Show THE MIDDLE FORK work hi ha been delayed and agdens Pr prestige estive nearly lost THE STANDARDS correspondent correspond on t at la plata complains very much of the inactivity at ogden ogden haa has certainly neglected her bar interests at la plata by not pushing the work on the MI middle addle fork road an outlet that should have been finished long ago agotha the statement that logan bolda holds prestige over the camp is however a decided mistake go far as ogden is concerned mining men who have lave the interests of their mines at heart must certai certainly nl chip ship to the cheapest and most point the character of la Plat low grade mineral showing can only be mide by the most practicable and profitable route salt lake ia in its natu natural rat marketable point and the distance between la plata and logan isu early doubled by the route from logan to ogden ltd en thence to silt salt lake the time is not far distant when ogden can have its own smelters shelters sm elters and work every pound of mineral taken out of the hills hille for fifty miles around here these facilities would be the cause of taking tons of mineral out of bf the hills that now await cheaper transportation than furnished furnie hed to the mills at salt lake bowle now la theotime the time tor for capital to look to this I 1 interest terest 12 that capital mast most come from an out eide side source the same as capital came to denver deny er and butte city and built the smelt sm elters ere there there is enough capital in ogden to build and rebuild all the smelt sm elters ere west of the missouri river if I 1 those who control the capital here here were wideawake wide awake enough to realize this special point of a interest when people cannot realize the necessity of a wagon road route as accessible as middle fork and do not push its completion why should they expect anything but a lethargy that allows an outside point to realize the benefits of its natural production proda cllon and resources resource a such are the conditions condi tiona today to day and ogden will regret its opportunities opportunities next season when the eat entire re northern country begins to show up its mineral resources no one here can realize or guess the amount of country being prospected and opened north of ogden la plata alone ia is making a showing in all direct directions ions that would astonish the most unscrupulous judge yet no effo effort rt is being made on the part of 0 ogden to encourage its prospectors pros or the mining interests the middle fork road should be opened and that too at the earliest and most convenient moment the distance would be considerably sider ably shortened by this route and all the ore produced in the camp would como this way somo some encouragement coura gement is received from the report of selectman foy found in the thle county court report but the time has been loat daring during the best part of the we beason |