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Show ADVOCATES TUNNEL i IN EASTERN RANGE i Ajk railroad tunnel through the mountain ranj between here and Heber City is trongvy advocated by Abram C. Hatch, a well-known citizen of Heber City, now temporarily residing in Salt Lake. Mr. Hatch declares that Ogden now claims toxoid the key to traffic between the jsfl and West. This, he asserts, would Yi (hanged if a big tunnel were built. ( The sVart for the tunnel, he says, could . be made in Snake Creek canyon, five miles west of Heber City, the objective being a point in Big Cottonwood canyon, eight miles distant. The country Is highly high-ly mineralized and sufficient precious metals could be struck to pay the expense C building. Furthermore, it Is believed tTit enough water could be struck to Irrigate Ir-rigate an immense area in both valleys. |