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Show i ) 1 Deep Creek I Deep Creek now has its railroad, But much yet remains to be dpnoi fl Tho Western Pacific, railroad line now comes within fifty -miles of the center of tho minora zono known as Deep Creek, and thero ib ovory reason to ex-pect ex-pect that beforo 1909 has passed into history a branch lino will span this fifty miles, thus bringing tho blocked out resources lo tho tlcor of commerce. Yot conditions now are greatly im-proved. im-proved. Heretofore Deep Crock ship-pcrs ship-pcrs of ore have had to bau.1 bv w3gon fully 200 mileB, through deep Band and oyer mountain roads, beforo getting IH their ores to tho railroad trncks or their supplies from tho tracks to the mines. Now only fifty mllcB separate them from the world and. one moro bite at railroad building will bring this dis-tanco dis-tanco down. Copper, gold, silver, lead, bismuth and IH nearly every other desirable mital exist in Deep Creak properties. Capital naL- 'H urally has been slow to enter even fo rich a section on account of the tron-bio tron-bio in getting in to it. In spite of these difficulties, strong capital has dribbled into Deep Creek, bat there, are a few iH faithful souls who have remained by their interests at the cost of the corn-forts corn-forts of life, and who have grown gray jH in this service. jH Thero are no richer ores anywhere than in Deep Creek and there is no point in the country worthy of more attention. Fortunes are in tho mines there, but it will take capital to gen them out. And it would soem that Tight now is tho best time to gather in some Deep Creek minoral ground before the man of money can get into tho heart of tho camp in his Pullman car. The Wostern Pacific has already mad its influcnco felt on tha Silver. Island district, which is between Deep Creek aud Salt Lako, and two or three com-panics com-panics aro now preparing shipments of ore for the market. Thet Silver Island ores nro rich and grow better ns depth is gaiucd on them. |