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Show A TITTLE CACHE VALLEY LOBE We take tho following from the American Varmcrs Advocate; It makes a plowing showing for northern mining, which only lacks the shipping of ore and bul ion to give it the desired de-sired weight: Millville, Cache Co., Utah, February 22nd, 1873. Editors American Farmers' Advocate: The mouth of February has been unusually severe with Utf- There is at present about fifteen or eighteen inches of snow on the ground, bit it haB the appearance of moderating soon, whioh I hope may be the case. Times aro very dull and not a cent of money moving in any direction; wo aro all money-bound, hide-bound, snowbound snow-bound and opizootv-bound. Ingmy last I spoke of our prospect for mines in iron, silver and gold. It is true that in all our canyons and hollows, hol-lows, gulches and ravines, wherever you go you can find very good speoi' mens of ore. and even in the dirt tho shining stuff appears ; but the disadvantage disad-vantage here is that the rock is so broken up that there is some risk in spending money upon it. Further back in tho mountains this is not the oase ; but there are no roads to the mountains, and our mines lie unmarked un-marked with the exception of an occasional oc-casional Btake. I will at some future time give you a -description of those mines that aro most prominent. One that I have visited, espeoially, is a mountain of ore. The company commenced com-menced when it oropped out on the mountain side, to dig, pick and blast, aod neither top, nor bottom, nor Bides oould bo found. It is a vast deposit ol ore, and has been traced a long way. The assay shows this ore to be iron and silver. This extends for miles, and other mines show largely of lead and silver, and in all our mines there is a small percentage of gold. I might here say that nono of those mines have been sunk deep, but havo been well . traood and assays takoa. Yours truly, F. Y BATES. |