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Show ADAMS IHSTUKT. lln' reports JIliU', I'ros prts, iIoIiikm and tlivt-n MiiiiCM ui' iiilirt'Mt imtl H- tUlIHl'lllt'ltt. (.'ami' Monoc, Ciiv CrcW, July 1f.ih, is?:t. Hrraltt: Mv last lrtlcr ipivi- thu nam.'s ..fall Ihc n.'W locutions made up to Moit-dav, Moit-dav, JulvTlh. Since then, several very line prospects have heen locnle.1, the' principal hcinj; the K ATI'.' 1UHSMAX, i Situated north-cast of Scott Mill. 1 This niitir was discovered hy one of tin1 Modoc chid's, who has mamed over these hills tor ;v year or more, in .iiest of precious metals ; and his. delight de-light in lindini;' so 1'ieli a Uile is only excelled hy a determination " to do so some more." KluettJilfhill continues con-tinues to '' show up" ,c;.hh1 prospects. The War Horse and (Jnoen iclo-ria, iclo-ria, diseovere.1 hy Uroe.-hrcU and liieb-linv:, liieb-linv:, are workini; well and promise toheiiootl locations Wrthimt douht the rouji of mines located on this hill are the hot in the camp, and all the locators are at work developing their cl'iinis. PltoSl'Ki'TINO KOH i;OLI) Seems lo have taken sitting hold of many of the miners, and a la rue number num-ber are making arrangement.-: lo enter en-ter upon a thorough gold prospecting enterprise, with a determination lo discover the precious metal, if it exists in this vicinity. ANOTIIl'lt IKON MINE Has heen discovered on Scoti Hill, known as the Ucorgie, showing car-iMinate car-iMinate ore of a very fine quality. Work lias been resumed on the New .Terser, and therein widens "plentv." The Nixon, Idaho. Julia, Henry,' HI Dorado, .Boston, .North Star, Vielo-j Vielo-j rine and ireen Norn, are being pushed vigorously with n view to a thorough development, DISTINOl lSHKI) VISITOKS ; ( 'onliime lo arrive daily, lor the purpose pur-pose of in-peeting tho mines in the . camp, many of whom come late in tho 1 tiny and devote an hour or two looking at the claims nearest lo camp, and after refreshing themselves at the Hotel do Kittle, presided over hy Xat. the prince of caterers, they return to Salt hake, consoling themselves that they hare seen all there was in tho district ; and in many eases they convey erroneous ideas in regard tu the mines. A OKANI) "lOW WOW-' Was held last Thursday owning, all the "Ah doc Chiefs'' participating m an old fashioned war dance. Tom-toms were jangled, skillet covers rattl.il, frying pans beaten, interspersed with discordant notes from tin whi.-tlos, whoezey accordions, dilapidated banjos, ban-jos, cracked fiddles, horns and .such oilier instrument-- of noise as could he col lee led in a mining camp, A lonely lone-ly individual known ns the "HERMIT OF THE CAVE,"' ' was visinxi, anu a grand musical j serenade was given, accompanied by war whoops and artistic dancing ', around the hut, which led the "Ner-I "Ner-I mit" to believe thatCaptain Jack and ' his warriors were on the war path. ! As soon as tho "Mt-does" retired, the I "Hermit" broke and rundown the 1 canon like u quarter horse, and was : not seen in camp until Saturday.when i ho was visited by the ' I'EACE CVMMlslO,-Ki;S, who found he had arrival here during the night. A quiet meeting was called on Friday evening, attended hy all the most respectable people of odoc City, a caucus was held and a city government was formed. A i'ulico Justice. Prosecuting Attorney. Marshal and Citv Clerk were appointed. appoint-ed. Judge 1'anl donned the ermine and court wa.s convened. The first ease on the docket was The People r.v. Ship Wixoli. charg.-d. with tissnult and I intent to kill a she bear. The prisoner pri-soner was arraigned before the trihu-nal trihu-nal of justice, and ulead NOT OL ILTY. Howasahly defended hy one of the most prominent members of the bar. and after a fair and impartial trial, the defendant was required to liquidate liquid-ate for all "Skidda-wah-hook." Several Sev-eral well known miners, and a visitor j fro'ii Salt Lako City were tried on I trumped-up charges, framed by iin-! iin-! aginative brains. In every instance j the defendants were proven not guilty, j nevertheless tho line wa.s imposed and everything passed otf satisfactorily, I and towards the " wee sma' llol'Ks" The court adjourned, "very lired,"' to seek the rest it so much required. On Monday afternoon a hungry prospector prospec-tor came hurriedly into camp, with Hushed face and huge drops of perspiration perspi-ration rolling down his alabaster brow, holding aloof ius a specimen of hi prospect a oi:i:en hack, found "eroppinir out" in a well i n... i.;n ti, .1 4 mination of the note was so "huge,'" that the lortunate discoverer failed to locate his claim, and the locality is open for a "jump."' Ixtox. |