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Show LETTER FROM DRY CANYON. Incidents of a Stage Ride. How to Nettle tlic Curreuc.y Qni'Ntion. Mining Doings and Prospects. Dry Can von, April 20, 1S74. Editors Herald: The snow ia steadily decreasing under un-der the benign influence of Old Sol, and for the most part the'mountains on tbe north side of the canon arc now free from snow, and Snow Storm Hill is alive with prospectors, industriously indus-triously striving to find another Mono. Many new locations havd been made within the last fortnight, and in all probability many more will be, in the next ensuing two weeks, each with the hope by tbe variuus locators that this may be a rich strike, a "home stake" for, no matter how unfortunate unfortun-ate or unlucky the prospector may be, it isthejheight of his ambition to go to the old home with a "pile;" and universally, uni-versally, when the old, chronic-miner gets to the old homestead, the place looks tame, small and insignificant. He cannot fall into the quiet ways of his old schoolmates, and then ho again sets his face westward, resolved to die in the mountains. A laughable incident occurred in the coach, recently, when I was oh my way to this place. Some of the passengers took occasion to discuss the public conduct of certain prominent prom-inent officials, and one young man uttered eome very severe strictures upon the conduct of a certain committing com-mitting magistrate of your city, when ! all at once a lady, sitting upon the backseat, remarked, "Sir ! you are talking about my husband," and she forthwith proceeded to pour in such a volley of hot shot that theyoungdebat-er theyoungdebat-er was forced to retire to the outside of the coach with the very pertinent remark re-mark "The inside of this coach is too hot for me-" Speaking of the journey by coach from Salt Lake City to this place puts me in mind of the disagreeable roughness of the road and in my humble opinion right here is is the place to settle the currency question which has agitated legisla-lative legisla-lative circles somewhat recently recent-ly in Washington. Let the currency take one jolt over this route! n one of Clinton, Campbell & Smith's coaches, and if that don't settle it nothing will. Since the dog law came into force in your city the number of "purps" in camp has increased very rapidly. Large sized, A No. 1 canines can be purchased cheap, and good looking poodles are at a discount. Heretofore Hereto-fore "dorgs" havd been scarce and only prominent men, like the butcher and saloon keeper could sport one; now each and-every miner has at least two of those useful domestic animals. ihe miners arc going to work as fast as possible, developing their vari- ( ous properties, and many mines which have lain idle through the se-vero se-vero Winter and ou account of tho panicky times.are now being vigorously vigor-ously worked. Those who claim to be posted say that Dry Canon will, this season, turn out quadruple the ' amount of ore that it did last year. 1 The Evening Star and Scottish Chief mines I undcrstand,wiil recommence , operations in a few days; also the Cadot and Miller mines. ' Capitalists are plentiful, and 1 "bondista" largely on the increase anxious to profit by the coming good times; and if possible make money enough to sport good clothes next Winter. Tbe miners look ou the latter class with distrustful eyes and from present appearances then-chance then-chance for business is very slim. JS.VUN&HO. |