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Show 'New Railroad Projected1 to tap Great Coal Deposits I Negotiations are under way for! the construction of a railroad in the Manti country, which, it is expeete 1, will open up one of the richest coal districts in Utah. The project is being watched with e-pecial interest by the officers of the district forest service as the road will traverse a large portion of the Manti national forest. It is believed be-lieved that th di"'Ctor of the company com-pany will decee t" i.ili t1 e r ad from India o!a -outh e; st by wav of C nnel -vill t a point a out s ve i y mil - d sta 1 , 1 1 H. 1 lii i?;ri Th- display of cua' outc oppings a o"g ihi n-ute of this pri- -e railr ad is asionish:nr, aceordinu; t those who h ve r cetuly visited that ?ection and thounnds of dollars A'orth of ti feu' can be n tr m the trail A. W Jensen, sape visor of the Manti forest states tha' a ne paint an excavation has been made in one of the strata of coal into which one can drive with a four horse team am! turnaround. "There are five veins iisp'ayed on the side of the cliffs," said Mr. Jensen," and they average from two to thirty feet in thickness. The cliffs are one thousands four hundred feet high and rise abiuptly as if the whole mountain and plateau had been pushed up at some early geological period above the surrounding sur-rounding plain. The coal is bitumin ous and of excellent quality. Price Advocate. In connection with the above, I he Pyramid learns that two gangs of surveyors of about twenty men each are working now in Cotton wood canyon and are camped three miles from Fairuiew. At the latter place it is understood the projected road is to go into the canyon near the Mental Infirmary and go up Cottonwood an 1 across the summit into Huntington at the head of the canyon. It is understood there that a comparatively easy grade has been found over that route. |