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Show liUCKSKIX MOUNTAINS. The New Mining District Silver Rafcf News. St. Georue, Jan. 17th, 1S79. Editors Herald: On Sunday morning last a young man was brought into Silver Reef with a broken leg. TbiB event brought out the fact that the accident occurred occur-red at Hurricane ridge tho night before be-fore as be was on hia way with a party of thodiacoverers of rich mines "outj east." They had started in the I night lo avoid others following. wumn twenly-Iour hours as many as 100 men had started to bunt the El Dorado. In answer to a dispatch, dis-patch, we learned on Tuesday from Kuuab that "many men and horses were thre anxiously waiting, but did net know which way to go." We have very authentic information that the oi'je'ctive point is in the Buckskin mountains east of Kauab and John-sou. John-sou. A man uamed Jackson is said to have brought samples of ore to Silver Sil-ver Reef, the poorest of which went hfoOO to the ton. This man also told I parties at Johnson that he had found mines in the Buckskin mountains that would throw Silver Reef into the shade, and soon a heavy travel would pass that way. So there is little doubt of the correctness of this conclusion. The Jackson party about a month ago, employed a Mr. Riggs, a man well acquainted thereabouts, as guide to go over to tho Buckskin mountains to examine more carefully the mines ihtW twiH ;nr,, K the Reef, and had bis samples tested, made up a party, and started back five days ago. The weather has been unusually severe so far this .winter, the coldest tbat has been kuowu for many years, yet there is but little suow in Bight. Our population, almost en masse, has been troubled with colds, coughs, en-fluenza, en-fluenza, with lung and tbroatdiseases. Very few have escaped. Yet deaths from euch causes have been few. At the Reef, business and improvements improve-ments march on with steady tread, about all the surplus having flown east with tho excitement. The citizens citi-zens here begin to look to gardecs. We understand tbet active measures are being taken lo bring the waters of Ash creek into St. George, and the Virgin river, through the completed tuuiicj, iu water tne vauey eoutn or this city. Hay is now being removed in large quantities to Silver Reef, bringing about $20 per ton for lucerne. J5egs are scarce and briog a good price, but other provisions hold about as heretofore. J. |