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Show MiXIXt; MSCOVEIUES. BIcli Prospects f d'old. Sihrr and Iron In llic Vicinity or Cache. ComipocJcnce of lie lerei Ne Gold mining In this vicinity has become au exciting thing. There has been found one mine that seems tolcvcn startle and bring Butte miners and capitalists to tlie uew camp. This place lias for many years ast been a kind of mluliigdls-trict. mluliigdls-trict. Abouttwetityyearsagothtre was a mine discovered, located and worked to quite an extent, when It caved iu and but very littlu lias Wen done on It since, thou ! your correspondent corre-spondent isofthcopinlon that if parlies par-lies with capiUI woul I jo into the mine iu Main Canyou, llitie Is a bonanza of great magnitude. The cpiosllc canyon, which is know n as Birch, has now become the miller's idol. This Is the place that so much talk Is about Your corrcspuudentueiit in search of the mine and after several hours' baru climbing and sore sliding and cle-e oloervatlons, found a ledge, which he followed for hundreds of yard", until the noted ledge was found and then the "Blow Out" It fctlndtiil a curiosity. The mine lson the northeast north-east side of tiie cinyon, ami about seven and a half miles from the bed of thecanyou.attd somew lure about eight miles nearly east of Smith-field. Smith-field. It Is on a ridice with quite a large ravine on each side, and immediately im-mediately under a ilifT of about twelve frit It seems to have la-en blown out by volcanic fore. The w hole ridi;e looks as though it hail lieen on lire, liut more Turtlctil-trly Just at the "BIowO.it" The mine opens out w ith a hole somewhat oblong, ob-long, that a man can crawl into quite comfortably. On getting into the main chasm one finds It aliout thirty fett north aud south and about twenty feel cast and west Directly under tile mouth it seems to Isa alouttweiity felt del (slut dl oirto the southeast to such a depth that no one has t ln-eti able to reach the bottom. This is not saying say-ing that the bottom cannot Im found, because very little inergy lias lawn siit for that purpose. The general dip of the strati Is southeast, thr laytrs llng from four Inches to a foot In thickness. Thelwltomof the mine Is more of a conglomerate, though it has the same iharaclel-I-tic or resemblance to lire as the This mine has been assayed, but It is impossible to git it currect, as the parties want to keeplhe Information Informa-tion to themselves for the present It Is rumored Uwn pretty good grounds that a mining man and a man of wealth from Butte, who is in town now, has nfflrrd to 113- all cxuses for a given eriod for a third interest. He is a man who knows wliat he is doing on mining questions. Your correspondent, while looking arouud,iaw a many as six different claims located and others are being taken eviry day. Some iltlzens are tlated, thinking the town will soon grow to great magnitude nnJ wealth, while others hope tlie mine will be a failure on account of tlie very vile element that pervades eviry mining town. These citizens feel that they and all should lie contented with having the la st agricultural district in the country, and that means the la-sl In the Territory. Such things arc; and can't bo btla.-d; tach has its virtues. vir-tues. We should choose and do right, whether w u have our agricultural agricul-tural town riiualnasit isorturnid into a mining camp. iUwfully, N. K. It Uvula. Smitiiiiclii, Aug.2lth, ItCO. 1". S. Since tlie above was written writ-ten I hae seen a d spuketi with several cf the miners and capitalists from Butte and Salt Uake City. They differ regarding some features but upon the main they agree that the district Is rich and say that the crop of iron ore is the greatest they have evtr seen, and tliat there Is au Immense body ufore uudirit One of the Butte mi n said that, in his cplulon, tho main bulk is down frem two tu three hundred felt He went down the "Blow Out" yettirday to the dr4h of s xly feet aud found no lottom. Tlie Salt Lake men say they w(Lllt ,to get away from the "Blow Out" and that the U-t ore Is ou the si Je. They are ou the Icokcut, and with a number of other men an-packing an-packing their animals and having their drills and other lmplemiuts arranged for a tour throughout all these canyons I have It from pretty good autltor-Ity autltor-Ity that the ore which was sent to Butte to be assayed went $20 In gold and $I.US sllvir, with a fraction or other metals. This Seems to If inorniiu. The mine is worth half a million, for the location and quantity of ore are such that very little machinery will be required. They claim it is njt true.or that sonu thing is wrong. N.E.B.D. |