, 1906-02-08

tertOn at the head of the Saratoga
and Encampment project does not
find his path strewn with heart
ease and lilies. That the Denver.
Yellowstone Park and Pacific will
be built is no longer a question OF
doubt. The head push behind
this enterprise is not known to
the public nor in fact, to the men
of action who, tho meeting with
strenuous opposition, are moving
steadily forward step by step. The
b d NJ and the L Z have passed
the preliminary stage of prepare
ton and are ready to rush work
at m early date. All three roads
will be welcomed into the valley
of the Upper Platte. Their COM
ing means the rapid development
of the coal and iron regions around
RaWiins and Fort Steele: the op-
enlug up of the copper deposit in
Elk mountain and Lake creek
counties; of the immensely rich
tho long neglected gold bearing
veins in the Gold Hill country,
Of the gold and silver that. in
massive veins, butt up against the
coal measures of the Slavery coun-
try: the soda lakes at Saratoga:
the building of an immepse sani-
tarium on the Saratoga hot springs
and hotel accommodations for the
tourists and sportsmen looking
for pleasure aud fishing. The
North Platte river affords the best
trout-ishing Of any stream in the
four states. Extensive irrigation
works will be built: the half mil
hon acres of rich irrigable lands
now lying idle along the valley
south and north, will be reclaimed
and made to produce unequaled
crops of grain and vegetables: the
sugar beet will become the indus
try beet sugar factories will be es-
tabllshed; stock feeding will be
profitable and the valley become
the headquarters for the supply Of
the choicest meats for the western
markets. The lead and silver
mines of the two Spring creeks
and Jack creek regions will be de
veloped and will receive treat
ment at home plants; the Douglas
and French creek gold. silver aud
copper will be thrown out in piles
the movemement of which to re-
ductiou will demand daily a string
of cars that must tax the resource
es of at least one of the three rail
roads: IA smelter will be put on on
the great Charter Oak copper and
gold nine for treatment of its own
ore Hud it must not be a pigmy
the Anchoria, Ferris-H ag-
garty. Doane-R Rambler. Hercules,
Portland and Itmay will be devel-
oped and turn out ore in quanti-
ties the movement of which will
for modern quick handling
appliances. The immense depos-
its of low grade ores in the old
kurtz. Chaiterton group can then
be turned and treated at biz pro
fits. the FL Rcy, the King and
Cascade groups as well as the
other no less promising mining
properties along the south fork of
the EncampmeuJ stream will add
materially to the demand for
transportation: the Aetna and the
Evening Star groups ON Beaver
are producers today if favored
with modern transportation facili-
ties; the same can be said of the
Cox or Bonanza group on lower
Big creek. Hog park, Stump
park and the Hahn's Peak dis
tricts are but awaiting the arrival
OF the iron horse to haul away
their gold, silver, lead and copper
products. North Park and the
mountains surrounding it on all
sides have "A variety and plenitude
of resources equaled only i'll their
immensely. Denver could have
reached all this by constructing
from 100 to 900 miles of rnilvnv