| Show NEW RAILROAD PROJECTED TOI TO I TAP GR GREAT T COAL DEPOSITS I Negotiations ar are under underway way for the construction of a a. railroad in the Manti Man Man- ti country which it is expected will open up one of the richest coa coal districts dis trios in Utah The project is being worked with especial interest by the officers of the district forest service as the road will i traverse a large portion of the Manti ManU I national forest It is believed that the uh the decide de- de cide to build the road from Indianola southeast by way of Connelsville to a point joint about seventy miles distant near Huntington The display of coal outcroppings a along on the route oute of this proposed railroad railroad railroad rail rail- road is astonishing according to those who have recently r visited that section and thousands ands of dollars of the fuel foel can be seen from the trail A. A W. W Jensen supervisor of the ManU Manti forest states that at one point an excavation has hal been made in one of the strata of coal into which one can drive with a four horse team and turn around There are five veins displayed on the side of the cliffs said Mr Jensen Jensen Jensen Jen Jen- sen and they average from two to thirty feet in thickness The cliffs are one thousand four hundred feet high ligh and rise abruptly as if the whole mountain and plateau had been seen pushed up at some early geological geological geo logical period above the surrounding plain The coal is bituminous and of excellent quality quality Eastern Eastern Utah Advocate |
