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Show ROAD LIKELY TO REACH PINE Prospects Bright for a Branch From the Salt Lake Route. MUCH GOOD COUNTRY WILL BK TRIBUTARY Building of Smelter Will Probably Prob-ably Follow Construction of liine. Special tii Tho Tribune CAIjIENTK, Nov., Nov. 7 Prosper Is for the building of a branch of the San Pedro, I. os Angelas & Suit Lake road from Caliento to Ploche, Xev., are looking look-ing up from tho fact that the Initial Shipment of ore from the Ploche-N'i-v ada Consolidated mines, near Ploche. will be made this week. The only cause for delay de-lay in starting this hrnnch road Is the question as tri the tonnage of ore which can be guaranteed from the count teal mines, via Callentc. lo Sail Lake redui-tlon redui-tlon works. Big Development Promised. If thlti trial shipment proves tip to values claimed for It by the company, the future of the property Is assured, and Its opening up on a large scab- will bo Im-medBttely Im-medBttely followed by extensive development develop-ment woik on a score of tributary lams vv bosi owners are now nnxloush awalt-Ing awalt-Ing the results of the present shipment The railroad company demands a bond of flrW.CSe to bo put up by Ploche mining men as an asuronco of sufficient tonnage ton-nage to warrant the building of 'he branch line, which bond Is to be held hv tho railroad company until such time ns the ore shipment and freight receipts shall equal the amount of the bond. When the bond win b returned to the mining people nnd the shipments of ore continued con-tinued Can Use Old Grade. Aa the old grade built by the Oregon Short Line is now within four mllea of Plocln-. the Work of putting In this branch line will consume but a fihort time, when Callentc will be a Junction point through which shipments will be made from all points north of the camp to salt Lake city This tributary territory Includes the mining districts surrounding Panaca. Ploche, the CHlef and eeveraj othsr prbm- Mug districts, and will add materially to the prosperity of not only the districts dis-tricts embraced, but also to Callentc and Salt Lake reduction works Smelter Should Follow. In addition lo the advantages certain to socrua from the. building of this branch line, musl of necessity be the almost al-most certain building of smelting works at Callentc. where ample water mav be Obtained fOT reduction works, and fuel may be obtained al a minimum cost to the smelter. Has Higu-Gradc Oie. Joe Conowsy, Jr.. and Arthur Gentry left Callentc today fm the Scottish Chief mines., eight mllea north from CflUente, v 1,,-re ex tenet ve development work Is being be-ing Inaugurated by l.avvn-nce Co. very high-grade -diver ore being stoped out from a tunnel which has bssn run on the Isdgi whence the lust two carload shipments ship-ments of me aero taken True Blue Shipping. Ijjssiug Davis, owners of the True Wue gold-silver . lulm north of the line of the Salt I -ike Itoute from Moapa. 1 expect to make an early shipment of high-grade ore to ynll I-ak- smelters The) -tat.- they have over four carloads of shipping ore on their dumps, sorted and ready for shipment This Is the first shipment to be mndo from that district, and on Its pay results depe-nds future shipments frmn tlie mine Work in Antelope Canyon. Mr PeST, owner of the Saddle Jlo.k and .Saddle li.u k No I lo. an d In Ann lop- . n. two miles northwest from Call- . ,,! commenced development work on bis clalma today and will elnfc ' working shaft on a fine body of oxidized ore at the Junction of the two claims 'I hese are tin- claims 00 Which was found Ullrich Ull-rich free (old Boat, and as the owner Is an experienced mining man. backed by sufficient capital to continue development, there are good chances for one of tin- , biggest bllikes ever made III this district on these claims. Development work K progressing rapidly rapid-ly on the Denton claims which lit parallel par-allel Willi the Saddle ROClf. Well as B1 the Ifangum and Noble claims, In tha ame district. |