| Show WILL WiLL ii MAKE CITY 1 COPPER CENTER t t I Railroad Development Has Bear Bearing Bearing ing on Orl Red Metal MANY MAHY CAMPS TO BE TAPPED TAPED I SALT I WIL fP I THE EXTENSIONS B j Th future of e and aft the he pros prospective 4 rent of or the ther region r tributary to Salt Lake Ike are arc close cRe closely ly lv linked If U the present plans plane for rail railroad road foad extension are ue carried out Salt Sat Lake will soon become become the greatest area t copper center in t th world This does not DOt inen t that the copper capper C will wll necessarily be mined and smelted In the immediate vicinity of Salt Sst Lake LakeIt It means that from this city to the north northwest west and will stretch railroad arms connecting I the th In metropolis with dif tilt different ferent mining camps empI which according I to the opinions of or experts will in time be bt the t he greatest factors in the copper markets of the te world w d Whether Ute the theor or Of are smelted on the Ute ground or o are shipped fd to Salt Lake vall valley jr this thia city will remain the financial center r and will wll reap the t e greatest benefit 0 4 The regions reslo which are counted c upon to become be Ome Immense Imme copper cop producers ers are arf Beaver and Washington counties northwestern tem Arizona Xada Deep Creek and central Idaho Butte might be included in the list as the Oregon Short Line reaches the city by direct route aDd lt Lake has bas for I years yean been reaping some from this thio connection The roads hI h will tap the new regions re lona are ae the Short Line LIM and the San Pedro Padre Roads Beads For Beaver Bearer County Indications are strong troas that the Ole great Beaver county region reon win IM eventually ev be I tapped lapped by at least leut two roads the Short I Line slid alid the San Pedro There is hi a prospect also that the he Ria Rw Ri Grande will extend nd in that direction provided the district develops the he enormous tonnage toR which Id Ia I expected The Short Snort Line LIRe 41 1 ready caches echea Milford Milfard and Frisco Fr 1 it Is 18 exi ex ted that bat the San Sah Pedro will wUl swing down that way ay to take in the copper district of or Beaver and the coal and iron ron of ot Iron county Further south in the mountains of I southern Nevada near the line toe of both I Ithe the San Pedro and the Short Line are I 1 many promising copper prospects that are likely to become important while near St George Utah Uta antI and in north northwestern northwestern western Arizona are bettor better r known quantities in in the way of copper mines Already the Savannie Grand Gulch and Copper Mountain mines are ship shipping shipping shipping ping ore sixty miles and suet more by wag wagon wagon wagon on to a railroad d while tu t tie l country is flied filled with copper deposits that Await only the advent adient of ol a railroad to make them profitable While neither road has bas surveyed routes into U regions no doubt is felt feit that eventually branches will be built by the Short Line or the San Pedro to tap these promising mining districts and put iut them l em Into rail communication with Salt Lake TJ Deep Dep ep Greek Creek Prospects Pr The Deep p Creek Crek country has long Jong been known as a region which gave much lunch promise as soon as it could be bp b breached reached by a railroad Copper is 18 de declared declared clarid to exist tire tj re In quantities al although although although though it is by br no means eans the he only val vat valuable mineral minerai there The San Pedro Pedros tax s for lor some time contemplated bund build lt big hiI K to Deep p Creek and it will not riot be a great while before the riches or of this immense region will be headed toward ton ard Salt Lake LakeIn LakeIn In Tn Idaho the Oregon Short Line has hasso haSso so 80 far fur a monopoly of or the ue field ard it itis Itis itis is preparing to mak maj the most of o its opportunity The branch breach recently corn com completed Om to Maclay was waA built principally because of the great White Knob cop copper copper I per mine ther anti and now flow the road is surveying an extension of or this branch I which it is expected will wll tap other cop copper COPper copper per districts as well welt as regions bear bearing bearIng I ing inK other minerals mi Copper copp l Basin in Is i named from the rich I deposits pf f copper It Jt contains and there ther are other district rich in this j mineral With the Lake Superior mines on OR the l he wane ane the Butte I hC signs ef pC tailing off oft the tOpper copper product ira n for tor States Slates J decreasing MM 2 tons 1006 last year laid and d the worlds world demand o that the prospects pro for tor good food Od prices fer the pro product I duct dict are ate good go d In the long run Utah roads ar a figuring on deriving an aD tm I m menK revenue from the copper Indus Industry Industry Industry try within a few years a revenue which implies a similar benefit for Salt Sait Las Lak LaU I |
