Show THE ELK MOUNT tN MOUNTAIN RAILROAD Some Somo Interesting Facts About th the Country Countr through which this New ew Will rs The Elk Mountain ra ralf ad officials having secured the land hand surrounding ln Sands Saudi station on oil 01 the Colorado Midland Idland j I railroad they staton propose pro pro pose having a town established a at ut that point to t be appropriately called after ther their native town w in Here lere they will wi make connections wiiL the tle Colorado Mid land and Denver RIo UIo lo G Grande ande railroads and establish their round 10 hoie houe e machine shops marble and el slate elate te yards r s They will wi in al all probability start stat other i Indu Industries at this point and make cone one of ot the most mOI important towns In Western Colorado Coloro Among other things also als is an an mong sive smelter which will treat rca the mineral of tho the western country successfully as IS they can I drw draw upon the coal Ilm lime and ano lead head ore and Ind other resources of ot stal river giver To say the least her growing neighbors neighbor will wI be 1 a town of envy to t Before Defore It was a settled fact that the Elk Mountain railroad would build the up Crystal river valley valey it appeared to w be a question In the minds of a few outsiders regarding I queston the mineral mineraI resources of or the district and whether traffic could be bo seemed secured to w maintain I and operate the line lne Happily W we can now say gay that with the te construction of the road every one oue has er c changed their views and consider the I Elk Mountain railroad one of the best bes under under takings ever er started In the State Slate starting out as i it does with almost almos positive assurance that tha stations will be necessary every ery five fre miles mies of ot the tho road In fn order to accommodate the people in the country countr and handle hanle the great mineral resources of ot each camp te S from As s Asi i an m Illustration after ler the road starts the Junction with the Mid land railroad it could In a distance istance of about abou five miles mies r receive e cel coal from the Aspen t Western railroad which runs to the Colorado Coal Iron Coa Company's property up Thomp Thomp- Thomp son eon Creel Creek t then the nex next neit stopping place would be about abou the same samo distance up the river siver at Janeway or close to w the mouth of ot Avalanche Creek Creck where there Is a great number of mos most promising mines and prospects prospect which should gh give ghe c from 50 SO 5 to tons toni tn of ore ox-c per pet day for shipment Prominent mining men and aa shipment Jr are r i 1 nw fo f railroad cited std Jn In the district and propose p t to h help ip the h Passing lassing up the river through h a rough canon M we reach the hot springs Here is to be found immense springs of Lot hot mineral water bub hung bling up along the valley on ola minera both sides aides side of bub the river At this thi point there will no doubt doub be a watering place established almost equal to that tha of Springs This Uen o place also als has hns the te advantage ad of having good mining property surrounding It which will wU go add considerable considerable con con- tonnage to the line lne In Ia due time Ascending the river dyer only a n few lew miles mies furth urther er Cr we come to t the Junction of Coal Coil Cieck with wih Crystal river By Uy ascending the large bodies of the coking coal boJe of ot the great grea coal fields in Coal Cobl basin baIn are reached and will wi ultimately be bo hauled ou out by a railroad down the valley Still ascending the river the valey railroad comes upon the the outcrop of the cokIng coil coal com from which shipments could be made coa next to t this thi upon the te line lino ne of ot the road is an cz ex- I t anthracite coal cal deposit from which railroad expects to t draw dra an Immense tonnage tonnage ton ton- nage nae as It Is 1 one of the very ery few anthracite coal fields in the West Vest and will wi be handled bandied by expert coal calmen men At thIs th's point there will wi also alo be bo important cattle catte shipments shipment made as the cattlemen of the North Fork te Jor country will bring stock this way to W secure the benefits of the standard guage guge road Within the next five miles mUes the new towns of Marble Mable and Clarence are reached here will be located the yar yards s and station sLaton for Iere the tho vl reception re no- ro caption of ot marble mable slate an anti and mineral From this point are to bo ho b run branch roads towards Crystal in order to t fcc secure re the marble in this section and the mineral from the upper country coun cam try and one running up Yule reek areek will reach the slate slat and marble of that section wI Thus It I will wi be seen een that tha a J large Jarge amount of ot I S traffic Is I de destined to be done upon the road which will trill wi open up this entire entre dl district hs hsI la laI I j I nothing but railroad transportation M Is II capable I I tot of doing Already the population of or Crystal i Marble and Clarence has baa ba greatly grety Increased and as the road approaches completion It can be expected there will be thousands of ot people In the tho Crystal river district where there are I hundreds at the present Crt Cry a Current j j. |