Show mii itral Is shall see ice any of our mania tha friends at our ollice and receive fron from then any delade of their prospects and wars labore we anvil alt all who have ay any mineral information to swe give us ui a call 01 normn frow from an occasional correoso Corre opo july 1871 d I 1 home again no place like houie home and home today is lively as tri frisco fleas in ID the first place we lave late had bad a nice little bit of a rain that laid the dost dat and aad made it salubrious lakes circus is ia ID in town and fun unloving and honest miners are here be to see it their first performance iagust concluded they show chow again tomorrow and tomorrow to morrow night ig ht they aliey had bad I 1 in about COO to raigh night L ETC ike 01 hir M S cos coa furn te it is still running it fired up for the first time on the he t ith dinst and his has now completed its ila eleventh dry alsy from froin the hosrof hour of being first heated beate dand and bids bide fair to continue for any length of time the 1 success u ec ess of this ibis furnace i is s 11 paral parallel ac 1 in utah aud and should convince a I 1 that a better experience and application will produce very gratifying results in the way of reducing ores and that daily results are reducing smelt smell t ing of ores to an ordinary business ad iii which the word failure will not occur the furnace of schofield abbey drake aco is ia again on the run ran with nith its two cupolas cu and os as we camo came from the city in ia the coach we met a large number of tebina loaded with eist canyon bullion tannei ING A new and important has haa been commenced hero here which is no DO less ices than that of tunneling the he mountain fruin from the north side oelion of lion hill to 0 tile ll 11 south side aido of born silver hill bill these tunnels and locations of lodes six in number will run under all the great mines on both these hills hilla and tap tile the great fountain and supply base front from which all be rich a and nd ihlo ores orca of ophir district come it is proposed to incorporate 1 to with capital and dairo r ire these with energy and the result will be to open out a mass and body of cf rich ores such as ate aie not equalled equal led in the mountains the locators in this are T G mclaren wells spicer thoo theo F tracy CA col 1 J C mathar T J hicls W V doolittle C C perkins A J bell warren hussey J rob kob waller walker wm win Sare cloan 0 E bates and J E cLaren we look loa fur for extraordinary results to follow this enter enterprise this district as ai a general thing Is ia pro sperus and the people feel well satisfied with their prospects july 16 1871 glorious sabbath this A bountiful bower phoner to today day again to cool off nature mid render life endurable and to malie make it pleasant we hive halve a performance of lakes cirrus circus to night and to keep up ny my end in a business like way I 1 w write rate you a short letter CLAIM is ia occasionally indulged in by our lucky chap and now and then the trade is quite brisk today to day the grey rock ledo T buo ouo said bold for 1200 2600 to rosenthal ollier oilier and wolf A vast rat amount of dic dickering kerine for mines is i going on but bill no big things IRON HILL ROAD id I 1 beio jo put in good shape and con coa dijon from from ophir to the tiger minca mines so HO that hat it will be as easy traveling as ai front from the mouth of tho the can on to ophir and daily and sometimes twice a day don lattera rung rum a four horse horae back up to the tiger ruine SCHOOLS q uc miss mim Kerr ilion w is doing finely with wilh her school she hai big twenty scholars we hare bare also alo a sabbath school chool well wel each week soon wo we will have regular divine service and other christian advances and a society of civilized and enlightened people C 0 PIC S 11 MINING we learn from reliable sources that abal the mines and furnace belonging to mown bateman Bateu ian and due in bingham canyon have bare been reported on favari favorably ly by captain Nin carrow it ir d sewell atia bitt i these go i fl ettien are men or of great practical e experience peri ence haing been engaged in in mining in south america Blea mexico tico and europe on the strength of their report mado made arter on an exhaustive examination the property was transferred on saturday last to the handi bandi of captain as tive of an Eng english lisla company called the tha utah mining co the amount p ibid for this property properly is coin aliu is a lar and important transaction fur for atah utah our oar good w wishes i h es accompany loth both of these e eminent M anent scientific gentlemen in their career in this territory the they have triumphantly carried through the first cral mining 0 operation pe ration in utah on the alio boards of the london stock exchange aud and called the attention of english capitalists to our valuable mines we hope it may not prove the last TORE THE tO ENTRY this vast stretch of plain six hundred bundred or more miles wide exten extending from ogden utah to tile the foot of the sierra nevada mounta mountains 1399 proves to be richer than was at first supposed instead of being an absolutely barren infertile country chemical analysis of the soil noil shows that it is exceedingly rich in nitrogenous matter potash and other mineral elements for raising almost alf any variety of crops the chief chie f ingredients of this alkali are gypsum or phosphate or of lime the ike chlorides of potassium and soda a combination of highest fertilizing q qualities if not in too great excess it needs only regular and abundant irrigation to render this section the finest agricultural territory of the far west the soil is u finely body com coin miau ted and when watered will yield almost every variety of crop in ia the mos moat t profane abundance aLu the organic and mineral elements are practically inexhaustible as soon as the surface soil becomes exhausted 1 I they ascend by attraction and evaporation from the beneath it is 11 quite probable that bat artea artesian liao wel wells lawill will be seek for trial in some items portions of these at ai id wastes there lit ii every reason to believe front from the configuration of the country that water can bo be quickly reached and if so the old saying may yet be made true the desert shall blossom I 1 lile ile the rosei rose A nl Y amt |