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Show LETTER FROM BIG COTTONWOOD. COTTON-WOOD. Regular Correspondence of the Herald. Bio Cottonwood Canon, Oct. 22, 1N71. Sineo my last article it has been almost impossible to collect mining notes on account of tho four severe snow storms wo have experienced. Work on the more exposed claimB has been seriously interfered with, and the Ilawkeyo smelting works havo been compelled to "shut down," ns ore in sufficient quantities could not be hauled to them owing to tho had condition of the trails and roads. Ilowovor, under I tho genial intluonco of Iho "Indian summer," winter has been driven back nnd the snow is rapidly melting from of! the rontls, although on the mountains it suit reigns mipromo, and probably will until the rays of nost summer's sun shall causo it to vanish. And in all this snow and mud and storm your faithful ink dispenser has been wandering wander-ing about, ciollcoLinf items for "tho i largest sheet in the Rocky Mountain ! region;" and the amount of vital energy, to say nothing of shoe leather, expended by him would establish a modest boot artist in a small way and revivily a large number of fresh i corpset! I Well, yesterday nnd tho day beibro : being lino, 1 devoted them to making i explorations on ICcslcr's Peak and South Fork, as 1'ar as tlio thick mud and deep snow would allow. The lirst claims 1 visited were tho llomewavd-bonnd llomewavd-bonnd and Sailor Jack, both looking well and being developed. Tlieso mines will be worked all winter under tho superintendence of Mr. Bamberger, the foreman being J. Eriokson. i'ho Provo still holds its hand as one of tho best mines on tho Peak; Messrs. Mccka & Hawkins havo just had a shaft-house and hoisting apparatus built, and work will be vigorously pushed forward, for-ward, the superintendent being II. F. Samson, tho foreman H.Babb. About 2.000 feet below this mine a very rich claim has been struck, called the Little Giant, belonging to Erickson and Co., where argentiferous galena has been found, and the location will probably turn out above medium, as docs moat of thoso made on this mountain. Samplo. assays show $2J7 in silver to the ton, and seventy per cent, in lead. A very fair claim has lately boen located, called tho Buclah, situated about 100 feet below tho Bailor Jack and about thirty feet above a valuablo location, tho Charlotte, owned by tho proprietors of tho Provo, and great doubt is expressed whether it is on thoir ground; however, time will show. On tho north-east side of tho "Pak" the McDougal mine is being worked, it being the intention of the owners to develop this valuable claim as fast as possible. South-west of thismine wo find the Twin Kobbins, ownod by Kobbina Bros. & Co. This is a prospect calculated to keep up the reputation of tho ' 'Peak, ' ' the samples assaying $181 05 in silver per ton and 6lJ por cent, of lead. There appears to bo, however, a little difficulty diffi-culty hero also, the owners of the Wido West claiming that their ground is infringed upon; as both companies aro working, this will soon bo settled ono way or tho other. South of Kesler's, and on the divide between South Fork und Little Cottonwood, Cotton-wood, a looation called the Florence has been made; pure galena was found on tho surface, the vein increasing in width as it was developed, when the snow storm sot in nnd stopped all work. I had ;i hard pull to reach this claim, and only the indomitable enorpy which the Herald knows so well how to inspire, enabled me to scale tho dizzy heights through two feet of snow. On tho east Sido of this Fork I visited the Argcnta, situated situa-ted below and south of tho Ropublio mine; it is ono of tho best prospects on i this Bide, first class galena oro being tho yield; tho owners, T. A. Bailey and S. Stevenson. Tho Red Jacket, Williams, Younth & Co., nnd tho Peerless, tho property ! of Whipple & Co., deserve a notice, . as docs the Aluiaden on the samo mountain. Takon all together, South Fork displays an activity which has j hardly been equalled tho past summer. sum-mer. Most of tho companies intoud to "fight it out on that lino if it takes all winter," and nest summer will doubtless surpriec ub with big results. Tho latest bear Btory is as follows : It scorns that two men employed in cutting lies for tho b. S, It. K. took up their abode in a l4 cabin in one of tho "forks" of this i-inon, and woro visited one night by a large cinnamon boar, that coolly oarrkd oil" a couplo of horse collars and a sank of bread, the men not daring to move the while. Expecting her return tho next evening, they barricaded tho entrance to the oabin with a large cart wheel, and sure enough she camo. Tho men had procured pro-cured a musket and powdor, but with commendablo foresight had forgotten tho caps, and as tho bear endca.vored to get in they tried to shoot her, ono holding tho gun and the other trying to touch it off with a match. iNot being ablo to effect an entrance, and viewing with scorn tho futile efforts of the garrison, .Bruin, with a growl of contempt, "passed on in maiden medi-tatioD, medi-tatioD, lanoy free 1 " Learning that the "Japs" will soon perform, 1 shall lcavo to-morrow for the oity, in order to visit the temple of Thalia; not so much to sec them as to gazo enrapturcdly on the female beauty to be scon in tho audience, and whioh has made such an impression on my susceptible heart. Till then adieu. Truly yours, Gustos Morum, |