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Show LETTER FROM COTTONWOOD. Special Ctrrjleiico of Hie IIr..'.n..; In tli Snow-Pi'oiciori Pi-fimr-lug for Winter Tlie niudallls of Civilization inward Mic I'rovo New Mind. Si.mmet C.uii', Oct. J:;, IbTI. I li ft Kimball's ( Parley park) on the heels of the last storm, and tramped up the mountain through mud and snow to this camp. Arriving here in a slight snow s.piall, i saw an illustration of the fascination that lures men to forsake the comforts of civilization and follow (he life of a prospector and miner in mountain wilds. These men were possessed generally of some means in no sort of straight and yet animated by the hope of sudden and largo fortune, here - they were, nearly all of them, busily at work under falling snow, transforming transform-ing the brush shanties of summer into substantial winter log cabins. l'ROSPFXTORS ARE NOT CREDITED As they deserve to be, for the desperate desper-ate risks they run and the hardships they encounter in - laying the founda-: founda-: lion of the world'a credit. Theirs is ! no ea?y life, and although their object in gain, they are none the less entitled to the credit of being rated among the benefactors of mankind. But for them, madam could not sport the silks and diamonds which she wears in the saloons of pomp and fashion. They with their twin farmer pioneers are i literally I THE MUDSILL OF CIVILIZATION, i Supporting by their enterprise tho j whole fabric of society. Somo fable : represents the world as rcstimr on the back of a huge turtle it is the almighty al-mighty dollar that supports this sublunary sub-lunary sphere. It is too common to apeak of prospectors as a sort of harum scarum orew hardly entitled to the consideration con-sideration of social recognition. Uarum ecarum thoy too generally are, but it origiuatea less from a disposition disposi-tion to break social rules, than from a spirit of enterprise; and thoy too often fail of reaping the reward of that enterprise. en-terprise. The discovery of tho precious pre-cious melols on this coast furnished tho specie basis that enabled tho government govern-ment to successfully weather the storm of civil war, and it is the duty of the "government to extend to them tho fullest full-est privileges, and guard their rights by liberal legislation. TOWARDS TUETROVO. 1 went from this camp to visit some discoveries recently made by Mr. Felix Murphy (well known among silver explorers) ex-plorers) and others,- in the direction of tho Provo valley. Theso mines lio on tho west side of a regular ridge that abruptly juts into the valley. The ore deposit is enormous, but not rich, although very promising, for as yet tho lode has only been explored to a depth often and a width of twolve feet. Tho oro contains a large amount of iron, fivp per cent, of copper, and eighteen dollars in silver per ton; but this is a surface assay, and as the whole ridge is composed of mineralized quartz, it is reasonable to expect that exploration will develop something rich. No news hero furthor-than that on account of the continued improved prospects of tho mines, soyeral companies com-panies have concluded to continue work during the winter, and aro preparing pre-paring accordingly, Yours, Wasatch. |