Salt Lake Democrat | 1885-08-14 | Page 4 | Shut out by the Railroad

Shut Out by the Railroad Mr Durant who for the past few months has been here purchasing ores for the Pueblo Smelting Works of Colorado Col-orado will leave Hailey in a day or two for Butte Montana to enter the Bute ore market mar-ket there Mr Durant says that the recent increase of 5 per ton in the rate of freight on ore from Hailey to Denver effectually shuts his works from Wood River and they are compelled to seek another market until such time as the rates of freight shall be reduced to a liv ing basis Wood River Times llth