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Show BIG C0TT0XW00D. Silver Kprinp ColLouwood Lake, Ou it tlvlde sliver Fork Mm., el. '-KKalarConr.onclen ol the Ueral.t.j Silver SraiNtis, June 30, J871. j Editor Ilemhl : -' " ' The argentiferous nomenclature o! ! things generally in this vicinity, is sug ! re.-tive uf silvt-r, mnd while to a certain ' extent appP'priatc, often rocs to the; .urtuie of byjwrbolo. It in generalK the case, too, with the uual exceptions 10 general rules, that in mining Uis-tricta Uis-tricta the poorer claims aie christened with the most silvery titles, for despite Shakespeare there is something in a name. SILVER SPRINGS Is the baptismal name of this town, and the name is appropriate, both with j reference to the mines in close proxim-I proxim-I ity, and to (he numerous J prints ol I pure silvery water which hub bin up at various places, raising from their bottoms bot-toms filmy cones aud domes of clean, pure aaud. The town is only one and a half miles from Cottonwood lake, i" which trout dwell in lare numbers; inaccessible in-accessible by a good road; shaded by a dense growth of trees; and offer) rejt.-; tr at traction to the refui;ru fioiu thi-; 8uitrineM.s .(' ihe vailey, tu the dieiuit:-ofIaac dieiuit:-ofIaac Walton, and to U:e jdei -t the romantic nnj rand in nature iluii any place 1 havo yet teen. C ROSSI NU OVER T Hit DlVIDK' j From Little Cottonwood, in tho dtrec-, tiou of tho miuing centre on Silvet ! Fork, you pass near to the Davenport i mine, to which I refer especially, a;-the a;-the working of it illustrates the folly ol becoming diBheurtcned at first mistakes in niiniug operations. The Davenport, for boimg distauce from the suifacc, yielded fine ores in fair quantity, but after sinking to a considerable depth the dip of the lode changed and tbr workmen continuing to sink in the line of the original incline or shaft, lost it. When I first came to this neighbor hood, it was currently reported that the Davenport hnd "given out," but the owners of the mine, with commendable com-mendable enterprise, went to work to rectify the eiror by which the lode was lowt an error commou iu mining and the result of this enterprise has been the discovery of the continuation of the lode, and the mine is now yielding in conaidercble quantity as fine ore as any mine on the divide can show. THE MINES OF SILVER FORK Are being rapidly developed, and a large amount of work to this eud will be accomplished before the fall snow:-set snow:-set in, as every owner of feet seeing imbued with confidence in the ultimate success of his enterprise. Among these mines, just now, (ho Highland Chief has tho call for high (in reputation), reputa-tion), but whether this is the consequence conse-quence of ,-upi rior merit, or of a sort of stock jobbing operation, deponent saith not. In ull minim: camp?, the relative standing of the different mines fluctuates as the lodes narrowor widen, or the ore becomes poorer or richer Besides the mines I have before men tioned in this district, the llicbmond, upon which w.ij-k ha ben recently re cnnJLuenced, thows a fine body of excellent chloride ore, uidu from the vein of galena followed from top to bottom of the old workings. Colonel Kixton has let a contract lor sinking further on the Butte lode, which last fall yielded excellent ores; and on the verge of mineral belt, lowest down the Fork, Mr. Rice is energetically continuing contin-uing lasr, year's development of two mines, the Maggie and Mable, with fine prospects in sight aud ahead. Yours, Wasatch. |