hoek of hens being on"
The Nevada Douglas company has
completed running the incline raise
from the 4oo.foot level 10 The surface,
and the management is repairing TO
install powerful hosting and general
mine equipment at the mouth of this
working which hereafter is to be the
main working shaft of the property.
From the 400 10 the 650-foot levels
there IS some .enlarging and retimber.
ing of this incline TO be done, and ore
BINS are TO be constructed at the main
hosting works so that the ores can be
dumped directly from the bins to the
railroad cars. Mr., Orem is very much
pleased with the quick work of this
important development On his wav
70 the train he heard ii rumorcl that
In the lower tunnel The Mason Valley
company had made second rich strike.
everything poIntin~ to this find being
even more important than the one which
recently occasioned SO much favorable
comment relative to this property