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Show The Deep Creek Fiad Mr. El wood Maden returned Saturday night frosn Deep Cre'ek country which the Salt Lake Citv papers are painting up as a new Eldarado jnu now He brought along some facts about that much vaunted region which will save t)gden people and miners far and near from being ' gulled into being led out in that deseit to waste their money and pay ten prices for very mean accommodations. accommo-dations. ' For instance, there is not a drop of water that cn be usecj nearer than Dugway creek, which is twelve miles from ihe nearest mining woik and this alleged water is not fit lor man or btast to drink, being about the hue of mtidcjy-colored mtidcjy-colored niilk. A sample of it can be 'seen at The Commercial office, left there by Mr.Maqen lor the benefit ol Ogden mmers. This stuff, composed of clay, alkali and some water is sold at the nearest mines fbr five cents a gallon! gal-lon! Then as to the mineral. There is a goosl deal of low grade ore there, but there is upthing to warrant any grea t excitement. In fact, Mr'. Maden says, there is n i exitement out there it' is nil in the minds of the Salt Lake City boomer. Most of the prospen-i ate iiiat being opened'' and there is no telling whether they contain much er little ore. They may not holdout at all. Mr. Madeu is oftht opiuioirthat there is scarcely anything in sight in tlie mountains near Ogden which 'is not as 5 good or Letter t inn aiiytiinig' on Deep Cteek. |