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Show LlNU(Ji,N DI-.TK1LT. Tlio Vtrd (tunsUou Si'Uled W liniu e Kutif led Iu the Honor of First HisnivH'in Sliili's iu Hah. Tin Timo was sr7, tlio IMhch Lincoln Distfii-I, tlio Minn Uotliiis. A bupter of I lull Mluhifi History. (CurrofiuJoii.'o uf tho II x kiLd.) Ukasku Citv, July l'J, Tho ditriet eoint ia now in bomou with a larger uUeudanco limn uuiial. Amonu tho jiieuiheni f)f thi har pie-t-ent me Jude V. V. liihop, ol 1'iuehe, I'liit-d tale I i-ti let Attorney Cany, Jmlen little, Sutherland nnd ltalis, iioni S.,lt LaLo city, lind the local har, with a number of reporters The lay iiltei.danee in rUo hi rye owinj; to the ureal number of wiliu-intti ulv-piened ulv-piened iu Hie Leu mid Daniu eased, and Ketieral inUrtat taLeil therein. My intt nti'-n was not lo write of rourl or loeul mutters in this letter, hut tu L.mlino nnrteif exelusivelv to jieplui to ihe iiumeniu-i eommuui-ealiun eommuui-ealiun that have upp.-arud in Hits t.ilime in relati.-n tn tlui iir-t dia-e.iVe'S dia-e.iVe'S of linnet in L'lah and who la ui.imlial to In ir away tlio honor. I t- ui..Iler in tin' relallull ia tjuit--iM !i f.ouuud up by a k Iter in a re-erol re-erol i.viii'nl in'uiue Mni-1 "K. V M , " (r;i. N. Milfojd), in whieli l-id. r- p:u ton hi tor ot "llinCot-UmiMt "llinCot-UmiMt .!," wl,,ui IA. "oinokea" out aa "11. C. 1 i. ' liieh initial ure lh c id U. C t J,.! p-ed. Tliem) WnliTM r-etlle it tu their own iat m lael loll that I no tiir-1 d ir-eovi. rv was in Itinhani i-auMii and tiuwle by S-ronl lieiU, UH'i" of ti. liertl C- injur B i -M i : f in , lN'..t. Tliirt wal I..:i..wn1 by other idi.euveriet- made S Li. Mdl.-rd and Im.iuu of lu.-ooiiirad. - ot li. n.-ral C-.n- I ir i u command in h:j; tV ll"n w. d 11 i ! w niuiilliH itfterwardn. All t!n -.e di'e.nerua l'-'k p.aee I -e. lining in the lad nl l..i and not Inl -re. .Sw near me "eiuek.1 ' 111 Hie vear lV, h ad ore W.ih 0-1 1 iit ( r in I tali fur liuine CfJiisumpi.uu. !! -.'rU Were ud'Mt tl, it !ead C"llld I ti'Uiid near hero Mmi-rnviiie i.nw is. In that year (K'-O lb-hop Tarll.m Lewis cauir t-i where l.moiln d.-ttnel la.w 1-, lo lind Him ure. H-'I d u--L lind it. '1 ne in xl yrr ( 1 7) he . t ame ai;ain, 111 enuiptny wuu a;i In d:an, woo tiuu puu.te.1 out to linn ! IhedrV b me mid er 'ppm-j uf the: II iff K ilhns 111 me. i L re a. iw me tu explain mat Hie lerui "dry Unie it 'iin tiii in; new in t!i" m:niii v.ifa-j b il.try. an 1 niem- dry. hlit, ir..n- j ftam. il l;me r"-k, at t,,e tut- r. p of 1- ..J m:n. ,. At ti.e fa::j.? ' tit iu wa iMiind at the p- .:nt l lu re-ti.e re-ti.e . uUanee the of tlie U'd j hnn mine now i. 'l'ne iu tl ye.tr (l-V; a comp my ' iv.ij. f-irni"!, ani 'ii wi.m were sod : !:. p 1- ,.ie Unmdv. Jam.-s 11. K..:..n. Win. Ilde u-i.ieeman of yourcilyl and sev ral otiiers. 'liu-y ! put up A rude Jurn.ii o on un rtv- r- I'tTalin; plan, a lew nU tr in nheie li:e Lme.'ln (urnaee now i.-. I'.inuu' trie lud ol and sprintf of 1S"'. 'the' partie.4 loi'k out nro from the It ... !, nun.', w men l in y run I ironh U.eir turnae-.', hviu wmen thev made M-vt-r.il tons of li-id bu:oou, iw 'near m I ean h arn, Uiree and ft hall Imi, whn-h wa- ui.ide into pmail bars iand iid fur twenty-live o-nH per 'pound thro:t'-h tne M.utht rn s-'tt't- men;i, an 1 (i-V p -ut: N of If 1 I w,,s t i.i'ii in Ihe winter m1V 'J lo Sail , 1-ake city un I :l 1 fur iw-nty e. nt.s perp-'imd. Tiu.i was i'.J loul two . weeits ivlore John-.. 'lie's army came in. In lv'.', "Cfj and '"'!, other pmall I urn act s were er-et' d near thee itoii.- and more b illion made. Iu -d, up to lctl, ttieic were tin h'Js than four ?mail lurnae- -, or oven-1, put up and nearly fourteen tons ot ie..d made in this w iy fruin tiiis mine, whndi was H ld through the country, land earned even as tar as Liramio to .-upply liK-al di mand. S veral tons oi inn wa- su!d m Salt L ,kc city, and experiiuent.s weie llien made, try mi; I lu make wiiilo ad , lead p'pe, aiul j : r oilier pur pi i-es. but fa:U d, be-I be-I eaine it waa saal it contain, d loo J mill' 1 ?iiver. It is e lid tnal tiene- il Johii-t..ne u-ed sume of tins lead for ' i -ii lb .- but (-.inii, inn.i it fur Ui.it use : becain-e he aaitl it injured t;ie ni:i:k-tt. ni:i:k-tt. So then we cat: pla.-e the fir.-l di3-euvery di3-euvery of mines in Utah at Lincoln 'miiimi; di'tricl, nnd the lime iu the 'fail ol lfc07, and Tarllon Lewis and , I'.iae Ciiundy, nsialed by iv Mr. Lo, ' as the discoverers. Iu the same year, IV7, Mr. Wm. Barton dwovered the t L niied Shitis mine in Lincoln mining district, (a very p.l mine to-day), and in the jear li-TiS, W in. Hyde, now one of your city pjhceiuan, dis-covertd dis-covertd the Hyde mine, now cailed the Galena mine, lcO iu Lincoln dis-Mtet. dis-Mtet. In ISO'. I loshop J. II. Rollins uncovered tlie Cieo.e niino in Liu-coln Liu-coln district, .all lh'-o aio to d iy fjotxl mines and Imvu been considerably consider-ably worked nnd look well nnd product) one, especially tho Rollins Rol-lins niino, nuw ownetl hy tho Lincoln Lin-coln niiumir aud smelting company, on Mincii there is now shall 'JdO eel deep, strongly and well linihercai up with nnthiiij; less .thim 12-inch Mpia:e tiinbers, a. id is now worked by steam hoisting works, diiven by a 2o-hoise power ein;iuo nud boiler, and has a No. S lhako steam pit .up to ra'se liie water liint comes m at the boiKnn of the dritt, lind from, this mine has been worked l-o tons of bullion by the Lincoln furnace,! that has been aold in Salt Lake city. jvi;iim, me ixoiuns mine is neiu ny i United Slatea patent that covers o,000 feet in length, aa id No. 1 ol United States miuiu patents, being the lirst patent for :i mining claim ever Usued iu the United Stale. This Rollins mine, then, I claim to be the first one discove'ed in Utah, and the lirst one patented in the United Suite., and on which nearly $-'iO,000 lnw bee'u spent in developing and putting it iu its present conui-lion. conui-lion. Do not charge me with egotism egot-ism in making this statement on the ground that "OneSpicer" is superintendent super-intendent of this Rollins mine, in! id entitled to the credit nf putting it in its present condition, for tho truth is I huvo only stated t.ic lacts of the caso ms they can be fully shown by tho records of tho country. The induing district in which thee claims aro situated is now called Lincoln, which was organized, 1 believe, in ISt'.'J. Before that time il formed a part of tho Old or l'ioneer mining district, which was organized in 1 S"iS hy the election of James It. Rollins us recorder, who has continued in that otlice lo the present time, being now recorder of Lincoln mining district, dis-trict, with his oflico and mldrees at Miuersville, in said district. Belore closing I will state a little of news of things outside of Lincoln. The new furnace ftt Troy, built by Major Lowe and Ed. Thompson, is complete and about ready to start. Poor Shauntio will not be rebuilt, and John Simmer is al-iut to cotn-mi'iii'ti cotn-mi'iii'ti rebuilding bin fuin ten at Hot Springs, culluJ Sarulcga, m-ur lieaver river. Tho Rebel mine, iu Star district, hit a been hold fur a good hum. i ho Cavo mine, in tho north part of Lincoln dir-lriet, in turning out to , ho one of tho gra ndu,it properties in tho country, they having struck a. large body of rich ore, altoiit LSI) feet below tho Mirfiico. When hint thuro, about two weeks ago, they hud twenty tons of ore on Ihe dump, that by average nample carrh-d lol in silver, hea id w conniderablu in HttutlliT ipian-1 ipian-1 1 ties th it would ko from $ oOOto Smtliern I Lih is coming up, and will noon bo tho mining country of Utah. O.NK Sl-jct-ll. |