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Show 9L SAINTS AND ANGELS IjsB . SOON TO BE UNITED K'Ht Special to Tho Tribune. iHI CALIENTES. Nev April 10. II. M. Mc- flBj Cartncy. first assistant engineer of tho Kll 8an Pedro. Los Angeles & Salt Lake rall- lP' load, spent two days In Callcntes and on YBm the line between this camp and the front, 'JjBIti arranging for. expediting the advance mIHP work of construction. General Foreman "William McDcrmott accompanied Mr. Mc- jj Cartncy to Moapa, and an examination of 25JB 1 tho latest work at tho front proved satls- KflpMi ) factory. A "shoo fly" track Is now being laid around the mountains on the east side 'f?BK . of tho Muddy river, and it will be used for fVjlmll conveying material for track and bridge fl;iHa5 Jbulldlng until tho cut through the moun- ififcl - tain Is completed. tf Siv-Thc construction department Is also .m?W rbnslderlng several schemes for a terns'' tern-s'' '7vl1 pnrary bridging of the Muddy river, wherc-a- CiZU ,,v material for advance tracklaylng may 1,0 rushed to the terminus of the nearly la completed contract of the Utah Construc-: Construc-: ,l0" compuny, which la now grading from j the Muddy westward to the Las Vegas ranch. . . The railroad and brldgcmen are close on the heels of tho Utah Construction com- );iny. and It Is now believed that the road will be completed to the Las Vegas ranch S 1 within the next sixty days. 11 ; Of tho 300 miles of uncompleted road be-iuHfj be-iuHfj twaen Daggett and the Muddy river, grades; grad-es; lng has been completed to a point about CpT- I'lnety ulles southwest from Callcntes and ygt . from Daggett E'.xty-flvo miles eastward. AP, r fvncl track laid that distance. This gives UN a ttal trackage of about IS3 miles out mI jjgffc of the 3, leaving but 145 miles in the gap BmaR before the track is open for through traf-1B traf-1B v I,c from Salt Lake City to l,os Angcics "5 f VT' vla 1,10 anL?. Ke from Daggett. ;MJB If Grading operations aro being rushed "H.' lr- i from both termini, and if the terriblo heat Jgj I'i j of tho Intervening dcMerL land cun bo suc-pSSoVl suc-pSSoVl . n o.cssfully overcome there Is no doubt but uR."; tho cities of tho Saints and tho Angeles hKyEl'- 'l will bo united by twin rails long before Smfe A the New Year is ushered In. B2Sr' ' JKi Samuel Ncwhouso, who visited Callontes JjfVK.J this week In company with General Man- iLlWBfci UK'ir 'cl,a- ,irJ interested himself In tho 'VrtSffi.V mining outlook along the line from Call; SgaRE,-, cntcs southwestward. s?ays that southern rSt3K ' Nevada Is ripe for tl:r. biggest kind of a rtjHfc' mining boom fron tho present devolop- iQtJQMk.' nicnts of her nurrcrous gold, silver and -rjiSifffi copper properties. Bffim Every day bring3 prospectors to Call- Wf cntcs, and the hlllo north and west of the 3'? B camp echo vllh the shots belnfr put In by A 'Jw W those- busy Argonauts of tho West. The "r' S Bamberger tunnel Is now In fifty feel on. . 'M-1 a fine body of free gold oro Drifting will 'V SK-' conl'nucd throughout the summer. SfjJl aTUy Samples taken from the San Pedro claim j cloco to camp show lead carbonates and Ilj SftS galena, with over four feet of talc on tho lM footwall. r'$A Iocalors twenty mllen south of enmp W- trM brought In sllvcr-coppor ore assaying 1C.7 nsH -M l,or ccnl copper on an average, and Go WnBr ounces In rllver per ton, taken from a fourtcen-lnch ledgo In whlto quart, and rrj lime. Forty clalns liave been located In t , this district within the nast ten davs. The ' ' mines llo within five miles of tho railroad. W"2-- 9 find nrc rcncno1 hy a llrst-class wagon 5 S road from Kornnn'H ranch on the line of i tho San Pedro road. East of this ranch WzT: a several rich flnd3 have been made In tho y&r 'A eamo class of ore, averaging $32 to the , ;f' ' -3 ton. :. . ... .. ' H Callcntes Is fast attaining notoriety as a 1 Jl- , -i lical th resort, a number of Invalids from QtTi- the frozen East nrrlvlne dally and enjoy- V. -4 lno delightful climate and hot springs jWi. J bath at the natural bath cave wllhln tho . filial T townsltc. gl ... 1 An average of one and a half miles of -r"" "i track rail le bolnp shipped to tho front M .': from Callcntes daily. |