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Show ' UTAH SOUTHERN EXTENSION. The announcement that work ii to be commenced at once on the extension exten-sion of the Utah Southern railroad, will be welcomed by the public generally, and the people in the southern south-ern counties especially. This is gocd i news in more reapecls than one. Necessarily a considerable eum of j money wi II bo distributed among the laboring classes, who are just now in need of it. But what is of greater importance, the determination to go. ahead with tbe road indicates a' gratifying revival of business i i this territory, and tbe develupmeut of the rich reaourccaof southern Utah. Sorno of tho most extensive anil richest mineral veins in tho west, or in the world, for that matter, are believed to exist ia tho eouthern counties. One of theso which is among tho immediate immedi-ate causes that has led to tho decision to extend the railroad, is said to boa world-wonder in mineral ledges, some claiming that tho precicus metal is literally "without Bidea or bottom," so far aa dcyclopraent haa disclosed. Beaver county has other ledges of vast extent and richness, and tho sandstones of Washington county contribute a very largo proportion of the enormous silver yield of this region. Tho coal and iron in the south are practically inexhaustible. The explorations and investigations of the expedition that visited that .Bectiouo few years ago, and tho discoveries dis-coveries of the innumerable prospectors prospec-tors bavo long since established the fact that in, mineral reaourcea southern south-ern Utah is destined to lead rather than follow any other district. Tho one thing required ia a railroad and ' now that want is to be supplied. This is also pleasing in tho eoqeo that it shows capitalists and financiers have confidence jn the territory and faith in its future. Nor will they be disappointed. disap-pointed. No money honestly invested in Utah in legitimate business enter prises has been lost. This railroad cannot fail of proving a most profitable profit-able investment for the builders. I |