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Show DRY CANYON. Intoi'dsllng Letter fi'oiu tin) Mtuos. Soma Rich Stikos are BhIhr Made. Krsiimin Work ou Olil Pi'os- I I v CaSox, Jlllld -I, 1 S7. u,ir Ihr.il.l: Alter much wandering to and fro upon the face of the earth, without finding any place when) tho god of tho children of men w.n any nioro plentiful than it is lure, 1 have again returned to my old damping ground. liud on my return that the dace bait ehangtd somewhat, and 1 am led to believe f r llio belter, although I miss the tmiiling face of mine portly Irieiid, one S,iuvr, and lean-not lean-not tin.l even the imprint ot bis nail clad gaiters on Hie Vlim soi! of MAllOUANV UN. I.. Keport H;iya lie baa htvmue : bloatid Umvl hol ler, one uf the rich .mJ con-Bi'ipieutly con-Bi'ipieutly wish men ut I lie earth. Speaking of Mahogany Ik.! remind me that U ii.i.s become tin .'. u rn ul atlraciion in this region, owirg iu the tad that iho great F av :!a mine n situaliil tlni't'ii. TliH mine is one of tho very bent p.ying lilgea in l-'tah. The ore is ol" tin. , vy Ik j.1 tjuaiity for smelting, lein Irot' from ill deleterious inMter or r-'btlioun i onerals. 'I'Ih- v in v rie in thick- i.es from time to eig'ii le 1, with a nus.lh foci itnd lianguig wallit, and provlner (nun ii iiy t ' -v.. t y tota ot ore per day. -Next in the h.-'t ol good mines is Iho IIIDOKN T l: i Atl I K with its immetis-.' vein of g.oena Dru twenty tewt thick, lappt il in lour lni bv incline h'ia!Li and a tunnel as well. Tne romp my owning this magniliceiit pr p ! i are now engaged engag-ed in putting ll j li.n-t teg Woiks and ore hou f, ir d w :n n l;jeo are complete! com-plete! p op i-e eAtra. tiug P'J ojih ol" ore per ilav (loin It ii noun and delivering de-livering too name at t:. ir .nulling worka nl K i-a i me. l':m ni.-.Ki.i.T mini:, situ iicd o-i S'.it F.y bill, is b-inj; workil wuh a v.m. and l-r rieii ore and a!! tiit indi -itioiw of n permanent perma-nent vm can walk away w In any-th'ni; any-th'ni; vet found in Up'iir d:,!net. Tlie aver.ii.-,! ore extracltl from the Vein s imple $.i'V per ton, and a few vly Mnee the workmen -truck a. K-ly of pure horn an. I n ittro enver, from which (hey tir.ci,l m one d iy iM,i worth of or--, and il w a re.ii rt I'-ly oor d y lor t ikmg out liCii ore. 1 ne r.vrvij;-j ptih mini: n o riimeicil op -rati mo h -ut a wet-k ao, an l ii mt:n a very .-d a!:ow:nj a f.ir. 1 ;.e von m the we-teri'i drill 'a.,, re li e ; A of Vili'p n. iil 1 i; :n mi, l; is Wldoir-d out fro, n ai'Ul IwvnU nicin to tnree f.-et 111 t.nekn..-.. Tiu v.m, alway-. uf a tv -."1 ipia.Uv in tni-i ukii--, his nn-provi-1 in i;ra ie very much wiltnn the ;-t f.-wdiya. and from pr--ei.t mh-! iu; .ii.i 'ii' pro-pi .-li .i r; x ' i !or a j I'V strike ol ore ; an e r!v d o,-. I T .v f n.vr.i; cti n mini: j Tlie heart" of the owner of tins prop eriy wre mb jtlad and their aouii vire li led with joy by ino d'uvery ' of a bly of ore twelve feet thick, iu their miii'" a few days ago. The ore in this new tiiul ls ol an average ijrade, and carries a very l)it;h P'-'r cent. ;f leail and r'-cemblcs Vbry piucii, in general appearance, the bct'.ei- t 'Kihtics oforo tound on Mali- gany hill. The caijt m;nb. for a lone time idle, has also been re-opentl, re-opentl, and i piving fair promiao u( bo m i rem u m ralive this summer. 1'i.e r. iu. La of tne tirst day's Wvirk by two tnoi in tir- mine was mio and a iiall I iti.t i": tirnl ei is.i uro. The vein iu aluul two hot thick, w.th indications indica-tions of an immediate incre:ue in the. s;z-' of the oru body. The MONO VI. XK remains in W.i.'k quo, with ivca.-ional rumors uyin arouui camp oi a sp-x-dy r'SJiuunon of work, b it they invanahly pnjva ftUc an-l it is even hinltd tlial work will probably not bo resumed for the space ol two years, and that the glacial period, so far aa this mine is concerned, is only in its inception. Tho Ht.ACK I'llIXCK, a property originally ownevl by Lilly, Leesinring A: Ao. , and one ot Commodore Com-modore Jacoln' hum hol-M, has lal-!y txen re-localod by pkme parties hero under the name of tho Ontario, r.-id is a very fine looking prospect with fair indications of proving to bo a val-, uable mine iu the future. The DIAKA, abo a recent re-location immediately alwvc the Ontario, owned by Clayton, i'ratt vt C)., is a very fair looking prospect at present. With a small amount of development it shows a two font vein of earlonate and galena oro, and the owners propose to devel' ope a go:l min-) iu that humiliate vicinity if a liberal expenditure ot muscle will do any good. Tne MORALE OF TUB CAMP I is good. The mines that are being j worked nro paying their own way, and although m my very fine pros- ; pacta are lying idle, owing to lack of, the necessary spondulicks with which ! tn nirrvon iho work of ilov.'Linment I to carry on tho work of development, tho camp will produco a greater amount of ore this season than it has any preceding seas m. Tuo cariTA.usTH, othcrwiso yclept "bondists," havo not as yet put in an appear anco this spring, pwsibly owing to the fact that they can't beat their way over the Utah Western railway, and they aro notoriously poor walkisis. TilS WEATHER continues cool an l pleasant with occasional oc-casional storms of hail and snow, and while you iu the city of tho saints arc being burnt up with the solar heat, we iu this higher altitudo are skirmishing skir-mishing around alter last winter's overcoats; whilo you aro wishing for a gossamer sheet and a cooling hreej.iv whan T In nia riown In klnen my nasal protuberance is buried beneath be-neath a huge pile ot blaukets, and my bod fellow indulges in curses not loud but deep, because ho says I "pull the kivers." Pixa Ultua. |