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Show CiTRflGTLET'FOR UTAH CANYON ROAD J5MILE BRANCH LINE TO BE LAID UP SALINA CANYON BY UTAH COMPANY Two Billion Tons Of Coal Reported Available In New Field Which Road Will Open Up; Work Will Start Soon i)KU-n. Tin? Utah Construction cimjiany lia.s hecn notified hy President. Presi-dent. J. S. I'ycuit of tin: Denver & Rio Grande Western railroad, that it will he awarded the contract for the con-Hl.ruction con-Hl.ruction of tlie railroad's proposed brunch line up Halina canyon. The branch line which will extend twenty-five twenty-five mileH from Castle Valley to Ni-oche, Ni-oche, will tap the Qiieatehtippah coal deposits, said to contain the world's larKost. single, continuous body of coal. Officials of the local company announced an-nounced that work will commence as Boon as the contract is formally signed. sign-ed. While no figures of cost were mentioned in the message received, it in estimated that the contract will stipulate u cost of approximately ?.'IIMI,0()0 for the construction of the road. The extension of rail facilities will open up a coal area 25,000 acres in extent and carrying, according to estimates es-timates of experts, two hillion tons of bituminous coal, according to Judffu Henry C. Lund, son of the late Anthoti II. Lund, whose children hold un option or federal lease, upon the ntire area. In the late 90's the Denver & Rio (irande Western railroad constructed a branch tip Salina canyon with the intention of tapping the immense coal ureas. The road was built as far as Nioche, but first a washout and then the failure of the owners to develop their properties caused the abandonment abandon-ment of the road. |
