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Show LETTER FROM H NT A II DISTRICT. DIS-TRICT. Sjieciiil Corrdioniience of tho Hehalo.) tint all District Topography Flng-utaff Flng-utaff Mine Otliar Milieu Weailter Ilrari and Sundries. Uintah District, September 24, I37I. faUtors Herald: Due north from the Cottonwoods and American Fork, commencing at the summit of the Wasatch range, lies the Unintah mining district. The physical conformation of this district differs from that on the westerly slope of the Wasatch in being more irregular. irregu-lar. The ridges connected with the main rane run at tangents with each other, and of course tha etrcams fol-low fol-low the same law. The district is young, yet in swaddling clothes, but the uuiet, energetic manner in which it is being developed authorizes the assumption as-sumption that it will arrive at the maturity ma-turity of a rich mineral district in advance ad-vance of many known to fame before it had an existence. n this district, about two miles from the summit, and in a direct line with tho Little Cottonwood mineral , belt, lie a clump of minea of which tho ; chief in development and prospects is tho UINTAH FLAGSTAFF, Akin in character au well as name to the Flagstaff of Littlo Cottonwood. : This mine is being developed by two shafts about ninety feet apart and on the line of the lode. The most northerly north-erly of these, at a depth of 25 feet, struck a rich body of carbonate ore, impregnated with chlorides, averaging aver-aging two feet in width, and from which 1,000 sacks have been shipped, which yielded $05 per ton in silver besides 55 per cent, of lead. Following Follow-ing this lode deeper the ore carried a greater amount of silver and will now average fully $100 per ton of that metal. This lodo dips northerly towards to-wards the second shaft, whiob was commenced to strikeit at a much greater great-er depth. This shaft is 40 feet deep ou tho vein or oro matrix, at which depth a horizontal cross drift was run to ascertain the width of tho vein, which waa found to bo thirty feet. The vein is nearly pcrpondicular and for- its entire width of thirty icet is wedged and seamed with excellent ore. At the western extremity of the cross cut a smaller shaft is being sunk, intended to reach at least a dept of 50 feet; while on tho opposite side of the cut a body of ore is being drifted upon in the direction of tho first shall. This mine is owned by Messrs. How-land, How-land, Todman & Co. and is being vigorously vig-orously worked. The company have built or rather cut out a line oro road from the mine along the backbone of the ridge, a distance of two miles to a point where it connects with one of the mill roads of the valley. They have a fine mill site with water power, and an abundance of wood. In these respects the mine has exceptional advantages ad-vantages so great that even low grade ores may be reduced at a profit. OTHER JUNES AND SUNDRIES. In tho immediate vicinity of the Flagstaff a number of mines are being opened with an industry which argues entire confidence in a fortunate result. Among these are the Uocky IW owned by Ango, Murphy fc Co.. who have a shaft down thirty feet with a drift of twenty. The Wild Bill (if there is anything in a name, a material metempsychosis) owned by Langlbrd, Seamans & Co., with a shaft down thirty feet. The fctna, with fair prospects; and sundry others too tedious to mention. The weather is delightful for the the greater part of the day, but at night ice forms in water buckets. Bears nightly prowl around camp, and "sign" is in plenty all around. I have seen some exceedingly rich ore found about a mile from where I write this, and about half way hence to the Walker and Webster mines. Youraltitudinously, Wasatch. |