The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-06-05
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MASON BRIGHT
SAYS OREM
Railroad President Believes
New District Means More to
Reno Than Any Other.
Tells of Plans for Extension of
Railroad Through 26 Miles
of Rich Valleys.
f." BELIEVE the time is fast com
ing when the Mason valley
u district will mean more 10

u district will mean more TO
Reno than any other district
in the state of Nevada. Mason Will
be to Reno what the Bingham camp
in Utah is to Salt Lake. Thus spoke
w. C. Orem, president OF the Copper
Belt railroad, who has been IN Mason
the last week arranging for the ex'
tension of his road. AT present the
Conner Belt line runs from Wabuska
to Mason, distance of about SIX
teen miles 1t is planned to begin at
once the extension of the road on up
Mason valley to the Nevada Douglas
mines,
Pressed for an interview, Mr.. Orem
gave out the following interesting facts
of the history and plans of the road:
To Build More Road.
"We will begin at once construction
on the mile and half line between
Wabuska and the new smelter, and
expect to have it finished by the first
of June. Rails have been ordered for
the entire line through Wilson canyon
into the Nevada Douglas mines. We
hope and expect to have this part OF
the line finished by the middle of July.
The grade for the track is two'thirds
finished now. We have ordered 45 big
battleship cars of 50-ton capacity for
hauling the ores of the district to the
smelter near Wabuska.
Tonnage Contracted For.
e'The railroad has contracted with
the Mason Valley Mines company and
the Nevada Douglas company for a
monthly haulage of 10000 tons from
the mines to the smeltcr. This amount
is to be increased from time to time
as the occasion demands it. This dis
trict has been undergoing a steady,
systematic development for long
time until there are three mines OF
highly developed tonnage, and num-
ber of others which though showing
lesser development will undoubtedly be
brought into tho producing class.
A Customs Smelter,
Heretofore all the better grades OF
ores from the gold camps OF Western
Nevada have been shipped TO Salt
Lake or California smelling points.
Mason will soon be in position TO
furnish adequate and cheap reduction
facilities for smelling the ores OF all
these camps, and saving the long haul,
The Mason Valley people are putting
in smelling plant of 500 10 1000 tons
capacity, and from the amount OF
business in sight, / am confident that
the smelter plant will require 2O0o'
ton capacity in less than two years
from the time that the smelter starts.
As for the railroad we expect TO be
hauling from 500 TO 500 tons OF ore to
the smelter as early as March of next
year,
Mr.. Orem adds that as soon as traf'
fc demands it, additional motor cars
will be put into service on the Copper
Belt road Though the road has been
running but two months, traffic has
been so heavy at times that plans are
under way TO have larger capacity
car installed soon. The freight bust
ness has proven satisfactory. To con-
clude, he says:
''Tbe town of Mason is growing. tae
whole valley is growing, and now tha6
we have railroad facilities here, II
seems to me that there ought to be
twice the population here within IL
months.