Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-06-09
Deer Park and Oakland.

To those contemplating trip to the
mountains in search of health or pleas
ure, Deer Park, on the dome of the
Allegheny Mountains, 5000 feet above
the sea level, offers such varied at
fractions as delightful atmosphere
during both day and night, pure water,
smooth winding roads through the
mountains and valleys, and the most
picturesque scenery in the Allegheny
range. The hotel is equipped with such
adjuncts conducive to the entertainment,
pleasure and comfort of its guests, as
Turkish and Russian baths, swimming
pools for both ladies and gentlemen,
billiard rooms, superbly furnished par
lors, and rooms single or en- suite, an
unexcelled cuisine and superior service.
The surrounding grounds as well as
the hotel are lighted with electricity,
have cosy and shady hooks, meandering
walks, lawn tennis, courts and grassy
play grounds for children within full
view of the inviting verandas. Six
miles distant on the same mountain
summit is Oakland, the twin resort of
Deer Park, and equally as well equipped
| for the entertainment and accOmmoda-
tion of its guests. Both hotels are on
the main line of the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad, have the advantages of its
splendid Vestibuled Limited Express
trains between the East and West, and
are, therefore, readily accessible from all
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tickets, good for return passage until
October 31st, will be placed ON sale at
greatly reduced rates at all principal
ticket offices throughout the country
One way tickets reading from St. Louis,
Louisville, Cincinnati, Columbus, Chi
cago, and any point on the B. and o.
system to Washington, Baltimore, Phil
adelphia, or New York, OF vice versa,
are good to stop off at either Deer Park
or Oakland, and the time limit will be
extended by agents at either resort upon
application.
The season of these popular resorts
commences June 22d.
For full information as to hotel rates,
rooms, ETC., address George d. DeShields,
Manager, Deer Park or Oakland, Garrett
county, Maryland. 6-92t
The Sapphire Beds of Montana.
Julian Ralph, in Harper's Magazine for June.
Close to Helena, on lodges which
mark two former levels of the Missouri
River, are the world famous sapphire
and ruby beds, 5000 acres of which, with
1000 other acres under water, have
recently been acquired by an English |
company of noblemen, bankers, jewelers.
and others, for 100000, the mere
value of the gold which it is thought |
will be taken from the dirt. That sap
phires and rubies were there has been
known for twenty years or more, some
miners having kept the finer specimens.
and others having thrown them out of
their pans into the river by the hundred
weight as pebbles of no value. The
truth, as get it from experts, is that
these stones are true rubies and sapphires
and the only opportunity they afford for
criticism lies in the fact that very nearly
all of them are much lighter in color
than the Asiatic gems of the same sort.
In other words, pigeons blood rubies
and sapphires- blue sapphires are found
there, but not often. And yet these
stones of the lighter shades are of far
greater brilliancy than the Asiatic gems
that fashion has approved; indeed,
they are often like diamonds, and as
their hardness is next to that of the
their lustre must prove endur-
ing. The gems are found on the bed
rock under eight or ten feet of sol,
along with crystals, nuggets of gold.
gold dust, garnets and pebbles. The
land was bought by two Michigan lum-
bermen, brothers, who now treasure a
million in cash and million in shares
Of the new English ompany-rewards
for their foresight.
One of the English experts who ex-
amined the gem field announced 1t to I
be his opinion that the diamond must
sooner or later be found in Montana. {
All the conditions warrant its existence
here. What State Montana isl Gold, t
silver, copper, lead, asbestos, tin, iron,
'il, gas, rubies, sapphires, and posi-
)ility of diamonds locked up in her I
lbs and pockets!