, 1922-02-02

The United States Geological buIlc-
tin covering the Little Snake River
Coal Field reads as follows:
The Union Pacific Railroad Com-
pany is contemplating a line from
either Rawlins or Wamsutter south
ward across the field through Baggs
10 Craig. Colo. If it is built from
Rawlins the MeSaverde Goals in the
in the eastern part of the ares will
be developed; if ron Wamsutter.
the basil upper-group Goals from the
old Washable stage station south
ward will probably be opened: and
in either case the Goals near the
Little Snake River will be thoroughly
prospected and worked
The preceding paragraph reads:
"AlthOugh the present demand for
coal is greater than the supply. fur
ther development in this field does
not seem probable until the good
Goals have railroad connections. The
market to the east along the Union
Pacific are supplied by the Hanna.
Rock Springs and Uinta county
Goals"
II Government survey and map
ping of the work referred to above
was done under the direction of Max
W. Ball. who has since proven his
otlelitt VI HtViOsN ny
works in connection with the devel-
opment of Wyoming oil. Many Raw
Inns people know him we'll and
esteem him highly. He is o asso-
riatcd with the Western Pipe Line
Co., which has announced the build
ing Of another common carrier oil
line from Casper to Salt Greek.
While the survey was made and h
bulletin published many years. AGO.,
it only brings that much nearer the
day when the proposed branch line
will begin building. Work done by
Malicai Dillon and other worthy
pioneers has been long in bearing
fruit yet demonstrates the foresight
of those sturdy ~argonauts. Since that
time, surveys have Appropriated pos
sible tonnage and values have in
creased many fold. Millions do not
begin to express the value OF these
GOAL deposits in dollars. over which
the people of Rawlins have travelled
for years and years. in the mean
time all Of the coal underlying lands
rot owned by the State of Wyoming
has been reserved by the United
States governments; both State and
Nation to receive a royalty hereafter
on all coal mined for market. No
doubt but hat the Rawlins Board
of Trade will be able to interest Clip
i'al. in II development of these bal
measures and that will mean early
construction of the branch line. TIL"
ignite deposits bordering the main
line are now being opened up. The
hituminous measures almost identi-
col hv ara'veis TO the Roe Springs
coal are below the lignites and may
be mined profitably only along the
route of the Survey from Raw!lnS to
Isaggs. Other interesting data in the
reports reads as follows:
Geography.
THE coal field drained by i.ittl"
Snake River extends from the
Sierra Nadre westward to and partly
into the Red Desert and from the
summit of the Elkhead Mountains
of Colorado northward to thu dirid"
between the Pacific and Great Divide
BASIN Hrainagcs. Il few mites south
of the Union Pacific Railroad.
the area discussed in this paper
is located neal the middle of the
boundary of the State. 1t
extends along the Union Pacific Rail
road from Rawlins to Rec Desert sta
ton. and southwark to Little Snake
River bctwecen Baggs and Dixon. 1t
comprises all except the southeast
Orn of the Wyoming portion of
the Little Snake River field, as we'll
as hat part of the Great Divid"
Basin field which lies south of the
Union Pacific Railroad and east OF
range 90"
"A prominent terrace extends
from erosion to a point
north of Coal Bank Spring. whence
it runs southeast ward, terminating
just west of thu Rawlins-Baggs stage
about midway between sulphur
and the h~eadwaterS Of Fillmore
Creek. Formerly the crest of this
terrace was considered and describ d
as a part of the Continental Divide.
hut the Investigations Of 1896 and
1907 show that although for a short
distance it constitutes the divide be-
tween Little Snake River and the
Great Divide Basin. the greater part
of the terrace Hes within the Great
Divide Basin.
The relatively low relief of the
greater part of the area makes tn.
Goals readily accessible. Wagon
roads Of easy grade reach all pres
ont openings and pass near almost all
prominent OutcrOpS. Railroad con-
n"ctiOn to some of h Goals lying