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Show LIKELY A LONG TIME BEFORE THIS HAPPENS Tho threo tunnels which tho stntoof Colorado plans to bore through the Rocky Mountains in order to open up tho immeasurable resources of the Uintah Ilnsin nro tho subject of n two-pngo story in the October 30th Is-suo Is-suo of Leslie's Weekly, written by Harry C. Dnuiu Tho Moffat, tho principal tunnel, If completed, wilt permit tho Denver nnd Salt Lnko railroad to opcrato dunng tho entire year, something which Is now impos sihlo hecotiso of the heavy snows which Mock tho high passes &x or seven months each jcar Tho Donvor and Salt Lako railroad terminus is now nt Craig, Colo. If tho proposed halt Lnko and Denver railroad is com plctcd, linking with tho Donver lino, tho distance by roll will bo greatly shortened between the Colorado onpf tal and Salt Lake City. Tho people of Colorado are to voto this November on tho prooal to construct con-struct tho threo great boron, the Moffat, Mof-fat, tho Monarch and the San Juan. If the bond issue for their fumueing is authorized, they will bo eonslnicteil to penult tho wwtgo not onh of trains, but of uutomobilos ns well "Iho transeoiitiueutul tourist m nvold the steep, dangerous jhissos which ho bus disliked or dreaded, and elmivo tho pcoks ns on n Imvl oily boulevard," Mr. Dnim wnte. "It will shorten his tnp couslderNblv nnd nvold tho worst of the wear and tear on tiros nnd vara whioh ihd mountains moun-tains now tnko ns toll. "Tlio .Moffat nnd Monarch tunnels tun-nels alono will open up coal btds con tniuing more than 300,000,000 tons of eoal mough to supply tho United States for nt least n eeutiiry to eouie Practically nil of this eoal is on state or government owned lauds nnd wn not bo worked lieouuw of tho transportation trans-portation problems involved. "Thon there is oil. And ngain the agitation and foar that wo nro soon to bo without gnsolino are quieted when wo learn that in this nrea nro 2ft00 square mill of oil shale, containing moro thon 50,000,000,000 horrels ut oil. This, too, is on public hind. "Just n littlo byproduct of this oil shalo is siilphato of ammonia, estimated esti-mated in quantity nt 300,000,000 tons and forming n much-needed fertiliser that will bo woleomod by fanners everywhere. ev-erywhere. "Ton billion feot of lumber awaits tho woodman's nxo und tho coining of tho tunnels " |