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Show ! LEEDS. :a.IIs for Custom .Mills. The ViffilanlM at Work- notes and (Jossip. Silver Rkef, Utah, March 18, JS77. Editors Herald : Busiuess is unusually dull at present, pres-ent, arising from the lack of mills to' work up the thousands of lonsef rich ores on the dump in various parts of the district. Not n week passes but now openings bring to light ores of most astonishing value aud lap's deposits of treasure are 'reached aud yet there is no mill short of Pioctie that will work tho ores. Tho Leeds mmnsnu'u mill .: i. , UIIII JUUO uuiiuuuaiiy on the company's ore, ho a miner may have ten thousand dollars worth of ore on the dump and still be unable to buy lor himself a diuner. We learn that the Dupaix mill is now ready to start up on custom work With a capacity ol crushing about three tons daily, and than there is another mill going up on the Virgcn, and parties are already away to S.in Francisco to m-l a 20 stamp custom mill. Oilier parties who represent mills are hero negotiating for "feet," and intend bringing mills soon. Yesterday the St, Weorgo base ball club came up on clmlienf;e and played the Silver Reefers, beating tho latter 11 out of 30 innings. Last Sunday Steve lioce stabbed i seriously wounding, another miner. The would-be assassin was arrested and bound over, admitted to bail and is again on the street. A low mornings morn-ings ago a notice was lound posted illustrated with a'ropo and coffin-advising coffin-advising him to disappear from this place in a given time, aud as be is still here, wo may expect to soon ' record the first hanging hero by vigilantes. vigi-lantes. Tho telegraph office has been re moved from Leeds to Luis plaice several days. Jacobs k Sultan are. cotlimenctu' the erection of a powder magazine. Many of the citizens here are planting plant-ing trees iu front of their lots, business and dwelling houses, and some are making flower gardens: all to be hand-watered. It is beheved by old campers that business will liven up and timeB improve: im-prove: within a nmntb, but we think they are fast, lor nothing short of cue torn mills in operation will bring material prosperity and activity to! the camp. It is reported that Judge Barbee has sold one mine, a few rod imme diately west of our present sitting, for $150,000. Mfe has others still quite as valuable as this. Prices for flour, grain, lumber and other produce are low mid going lower, from the surplus brought in. Judge Paddock is giving a party tomorrow to-morrow evening to which most of the respectability are invited. Thie is an unusually healthy location ! and the water is as good as auy in the mountains. J. E. J, |