Show J CONTINENTAL At GIVES ti t ALTA MINES OUTLET i Tramway System to Be in inS S Operation by Middle S f of May EXTEND LINE TO WASATCH 5 Railroad oad From Froni That Point Will WillS S Solve Transportation p Problem I j j The rhe Continental Mines lin s and Smelter thal has sol solved c It company believes t that i. i problem fo for th tho vexed transportation c the Alta lIn mining dl district The Lime solution i f S J Js a fl complete tramway fy system tem froth fron Wasatch and railroad ri th lh thA mines s 's to m from Wasatch n to BIngham Junction S After tel three winters winters' e experience this i W S Company ha has 5 demon demonstrated d that Its Us i 5 tramway System r em will withstand the tho ac nc acS action ac- ac S f. f tion of th the great I at now lIde whIch have hr bam d all other efforts to provide pro t means of I t transportation for fOI the mines or of i- i me Ine district t S 5 With the experience gained from flom operating live five mills mill's of hC f tramway three 1 winters with ith 30 o 0 snow lId s to contend con COt 5 tc tend nd with I in im that distance time the company com coin 4 pany has now undertaken the work of or reconstructing In its line that thu t the possibly Wi weak eak I points may be bo strengthened anti and 55 placing It II In condition to serve el elcel every el y tIpping shipping mine inIn in the time district with one S. S i exception hn Tho rhe five n miles of nr line now built passes oc within fIn from 50 O to lo feet fet of or nil o of these mines mines- City Hock CoI Columbus Co Co- I lumbus ti m b u Con Cono Consolidated I I dat Conso Consolidated I I da te Flagstaff En Emma mn Copper Cop r. r South Columbus CoS Co- Co S lumbus Con Consolidated Copper Prince Alia AIta A loading station for fOl the City Rocks ha has already been completed c It is Jg expected that the entire lineS line lino S will be heL 4 in n operation V n by y May Ma- 1 15 U 0 o S Time present lower terminal tt of oC the I S tramway Is at 1 III the live miles from the tile Continental mine and four fOUl I S 'S from the tho Columbus Consolidated i r S This covers covel's the woi wont VOIst t part of or the th present pres ent out wagon haul Rut But as soon oon as this f S part of the S system 1 is in operation the theS S work worl of or e extending the linEt ln tram prom Tannersville Tan- Tan k I to Yai uch four miles furth furth- r or er will b be started and It I. I is 15 expected f 10 to have ha haIt it completed during durin- the um r 4 r. r ner It I Is also aIM hoped to have e th the Railroad end nd of or the transportation 11 stem m in commission during the their I IJ ir Continentals Continental's tramway I is In S r J ome inspects 6 the most remarkable l ine ne eCI c to 10 tend tand with s that would sEnt'S sEnt sEnt- S 'S N l bur bury a a. railroad train beyond hope of hi extrication In lii place places the buckets hrc run 00 fe feet t above e the ground and ancl there are few places where It Is safe aCc I to have them le less than 35 feet above f S S 10 1 ground nd One of ot the changes being made Is Isto s to replace the statIonary buckets for tor greater c convenience In serving er other 2 g. g Th The ThC system will be run b by byI f I 1 i wilier it tr power r. r 0 of 11 which the Continental k has lias an at its Us mine MaS Machinery Ma Ma- Ia- Ia IV f S chinery needed for tal applying the power I V. V I Is flOW on the Wa way from SL Louis L' L S Will Ill Handle Largo I S 'S The rile line Hoe when completed will have ha havea 5 a for han handling 1000 tons of ot orE a do day It will make Alta iUta an un important Im- Im T producing dl district The UneS line Une S was wa's built buill- b by the Continental in the theS S place with a view of or providing transportation for the other mines of or orthe the district hut but many of the mIneS mine mIne- S owners owner feared that It would woul not prove 1110 S practicable in and were I slow low In lending rn L j t- t S S S S 5 1 1 S f S j 1 ff I Wt W- W 1 o ii t t- t a r- r ri i y r v.- v. ft i fr Ji L r i S.- S. h. h h. IV tv uS I wAY nV E. E Thin The i v is- is isSO SO O a feet reet deep dep at this thi point on Ott tiit he Ow a four 7 S mn miles doun 1111 the line encouragement With what has been 1 learned about coping coing with wilh j however er it Is now believed to lo be tim the S only onh feasible plan llan fur for handling tho the S ores OreM of ot th the district arid and the tle own mine own r ers are ure availing themselves of time the service serS ser ser- vice ice afforded S e If J as successful s as it promises to be lie S It will measurably h lesson th tIme the cost cot of oC C letting the ore are to market as aM well veil as 5 S making flO possible greatly Increased pro pro- It should mean u a new era cra of tiC S. S for Cor the time Alta district the i t the e opening of new mines th the building of more tra tramways n wars a as t they hc are arc needed |