| Show graif UTAH SHOULD SUPPLY NEVADA WITH GOAL COAL the territorial of a recent date says bays itta II 11 doubtful whether col coal of a malke tabla t aulty liy will ever be ba found I 1 la thu state md and 7 mo I 1 of wood mod in western nevada will won compel tin nn to lo turn tora our caos cyas from the slopes 0 of the flerra evev a a mountains IQ in krch of fuel to create tile tho power with which we are working the mine of cf the ibe comstock M quotes our re recent on the availability of the southern coal region to nevada by lra ti narrow gauge road from the coil fields to ito Ilici kiocho elic and thence by I 1 in contemplation it conclude con bludes thus the coal of southern utah might ly by mcalis ct choir kog be bously nm a in southeastern Ie iett Td bot bat it 1 rl batir lA tir IL narl in IS a it w ju city cheaper than the iho Wi coal the ho charges of which amount to dollars por per tun too tile olle dlf tono would be about tho the rama atino with tho the adieu tago in ID foo f yet of wyoming of but bat A idilo handling ak in III ant could ULM ahr hundred t toddi of col ai t bo 9 dolored rosel in this county daily it t dol idys rr ton tt it would take tao ui place of wood and gor nod cd I 1 rc ady ulf here then ii is a problem for narrow gaus gauge a men to work out and according to owned well worth the working out too three hundred tons of coal a day dc delivered livered la in storey COl county luty N Hc e v ada vadi at 12 per too or agoo per u day 1 a y is a n amount of trade worth some c to secure more especially when the demand is ii likely to bo be permanent as tie the enterprise states it is is dOubt doubtful fal whether milk coal of a marketable quality will ever be round found in ia nevada a thi the only competition to le be cred is I 1 is as the enter enterprise p p ase states that of wyoming oming with evanstock Eran Evan stoa stork as the point of shipment miles milci distant from virrinia vireinia city now tile distance dia tanca from our southern coal fields to in that city chiy crox ri a pioche ni Ila mllton milto n eureka aal austin il ia but idol miles a clear gai gain a of 1 13 18 miles in dil distance tace to ta begin with wb u e in point of cost of iran por tation the advantages are arc of course in fal fator vor oenar row gauge broadi another important point which must dot cot be overlooked io in tho the obon consideration ide ration or of thil matter is ia the great superiority of the southern coal much of which is raid eaid to bo be anthracite over the ho wyoming coal in 2 order arder to mccure aure this IraJ cand avoid the handling hind linCi to tho the enterprise refers it would be necessary to depart debart from the plan originally p reposed proposed by the tribune at least so far as a portion of the route ii ia concerned and run from hamilton in 0 o E eureka 40 miles mike eureka miles and from austin to virginia city miles thia although not a direct route would probably lie the best one as it would embrace nearly if biot quite all the mining districts and open up mp to 0 of f nevada besides furnishing a direct route for the of goods from san francisco to the he loiou named which would benefit pioche and southern utah greatly lu la addition to the coal trade which i is 1 the basis of our article wo we look 1001 forward with confidence to tn the time when the vast deposits of iron ore die adjacent to the coal will be so utilized that in madunic lured forms it will supply the whole interior iliin basia with railroad iron aroa aud mining machinery making that region the of utah for diversity and extent of mineral wealth southern utah and southeast south east ern era nevada are arc unsurpassed in the united states and certainly there is no better opportunity presented for the investment of capital in i a railroads than the one one to connect cedar city in utah with storey canty bounty nevada |
