The Elk Mountain pilot., 1910-01-28
PLAN NORTHERN
ELECTRIC Line
EASTERN CAPITALISTS sEcUR.
ING RIGHT OF WAY NORTH
OF STEAMBOAT SPRINGS.
REACHING TO WYOMING
PROPOSED ROUTE EXTENDS
THROUGH RICH COAL AND
GOLD MINING DISTRICTS.

Denver.-Attorney Joseph Monnette
Of Lawrence. Mass. representing east
ern Massachusetts, capital. and ]. w.
Emard. kings consul. of Montreal. in
the interest of Canadian capital, are
engaged. says the Republican. in Sc
curing right of way for an electric
railroad to run northward from
Steamboat Springs to Hahns Peak.
Farwell mountain and the Three
Forks mining district OF Colorado and
Wyoming.
Monnette and Emard and their as
sociates. including II. Molson of
Lawrence. have been in Routt county
for several weeks quietly negotiating
for rights OF way for the proposed
railroad, and are said to have been
quite successful. Water rights for
power have also been secured, and 1t
is proposed to utilize the tremendous
capabilities OF the Snake river in
manufacturing the power necessary to
operate the new line.
While mining is the best estab-
lished industry in this region. the ir-
rigating possibilities are said to be
tremendous. 1t is proposed to build
dam two hundred feet high across
the Snake on the property OF the
Snake River Consolidated Mining
Company. Such a dam will be fifty
top. and will contain. 1t is estimated.
$4,000 acre feet of water. 1t Is stu
ated forty-five miles from Steamboat.
and Immediately below 1t are 100000
acres Of fine government land await
ing the magic touch OF irrigation.
The Farwell mountain railroad will
reach first the Deep creek coal dis
trict, containing both anthracite and
bituminous varieties. and second. the
immense copper and zinc deposits at
Greenville. Next II will arrive At the
Farwell mountain and Hahn's peak
mining districts. famous through the
recent immense gold strike in the
Royal Flush. the production records
of the Minnie D.. and the copper. gold.
silver and lead OF the Snow Bird
group. Then comes the Elk Horn At
Whisky park and the Mcbride prop
erty, where q new shaft house fs be-
ing built and machinery installed.
In the Three Forks district. square
ly on the Colorado-w Wyoming line.
there is considerable excitement at
present. there being twice as many
companies and individuals operating
at present as there were year ago.
On the Snake river company's
property there has been more devel-
opment work done than on any other
property in Routt county. and the
showing OF silver and lead is said to
be remarkable. A large concentrat-
ing plant will be built in the spring.
l.. A. Pease being the principal figure
in the company. This company Will
utilize power from the Snake for min
ing and milling purposes.
II ia the intention ultimately to
build the Farwell mountain line to the
rich copper deposits II Grand En-
campment. wyo.. some thirty miles
north of the state line. There Is on
the direct route of the proposed line
the lowest pass on the Continental
Divide between the point west OF
Rawlins where the divide rises above
the sage brush to New Mexico.
The rich anthracite fields at Craw-
ford's, north OF Steamboat. can be
reached by easy grade In seventeen
miles from Three Forks. Routt coun-
ty people in Denver are enthusiastic
over the prospects for the new cleo
tric road