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Show MTTLE COTTOXWOOD MIKS. I AMY DAG MAR MINE. I Mr. 3. C. Stickney, the superinten-I superinten-I dent, received us in the most cordial ! manner. From him we learned that the mine is owned by a San Francisco company. It is situated on the hill, j alxiut a quarter of a mile to the west ! of tho Davenport mine. One shaft i has been sunk, which has now reached i a depth of thirty-five feet. Four men are employed on day and night shifts. The ore obtained will assay about , eighty dollars to the ton, which is considered very fjood for tiie present J depth. We were shown several spec-' spec-' mens taken from the mine, which j certainly looked well, hut not being ! judges in such matters, we are unable : to pronounce an opinion as to their j metal-producing qualities. Xo ore j has been shipped as yiit, but Ihe pros-! pros-! peels are flattering, and all the mdi-i mdi-i cations tend to show that the owners have a good property. We next called on Mr. .1. Farren, the superintendent of the DAVES TOKT MINE, Who likewise furnished us with all the information sought. A superabundance super-abundance of water Is still the great drawback to the development of this promising property. Ten men are working at present, which mimbci will be fim.hfr aneme.nted a snon an the water will permit. In a week or 1 two, it is expected that the mine will : be in full working. From twcnly- five to thirty ton of ore u day are .being raised, and the prospects are ' very favorable, in fact, better than. ever. The assay is about $V2) to the ton. I Higher up the hill we come to the j OIUZZI.V MINK. ; This is lookixl upon as a rich thing. 1 Work ha been abandoned for some tune on account of litigation, the La I vinia mine having procured an injunction in-junction against it. The ease is likely 1 to come on in September. Above the I tirizzly , inc. NOliTil STAR M1SK. By the foreman, whose name has ectfaped our memory, ve were (old that this is the oldest mine In the camp. It was discovered in lStio, and first worked as far back as IStjij. Work has been suspended for eo:ue time on account of water. Only two men are employed in taking ore from tbu uiofaCu. rPhii shall., v.lieu woik Was ' stopped, 1 was' dpWn 'abpiit 300 feel, with good ore at the bottom, averaging fifty per cent. In lead. Tho ore, In mind's' phraseology, is found in "pinches." The water is now rapidly decreasing, and he hopes to be at work again m two weeks. Winter Win-ter is the best time to work, as it does not pay tqul-iaiii liiachinery necessii-rv necessii-rv lo take out the water in the summer months. The Xorth Star Company is' also prospecting in the ld Illinois tunnel. They have driven about 800 feet. Ten men are working work-ing iii shifis uf five each foihiu worthy of note lias beep found thus far. ' OA ISLINGTON MINK Is situated. This is principally owned by Chicago capitalists. Mr. Martin, the foreman, tells us that the mine, is in full running order, no trouble whatever being experienced with water.1 ' Seven men are employed. , The work done has been more : in the. way of prospecting than anything else. The tunnel is in "loo feet, and the shaft itiilfjwn U fbei. ' Cood ore has been struck worth about 1UU per ton. Xo shipments. Prospects encouraging. en-couraging. Our search for knowledge in this direction ended here. We would fain have gone to several other likely mines hercalwuts, but the sun was already al-ready approaching the western horizon, hori-zon, and wo were reluctantly compelled compel-led to reserve' them' frr some future occasion. Retracing our steps, we struck across the Emma Hill, aljovo the niinu fr.c,in which it has received its nanjc, 'and at lengiti came i(pon HIE 1-tAGbTAFF. Wc understand that twenty addi tional men were engaged on this splendid mine on Tuesday, and that it is turnips out 110 tons of ore per day, A more extended notice some future time.' THE W-KII IINh Is situated on the divide between Little Lit-tle and Big Cottonwood, ami is owned by Mr. Oscar Young and several others. Sir. t?. Xelsou, who is interested inter-ested in the property, informs us that .1 l,e,-n idlo -in.-o t-,n meucement of lust winter, but ;ir- ! rangemcnU are being made for the resumption of wuik. Alwjut worth of work has been dune. The shaft is down sixty feet, and (bo lead of ore is six feet wide. There is considerable con-siderable Ore on the surface. Several assays have been made, ranging from i-LOto-v'tO per ton twenty to forty per cent, being copper. We wish , them even- success in future operations. opera-tions. In our next issue we hope to give an account of other promising mines in the neighlwhouil of Oriiy Fiat, and elsewhere. CuMoiucwd Ubsnw, |