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Show Ti . . , WELCOME, T. I. Th Times a few days since paragraphic-lly paragraphic-lly invited Colonel T. P. Mcrkat to hurry j tip the Dee Creek cakes, to follow up his surveying parties with a column of sappers, miners and shovcler6, iu few words to "make the dirt fly." , "Well, the Colouel, like the rushing busi-l busi-l ness man that he is, understands very well that capital must act as pioneer to labor, and he is hero obedient to call and with' him sagacious capitalists who look before they t leap, and who, with him, propose, we understand, under-stand, to go over the dusty ways he has trod before and to look down the dark throated treasure-vaults on our Sunset line and confer face to face 1yrff1rharJaardy prospectors who have opened --r,rjM-mit,r Deep Creek country the richest mining country in this inter-mountain region. re-gion. These men have placed before the rich men of our city tangible and abundant evidence of the mineral riches they have unearthed un-earthed and have besought them to invest some of their surplus wealth in the commencement com-mencement of a railway enterprise that must eventually return the investors large interest and place this city under obligations to them as public benefactors. The press of this city has expended time, labor and money iu ably seconding the plea of tho prospectors. So far as we know, the plethoric and lethargic money-bags of the place have been about as responsive to these stirring appeal as the man in the moon would be to tho bayinsr of a vellow Ana- But public spirited T. P. Murray, with characteristic char-acteristic disregard of personal discomfort, exposure and expense, visited the various mining districts, satisfied himself of their developed and undeveloped riches, made written contracts with the miners An the ground to furnish him, as the representative of any railway he might cause to be built within a given time to or near their mines, certain numbers num-bers of tons of ore at rate of transportation iixed within maximum and minimum limits. With these vouchers for his sincerity and ability to carry out his representations, in his pocket, he has visited the east time and again and with an intelligent persistency t worthy of success he has certainly made progress in the matter in the face of opposi- tion and abuse at home and probably abroad. We believe be is on the right track and 1 that he will eventually succeed in obtaining ob-taining assistance to build the Deep Creek railroad and that the builders will make an excellent investment, while this city and territory together with the mine-owner on the line of the proposed road will be mu- xuauy Deuenied. I And now, we wish to express for The Tints a proper appreciation of the push and enterprise of Col. T. P. Mcrkat in bringing the Deep Creek country and its magnificent resources be for outside capitalist, and to remind him, that the pioneers of great enterprises, en-terprises, especially if they are uot backed tip against the sneers of ihallow-pated nobodies no-bodies by a large bank account of their own, work against the current till by their own right arm and indomitable will they win victory. With the battle won, they are royal good fellows eTen in the eyes of the noLodie. r |