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Show they are deluged wilh traffic. They have mode maximum dally hauls of I at least 23.000 ions of ore. No rail- road could ho expected lo do more, j The closing of the Yampa xmoltcr j ineons an additional tax upon the rail- j road. Heretofore tho ore from the J Yampa mine was taken to the smel ter over tho bucket tramway. Now they have an excellent contract to furnish fur-nish the sinolter at Garfield tltu ::i" tons daily ore suitable for fluxing purposes. At times the mine is com- pellod lo close, not because they 1 haven't the men to mine the ore at ' this end of thi line, inr because the j ore Isn't needed at Gnrfleld, but simply simp-ly because they can't get tho curs to take it there This may occur many times before thl3 exira lonuace is permanently provided for. A higher rate of speed would precipitate accidents acci-dents and a loss of time entailed in tho end. Tho closing of the Utah Copper mill at Copperton, when a little lit-tle town of "00 people was wiped out of existence, in no way affected tho railroad tonnage. The 1,000 tons of ore dally, which had neertofore been diverted to Ccpperton. now follows the main channel to Garfield. Great Growth In Tonnage. This mill was bimply an Initial plant that had outlived its usefulness. Its status was that of a man using a sickle when there was a bltr binder in the Held. It was absorbed In the onward march of bigger things. Why ! was it that the output of the Utah Copper for the moDth of May exceed ! ed other months? Simply because the train service was the best a fortunate for-tunate month with a minimum of accidents. ac-cidents. It could easily have beeu Li.Ot.iO.OftO pounds of copper as far as operatlous at the mine are concerned. The advent of tho new Utah Copper Cop-per railroad here and to Garfield will be hailed with gratification by all who are interested in the camp and by none more than the Denver and Rio Grande system. No one for one moment would claim that this new j road can handle the tromeDdous out- j put of the Utah Copper properties. The Denver & Ttlo Grando will con- . tlnuo to handle a large percentage- ' of it, but will be relieved of conges-! tlon to such an extent as to give excellent service to lesser propor- : lions that are coming into the lime- , light. Both roads will have all the i business they can handle. j The amount of freight handled here In covere.i cars is enormous Tho charges for received freight alono amount to more than a mDlion dollars dol-lars per year. It has been well pnld that the receipts of this little Bingham Bing-ham branch pay the operating expenses ex-penses of the entire system. Curtailment Curtail-ment In the production of copper may be necessary Just now. and may he actually in effect But whether H Is or not, it. can only be for a limited time and dors not affect the general situation. The mineral resources of Bingham have barely been scratched scratch-ed over as yet, and provision should bo made for the tonnage of the fulure. RUSHING WORK ON COPPER LINE Interesting Details of Bingham &. Garfield Gar-field Road Now Under Consideration. Con-sideration. Bingham. Aug. 12 The new eighteen-mile Utah Copper railroad from Bingham to Garfield Is being pushed vigorously, tents being pitched along the line sufllclent to accommodate a small army. Over the whole distance some construction work has been done, except close to town, where tunnels tun-nels are to be driven. A 300-foot bridge, 1C0 feet hleh at its greatest altitude, will bo constructed across Carr Fork, a little west of the center of town, to connect w3th the Utah Copper highllnc. From Carr Fork to Markham gulch to a point near the Elmeerton hotel will be an opcD cut. Work nas been Inaugurated here, one steam bhovel being In operation now. Another bridge 200 feet long will span Markham jUlch. Four Tunnels In All. There will be four tunnels in all, ono to be driven 1,400 feet from Markham Mark-ham to Freeman gulch; another. 2.100 feet, from Freeman to Verona gulch; and two more, of 700 and ROO feet each, from Smelter to Dead Horse onich and from Dead Horse gulch to Dry Fork. The Meyers Construction company has the contract for the tunneling, tun-neling, Freeman gulch being tho base of operations, 300 feet of tunnels hnv-Ing hnv-Ing already been driven nt various points. Tho grade ou this road will not be a heavy one. averaging not more than 2.25 per cent for the en-tiro en-tiro distance, tho route being comparatively compar-atively direct. The distance to (Jar-field (Jar-field over Ihe htabline, is at least twenty-five miles. The new line will cut off the distance seven or eignt miles. The tunnels are to be 23 1-2 feet high by 18 feet wide, and will 1 timbered where the formation Is soft. Those competent to Judge, estimate that there are between 1.200 nnd l.r.00 men employed at the various points along the line. Solving Difficult Problem. The most difficult problem to solve In the Industrial operations of the camp 1 railroad transportation. This has been Iho case to quite an extent for KPverat years past. Tho Denver & Rio Grande has done wonders In the wav of transportation, 'hut one lono raliroad cannot perform miracles In Ihe face "of a marvelous production They have In the "neighborhood of soon ore cars, ,wblcb they are running as systematically and expeditiously over a - per ?ent grade as tho congested condition of traffic will allow, and yet |