subsidiary of the Western Pacific, which financially supported the line due to the connecting freight traffic it generated. Unfortunately for the new railroad, the mines in the Gold Hill area enjoyed only a short productive life. Usable copper deposits began to diminish by 1920, and although the railroad also carried tungsten and arsenic produced near Gold Hill, mineral production in the area began declining rapidly about 1925. This cost the railroad nearly its entire traffic base, and eventually train service was reduced to a single weekly roundtrip, operating each Friday. Eventually the lack of traffic and prospects inevitably doomed the railroad, and it was finally abandoned in 1939. Most of the railroad's former grade remains visible today. External links Deep Creek Railroad at UtahRails.net References Carr, Stephen L. and Robert W. Edwards. Utah Ghost Rails. Salt Lake City: Western Epics, 1989. . Defunct Nevada railroads Defunct Utah railroads Predecessors of the Western Pacific Railroad Railway companies established in 1916 Railway companies disestablished in 1939 1916 establishments in Utah 1939 disestablishments in Utah American companies established in 1916