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Show Bl(i COTTOSN'OOD. 1. 1, ..r ' ..:rr-j. -B-l.-U-. .1 l-.r IKialJ . !to, I '.,riMSW..... .V,N. A'lL'U-t 1 -iLll. I;TI. .;.,,, U,,aU. Great aetivitc i - ai j.ru.-cul beiug di-plaied en iv-.-ier's Peak. I'aiiy -hipiij.-iits of ore are being made from the three principal mine-. K-peeialK is this the c: Willi Mcrs. Mcek's aud Hawking 1'rovo tinne. These, '-'eutletin.-ti aie i.ipidly Mopping the !ir-i -hipni'-ni uf two hundred toin ot i-Ai grade ore. The mine is looking .-xeeedincly well, the cut being now in, bixty-three feet, with a large body ol 1 mineral all the way and plenty more in li.LjIit. The work is being conducted under the personal "iipervUion of II. M. Hammond and S. M. Salmon, the discoverers. The S.iilor Jack is also1 looking well: the haft uud incline. being down :;',out hixty Icet, with ore all i he w:iy. Some very curious eaves have been discovered in Ibis mine. Work is steadily going lorward on the Homeward hound, with very good prospects. Tho General huxter on the north sids of Keller's Peak, owned by Messers. hates A: Sulliver, is another good discovery. I was i-hown a tine specimen of caleuu from lliis el-nro. TIip Home TieL.-i on il.e -ime Peak is pl.so nn exc-lleut loci-j lion, and at a depth of tweniy-live! tect shows a well dclined ledgo with' hand-ome specimens of ore. This; mine is owned by Mrs-is. J. J. Noon, (. Noon and II. Ii. Hawkins the superintendent, Mr. .1. ). Noon, is! vigorously pu-hingwork. J 'flic news from Silver Fork uud! Honeycomb-gulch is encouraging. IJ intend -Imrtly to make thorough explorations ex-plorations in thai direction. ' Tho weather during I he pn-1 few! days has been delightful but wry cold at night -j, the thermometer indicating; '1 early in the morning, ttnd the; water-bucket showing a quarter of an inch of ice. In the peculiar and onergctic language of "ye honest' miners" nn erc. "it's cnM i I" I In my simplicity .1 always supposei that it was rather tropical in thos lower regions, but I judge they cam to tho conclusion that it was cold there, otherwise his Satanio Majesty woul ' not keep such a huge (ire going! Somo of our neighbors and friends i while rambling over our mountains, gazing on our mines, appear to Ik j taken badly with the "greon-eycii ; monster" di.-easc and took with covet-i covet-i ous eyes on our vast and rich posses 'sions! Now, why is lliis thus? Is il ! not possible for us all to live in peace and harmony? Why cannot these imeu obey the lifieenth commandment I which says, "Thou shult not covel llhy neighbor's mine, nor his implo-; implo-; incuts, nor Ids mule; neither shall J thou jump thy neighbor's claim; not : imbibe I" A righteous living up tc this excellent commandment, and everything would glide on serenely and happily, and lawyers' lees would be reduced to microscopic proportions! Truly yours, Clsi'us Muiuwi. |