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Show OUR 0PHIR LETTER. More of the Mines. A Railroad ia What They Want. New Wagon" Road Stage Competition. Compe-tition. (S.ecial co rcaj oodonco of tlio ili.KlLD.) Ornm District, June 23, 74. Another very windy day. It has blown fearfully. Somo of the boys say that it commences blowing every time that Spicer comes. Had one of my iittle tramps again. Leaving homo on Mahogany Hill I steered my nail-clod gaiters for Snowstorm Snow-storm Hill, making a tour ol inspection inspec-tion of what was going on. 1 will only mention at this time the Young America inino, at which I found tools, candles, everything around looso that are used or had where mines arc being worked, but no men, I lit a candle and went down; down an incline a depth of over 200 feet, along a very fine vein of pretty ore. It is a fine mine, and what it was left alone in this way for I could not understand, unless the boys had all gone down to town to inquire after tUn Ko.lll. r.f ' W,lj..m " 1, .In nl Esq. 1 too went down to '"Jacobscs" City, to see tho events ot the last twenty-four hours, which consisted of new wonders by the axe and saw, i.e. more shingle roofed" houses, with of course arrangements for another Baloon. I wish they did havo a little water here, so that the people would not have to depend solely upon whiskey whis-key to sustain life. I next turned the prows of my g .liters down the canon to SILVER OATH, Which also shines with the sheen of new sixty dollar pine lumber, and . was crowded witn irciguttng ouLuts oi all kinds 8 horse teams, G-horse, 4-horse, 2-horse, (or mules,) with broncos, jacks,kyuscs, mules, jenny's and "sich." It was a motley show of animals. Goods by tho conl and lumber in piles were on all sides, waiting to be sent up this rough and ragged canon as rough and nigged as any Abiff ever traveled, and has been beset with as great rogues. Before closing I must mention that among the distinguished mining superintendents that welcomed me back to the camp was my old friend "Sailor Jack," superintendcut of the Ira mine. He said he was glad to see me back, oven if I did give him a sockdologer in the Heraljj. Superintendent Superin-tendent Jack can Like a joke. Stt sail on the nail clods for Ol'HIR CITY. Pleasant place, Ophir is; nice stream of water, pretty valley; hue location for a town and has become civilized into a very respectable village vil-lage for families to live in. They are going to have a Methodist preacher located there and regular schools. This of course will make it the only place for miners to have their families, and the town of the District. THE FOOKTII OF JULY Ib a day that they are making great arrangements to celebrate this year. Going to have speaking, pic-nics, band of music from abroad, ball, supper, sup-per, and all the grand things that usually go with our national anniversary. annivers-ary. It shows tho life, enterprise, and liberality of the people to lay out for such a grand timo. nfl awnrtittVe1"iKnri,aTfk "CTUiy Canon, I visited a great many miues 1 on the voyage of which I shall from I time to time make mention, at the present only stating that the LINCOLN TUSXEL Have actually struck a fino body of ore at a distance of over 100 feet. The vein crosses the tunnel at nearly right angles on the same strike as all the veins of that hill. It is perhaps a little over two feet wide at present, but the full width ia not demonstrated by the work. It conLaius considerable consider-able iron and chloride. I jubilate (just a little only) at the success of this tunnel, because tunnels as a rule have not been successes, aud this one was projected by an old-time friend, H. C. Lincoln and the sbscriber. I will before closing drop my singlc-etringed singlc-etringed fiddle of mines, aud thump a little on the HAEP OF KATLK0AD3. Now if there is any one thing above "capital to develop'' that this camp needs, it is a railroad, and we are all rejoicing over the supposed favorable favor-able turn in the affairs of tho S. L. C. S. V. P. Q. X. H. , W. & C R. R. (wonder if I have all ' the initials in a monstrous mono-' mono-' gram). And under this head I wish to say that when Selah Chamberlain, Esq.. aud Hon. John Hutching", ol Cleveland, were in Utah they met many old acquaintances, and the subject sub-ject of this railroad was talked over to them. Now this S lah Chamberlain is au "mTn're," and enjoys the sobriquet so-briquet of the Yandcrhilt of Cleveland. Cleve-land. John Hu tchings was the member mem-ber of Congress who succeeded Joshua R. Giddings in the Ashtabuld District. Well, what I was going to say alter all this prelude, is that Mr. Chamberlain expressed himself warmly in favor of the enterprise, and to the eflect that he would lake hold of it aud build tho road if everything could be arranged as it should be in such cases. From this understanding of his vim, I felt confident that if the managers man-agers would or could oiler to him proper inducements, or, as W3 say in the commcu Western parlance, "Civo him thfi rieht kind of a lav out," he would complete the road on short notice Perhaps those who now have the entcrpnso in charge would do well lo make a note of t his aud interview the gentleman. A WAGON EOAD From Dry Ciu'ion to Ophir Creek is on the tapis. It is a large enterprise, hut will be a profitable one, as all the ores of Dry Canon could be milled in Ophir Creek, and all the ores of Dry Canon, Ophir and Chloride Hills would nass over aud nav toll to the road. THE STAGE LINES To your city are running a lively competition. Fare is now down to $3 by Campbell's line, and the other, of course, will follow suit or loose the trick. Si'ICEB. |