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Show Tltll TO OPIIIK DISTRICT. OnrapomteDce of tbo Ucrjltl. Salt Lake Citv, Aag. 15. 1S712. Editurs Herald: Havine just returned from a flying trip to Opbir district, I will furnish ycu with a Jew items of news of a general interest which came within the range of my observation dunng tho time. A PLEASURE EXCURSION. It may perhaps seem strange to ; ; hear of a coach ride to Ophir classed i as a pleasure excursion, and there is I not the slightest doubt but that some who have travelled over the route on a j hot and dusty day, will take issue with j u;e on tho subject, and vehemently a5?ert that if there was much pleusu-ie without alloy scattered by tho roadside I they faiied to see it. Yet, for all tin?; if we bad not a pleasure excursion, j according to the modern interpretation i of tho term, we had a pleasant time at ; all events, fur which we were indebted i to that accomplished knight of the ribbons rib-bons "Jeff," a worthy successor to 1 Charley Ivimbail in fact, Charley's I ; lines could not have fallen into better ; hands. Tho day wa- cool and plea-( plea-( sant, and we bowled along at a rate of i speed which is always particularly ! agreeable to stage travellers, until we i liiuvtru " ntiu " ecurjoura-rmrt wc Miuuia i take a swim. "Jeff" blandly in-i in-i termed us that he was about a half1 j hour ahead of tiruo which was at our j disposal, and food from the steamer j wharf we were floundering among "the ' briny waves of the Dead Sea of Amcri-! Amcri-! ca," as sportive as a shoal of sea lions ; j and as one of our enthu-i'istio lellow-! lellow-! travellers remarked, whi'e spouting likea juvenile whale, "glorious is no J j name for this swim." A bath in these waters followed by a .good fresh j ! water rinse, from Squire Clinton's spring ; i can beat tho elisor of liie and give it two in the game. "Jiff" told us, after our bath, that if we desired to we might usb awhile in Stockton Lake and hunt jackass rabbits on tho plains a spell, and ho btill could ba in on time ; but as we did not Jeel liko im posing upon good nature too far, we I gratefully declined the generous iovita-j iovita-j tion. j KKDIT AND GRAIN. ! The ranchera along tho roate were j to bo seen busily employed garnering j their crop of wheat, barley, etc, which : from appearances I should judge will 1 amply remunerate them for their j labor. Tho growing corn crop also j promises well, and the village of I Tooele and surroundingp, hyperboli-i hyperboli-i cally speaking, aro " smothered in fruit," and, as a San Francisco peddlar j would say, "all ripe." I WILLS, KTC. At Stockton the magnificent furn-! furn-! aces and buildings connected thcrc-! thcrc-! with, of Jacobs tS: Co., are rapidly i approaching completion, and they in-I in-I 1um3 an air of permanency into that j ancient fishing port, which is altogether ! comfortable to bchuld. Tho mills and I arastras of Kist Canyon are whirring : night aod dy. The tine mill of j Walkers Bros, is turning out bullion at a rapid rate. Tho swelters, I believe, be-lieve, are also all in operation and give compete satisfaction. Gerrish & Co. arc duiog an immense business in this ' line. 'Ol'Ullt CITY. On my arrival at Ophir city I found it almost "liko a banquet hail deserted, deser-ted, " as nnny uf its able bodied citi-i citi-i zees had fallowed my excitable Teutonic Teu-tonic friend Aipey on a WILD UOOSE CIIASK to Liranite roek, or Granite spnugrf, or firanite something else, about seventy-tivc seventy-tivc or ciybiy mile- di.-tant, where fabulously rieh ledges, varying ij width from 4 -1 four to a quarter of a mile, , werc q'jioily awaiting resurrection, i You have already been advised that ! the thiDg turned out to be as old hunters hunt-ers say "u lljsh in the pan," and di'ubtltss crc ibis the Ophiritcs have returned tadder if not wiser men. Alter enjoying a comfortable night's 1 rest with miuc host. Duller, uf the Grand hotel, nut haviug lime to inspect in-spect the mines and other oljects of mteiest in the luealiiy, this trip, 1 mounted ouc of the famous steeds ol W itifiold Co., and took my way to DRY CANYON where I found things Us prosperous ' and lively as usual. Tho Muuo com pi!iy iti still shipping to the furnaces' Urge quantities of exceedingly rich ore i i and the mine is growing bigger ovcry i day. Haying other matter to cngago my attention, I did not visit any of tho mines, and can therefore give you but I little information with reference to j tbem this time. I was informed that I a tioo body of ore had been struck in I the MeCull, and that tbo Kcarcarge I and Fourth of July were looking spleo K didly. Tho tramway from the latter miuo to the canyon U nearly completed com-pleted Dry Canyon is improving very I lat, which C3n be attributed to two ! fact.", namely: tho now established i wealth of its mines, and the enterprise 'and liberality of H. S. Jacobs Jit Co. j Mr. Jacobs acting for the company, I ba performed herculean labor in its deveWpement, and 1 am glad to know , I tht it bids lair to bo abundantly crowned with success. I Yours cordially, J. M. G. |