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Show OUR BEAVffR LETTER. " Snicer at Shnuntie. .The Smelter, Mines, Ores, Fire . Clay A Brie of a Boy. I (Cun-Mpondens of the Hl-kili.) Shauxtib, SepL 3, 1S74. This is the metropolis of Star dis-: dis-: trict, what makes it so is the furnace of Mr. John Shunian. It is a one I stack furnace, rudely and cheaply built, yet it has done good work and done a great deal Icr the camp. : Uncle Jesse Anberry is in charge of the smelting operation, but Mr. bhu-man bhu-man is here himself looking alter all interests. This turuace haa turned out eleven tons of bullion per day, and come near making an average of i ten tons per day on a long run. ; They have taken tho opportunity I while the miners are all off at Beaver I attending court to repair up for a good run. Mr. Shunian depends jupon the mines of the district to sup-I sup-I ply him with ores, and buys all that lure brought to him. His prices are generaby oOcts. per oz. lor 50 per jceut. lead ores. It costs $20 per ton to haul tho bullioii to Provo, so j about $30 per ton is the actual cost of ieihng this bullion, which must be deducted from the ore3 when buying. ' PRODUCING MINES. I There art from fifteen to twenty mines in Noith and South Star that produce ores for this furnace. These ; have to be assorted and mixed so as to smelt well, which requires Uncle , Jesse Anberry to exercise his utmost ; skill, experience and knowledge to bo ! arrange- them that the turuace will jwork well. .Nearly, if not quite all ! the ores have a quartz ganguc, and fluiiug iron has to be obtained from the ores. j I examined about a dozen piles of ore at the furnace from as many dif-j dif-j ferent mines, and found them to be ;ofa low grade generelly. Galena ! is the leadmg class of the ores, while j carbonate aud oxide of lead ores are quite common. Tnere is also aul-ipuates, aul-ipuates, chlorides and selcnites of j lead, and some mixture of copper occasionally but very little iron py-( py-( rites. Iron ore, in the form of iron ; ochre, is used for tlux. The grade of the ores is about on an average i0 per cent, lead and $-10 in silver. . TUB TOWN OF sH AUNTIE , is a new place started since the building build-ing of Shuman's lurnace. It haa a i very pleasant site for a toffn, barring i tho absence of water. The only water here being from the Shaunty springs, ,or rather a well that supplies the lurnace. lur-nace. All other water is hauled from ja big spring in Beaver valley. .The i town now has five or six families, i two stores, two saloons and billiard hall, boarding house aud feed stable, i The buildings are all built of lumber, , considerable of which is being brought in. Here I met a number of old acquaintances, among them James and Don C. Liddle, D. C. Converse and others from Ophir. I also mot to-day Mr Harris, of the firm of Samson & Co., of the Wasatch Hotel. He is out looking after trade. This little embrio town is destined to be an important point in Southern Utah, as it will be the centre of attraction to all the surrounding mines. DISTANCE TO MINES, - , There are mines on the hills sur- ' rounding the place; the west camp of Star is two and a half miles north- west, south camp is three miles southeast, south-east, and north totar six miles northeast; north-east; San Francisco District is about twelve miles northwest; PruiBs District Dis-trict about sixteen miles northwest. I Beaver lake about twelve miles north; l Rocky District nine miles northeast; j and Lincoln District fifteen milCs southeast. Hugh White's stages to jPioche pass about twelve miles to the west of here; also havo a station at Riverside about ten miles northeast, so that there is a ready way to get to this camp by White's stages. KAOLIN AND FIRE CLAY. One of the chief advantages of this place is tho abundance of fire-clay in the immediate vicinity, of which there is inexhaustible quantities, and Uheo d smelter, Uncle Jesse, says it is i by far the beat he evfer used, far ex- seeding tho Colorado clay or the fire brick of Utah, I examined this clay land pronounced it be kaolin of a i superior quality. It is very white white as lime and plastic. It stands jgreat heat aud becomes like Chinese ware when melted. It will some day J play an important part in the productive produc-tive wealth of Utah, prom my examination ex-amination ot it I think by dressing and washing it will produce very fine porcelain. LOST OH U.S. ' On Sunday morning last, before breakfast, a little boy, only four years .old, aud small of his age, was sent by jhis mother up to a mine near by on an errand. The boy took the wrong trail and wandered off. Sunday j evening a search whb made for him, but he waa not found. On Monday morning everybody turned out to look tor him. One party got on his track, as the boy followed a well-traveled i road, his little loot tracks could be 'seen in the dust and sand. They followed him towards San .Francisco 'District until he etruek the stage jroad, then up that to a distance ol j about fifteen miles from his home; then turned on a road toward North iStiir, and was found above Xorth Star about one o'clock on Monday, having been out thirty-one hours and all through a cold nightamong wolviB and wild cats. He had eaten nothing since his supper on S Saturday night, forty-four hours previous to being found; yet ho was cheerful and his eyes did not show that he had shed a tear. Ho had some sage brush in hie hands when found, which he said he waa going to make tea of when he got homo. That boy will do. His anxious anxi-ous parents need not fear for him. He will fight his way through the world with eminent safety. SncEK. |