Show BUSINE AND MINiNG AW McCune Talks About The Deep Creek Country AT THE COPPER PLANT 3tIR SIXER KNOWS NOTHING OF THAT SECOXD CONTRACT Ontario Drain Tunnel The Cement Worltfl Tlie Tniscarora Mining Y District Producing Gold Bars r 4 Insurance Itntc Go Up Tlie Cat r tie Market 3Icetiiisr at 3Iercur The one pressing and probaly the only special need of the Deep Creek country is direct railroad connections said A W McCune yesterday afternoon after-noon to a Herald reporter Everything Every-thing else but a railroad is there in abundance and with such an outlet for the great quantities of ores which could be min d the district would be a record brtaker In company with Thomas Ellerbeck E J McCune and O II Hardy Har-dy the gentleman has the past ten days been making personal inspections of all of the properties of any importance import-ance in the district returning to this city yesterday afternoon He has some interest in the western part of the territory ter-ritory and took ten days off from business busi-ness in order to look over them Yes sir continued the speaker all that is needed is a railroad and the i company which first takes advantage of the splendid opening will reap a golden harvest There are thousands r good properties which ire now lying idle for the simple reason that there is no cheap outlet for their products It is true the gold properties are being de veloned but even those would receive unbounded stimulation through the advent ad-vent rf a railroad Such a road would pay for itself in a comparatively short time without a coast outlet The local lo-cal traffic would be sufficient to pay handsomely The gentleman further stated that he visited every sectic the district and found the mines v irking along in the same old style except in the gold T properties which are doing splendidly and turning out large quantities of gold bullion A number of rich strikes have just been made in the Clifton district and in the vicinity of the Queen of She ba mine This latter property is showing show-ing up well and it very probable that the owners will put in a mill in the near futre |