Show WILL BE TRIBUTARY TO THIS CITY A salt lake paper at last discovers that road Is to bo built from thursdays standard this paper in s exclusive stories has made the ot ogden familiar with the in the building of tho white aln northern railroad and as much interest has been aroused the following from the deseret news of last evening will be received with added interest tib news is the first salt lake paper xo note the activity in this railroad construction there are one or two errors in the account the road will connect with the southern pacific at omar not at boano toano and it will be known as the whits pine northern and not the nevada northern the corey construction company has been given assurances that they are to do the grading the news says work will soon be started on the railroad which Is to connect the copper camp of ely nov with the outside world the surveys are all completed and now general manager M L requa of the nevada consolidated mining company which Is to finance the new line Is only waiting for tha signal to pro priced ced when be will advertise for bids and award the first contract for tho grading the total length of the line will be miles and it will connect with the southern pacific at boano toano it Is to be known as the nevada northern it Is expected said air requa gt bis room in the knutsford today to have the road in operation within five months after tho grading commences which means that trains will be running into ely soon after jan 1 there will be nothing difficult about the construction of the road as there are no heavy grades to encounter no heavy cuts to bo made following down the steptoe valley the ahola distance it will furnish a rail outlet for cherry creek soruco mountain and other eastern nevada mining camps soon after the completion of the railroad the nevada consolidated will commence equipment ot its mines with extensive reduction vor ls to begin with a massive concentrator will be built the first unit having capacity for the treatment of 1000 tons f ore per day this will be followed later by a smelt sr of the camp of ely mr requa speaks and is sanguine it Is going to make one of the greatest copper camps in the country there la not much hot air about ely he declared for we have tha ore and plenty of it to back us up joseph L gareau continued mr requa says we are going to have tha greatest copper raining district in the world I 1 am not prepared to make that assertion yet I 1 am satisfied it will bo big enough for anybody the bireau copper company Is preparing to install a large smelling smelting sm elting plant and already has a great deal of the material on the ground ely Is ideally located for a mining camp first of all it has an abundant water supply the con has enough to run a ton concentrating mill in addition to that used for domestic purposes the climate s first rate being neither too hot nor too cold there Is some snow but not a great deal in winter the juel problem Is tha worst item the citizens have to contend with but for several years to come them will be enough wood in the mountains to supply all needs however with the railroad built into camp coal can be brought in from the mines ot utah and wyoming mr requa left for san francisco this afternoon |