Show U t C P RAILWAY it will soon be built and open fp finest mining districts ial he world KANAB kane county utah july 8 1889 your correspondent las just had an interesting interview with mr F M brown president of the denver colorado canyon pacific kail way company mr brown came to kanab to buy supplies for his surveying outfit the survey down the grand and colorado rivers has been completed from grand junction colorado to lees ferry in arizona a distance of miles it hadnot ben found necessary so far to cross over the colorado elver with the road buethe line can be matri allej improve dand shortened by running several short tunnels through ji boffa aau detone formation between tho month of the san juan and ferry ant little bluff labor apa been encountered and fully per cent will be plow and scraper work in no instance has a maximum grade of over sixteen feet to the mile been adopted and the average grada ill not exceed five feet to the mile mr brown is very much encouraged by the survey so far made and assures your correspondent ahat the road must go through in quck order and as soon as the survey through the grand canyon is completed work will at once be begun all along the line this grand canyon is like a shaft cut through the country from to foot in depth exposing distinct mineral ledges or veins and when a road makes it possible to ap ledges thia bids fair JO become the greatest gold and silver mining district in the world almost the entire wash or sand and gravel banks in this river in the gracd conyon is impregnated with gold dust which however is very fine and has to be gathered with quicksilver but even inexperienced perien ced hands make fair wages at this mr brown mans business and has no dolbt on a fine anter prince as or milea from grand junction colorado takes the read to steamboat connection on the colorado eiver |