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Show LETTER FROM STOCKTON. Horse and Foot Racing Mining and Uine Sdle Smelter?. Etc. Stoektuii, L't.ih, Xuv. 10, lz71. Editors U-:ralI: Xotwithstuntling the severe panic, our caniu IB allowing increased life. Only to-day I witiu-stfcxl n. epirited race between two equine fivers, distance dis-tance two hundred and fmy yard0; between a roan home from Tooele, owned by Robert Al Kendriek, and a pity horse Irom (jnmt.-vdle, owne-d by ' Unele John," purse $S); won by tbe grey by two nd a halt" tuft. A foot race, sixty-five yards, fur n purse of -0, wns won by Chita. Ellis, lie defeating de-feating J;i9. Stcwcrt, of Tooele. Stockton Stock-ton w:uj lively, and much, or nearly all, loos change changed nwncrsbip. Another race is on the tapis between the above grey and a tine marc belonging be-longing tu .Mr. liivurtis of tho Eureka Hotel, lor a pure of SliA), to run five hundred yards within two weeks. $00 is up us forfeit. MINING is more lively than, usual, as three smelters will' bo running soon. The Pierson mine, a very line proppeet, has lately been sold tor several thousand thous-and dollars. Mr. Adams, at present in charge, informs me that he has tour men working. The stripping shows a five-foot ledge, and about seventy-five tons of ore on the dump, which assays from So to 40 ounces in , ailver, and about 00 per cent. lead. In a few days I will report further. THE SMELTERS will all be in full olast next week.' The Utah Queen is now running. The Chicago Chi-cago and Waterman smelters will be etarted next week. when I hope to find better material for a letter. Dry Canyon. |