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Show A Dip; Reservoir. A new compnny has bean incorporated incorporat-ed in Salt Lnko City called thu Cottonwood Cotton-wood Gold nn Hesorvolr Discovery Mining Comp'irV nbout which the Dcserct News glvM tho following: Mr. Hooton, ono of tho director.", says that two of tho company, Messrs. Luu-dcen Luu-dcen nnd Tobias, made n very important discovery nbout threo months ngo. They ncro prospecting fororcup Dry Canyon, nbout four miles from tho mouth of Big Cottonwood canyon, nnd were mnklng tho nscent In n very perilous locality, searching for the ledge, which they foiling nnd which nhows (Olo f8 per ton gold. Hut they id so mmlo another discovery worth more to them nnd to this locality thnnnny ordlnnry gold mine. This wns n deep pocket In (ho mpmilnln, surrounded sur-rounded by rocks. In this is n largo fresh wnlcr lake, tlio water of which run through n nnrrow opening caslwnrd nnd was lost nniong the hills. . On further examination, lie says, they found Hint by means of n tunnel 300 feet In length, which tapped tho ledge, (ho water .from tlio great natural reservoir could bo brought through nt ft point within thirteen miles of (Ids city, nnd In such quantity that n permanent strcnni ns largo or larger than City Creek could lo conveyed down Dry Canyon into this vnlley mid utilized on tho farms. Ills the, purpose of tho company to plpotho water some distance nnd Bupply tho peoplo in that lornlity w Ith irrigating irrigat-ing water. If tho find nhoutd bo nil thnlisclnlmed forltbytheownors,it will provo of Immciiec value. Thu work of lunneWngfor tlin waterway Is to be coin-menccond coin-menccond Monday next. |