Show THE DEEP CREEK COUNTRY what is known as the de deep ep country is really one of the richest mineralized portions of the state taking in as it does do es nearly the entire western half of the co counties antles if of tooele thoele juab and millard salt lake people for years have known of the magnificent mineral wealth of this section of the state the distance from transportation however and with a bleak and dreary desert intervene ing between the minin mining g districts of that locality and this city almost prohibiting active mining operations and still many of our citizens are heavy owners in the deep creek country and many of them own extensive groups of patented claims awaiting only the advent of a railroad to begin their extensive exploration and development when it will be found that deep creek will astonish the mining world with its heavy and regular output t of the precious metals As it is in a number of the camps in this locality there are many mines which could maintain big I 1 shipments of ore going fro from m 30 to 40 to the ton in silver gold copper and lead at pres ent quotations this ore with a railroad into that country would bring a handsome profit to the mine owner indeed it would be looked upon as being a fine grade of shipping ore in addition there is a large amount of ore which will go even higher and which would leave a handsome margin after paying all shipping smelter and other charges but owners of mines productive of such high grade mineral are loth to sacrifice so 80 much for expenses knowing full well weli that the time will come when one or more roads will be headed into that country and prefer to let the ore remain in the mine as in a bank until such time as the high freight tariff the long wagon haul baul shall have been removed remove d and done away with when this auspicious moment arrives then it will be seen and realized that in the deep creek country utah possesses one of the richest sections to be found in the state it cannot be long now before railroad communication with the jeep deep creek country will be established and as aa a result more than usual activity is now no in the mountains and c canyons of th this section of promise |