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Show SfOCKTON, D. T. Business Lively and the People Happy. Sume of the Rich Hines of iiiat District TL.it are Panning Out Well to their Owners. Stockton, Utih, Decetnbei 17, 1S77. Editors Herald: A reader of your valuable paper, and interested in the development ol this country, I propose to drop in a few lines of general as well as local interest, hoping that they may not be consigned to the waste basket. The winter, so far, has been pleas- ant. Rush lake is frozen, so that the skaters have a "foin time." Mike Fuller, tbe irrepressible, has iotd out ol the stage business and "Gua" is going it alone. The geulltiiian who aspires to be probate judge, as the successor, has been here with his tnmily ou a visit; but Mr. Schuyler has neglected, failed and refused to resign as yet, though he is daily stating that he will do so. i he budiaees of this place is getting better dily poker garner and houses open all night indicate bunesd, aud in tact everybody in towj is nappy Benites& Bailey, who baveeuccteri-ed baveeuccteri-ed Willougbby to the Eureka hotel, are doing a nice business, while Brown and Plume are disposing of their staple goods at a ripping rule. The mines and smelters are tbe cauae of this. For inotauce, the First National Na-tional is working five men, has high grade ore and plenty of it in signi, und ia making permanent improvements. improve-ments. The Silver King, No. 2, bos taken out about 3,000 tons of ore recently, and tbougu the ore is low gradj, Hie mine is paying handsomely. The Leouore, under the efficient management ot Superintendent t rait, has yielded a nice dividend, and the work goes bravely on. Xue Great Baeiu, owned princ! pally by Gen. Connor, is paying well, lias an incline shalt of 350 teet, and bids fair to become a leading mine here. The Reno, owned by E. G. Nasson and J. M 'Thompson, has .au incline oi SO feet, and liOO leet of ievela, running run-ning from east to west, and yields to the labor ol two men two tons ot ore daily. The ore breast ia eight and a hull teet, and is getting wider. Messrs. Nasaon & Tnompaon have been running a tunnel lOo teet, whicn wili scou tap the vein on the north side of Mineral Hill and show up a young mountain of ore. The Legal Tender, owned by James McTieruey & Co. of your city, and worked under a lease by Murphy fe Co., is paying all concerned. The Kainna, owned by a St. Louie company, has 2,000 feet of inclines and leads, aud on the dump some fifty tons or more, worth $125 per ton. The Quandary, Atkina & Co., has yielded 250 tons recently that nutted S23 per ton, and there are some 300 tons on the dump. Tne Muacatiue, also owned by Atkins & Co , has realized its owners 500 tous of ore worth, net, $30 per ton. But I must stop, for to enumerate I the mines that ara now being worked and marfn Ln miv nnulil h rill (rr.n- whole paper. Let it suffice, for tbe present, to say that times are much better than they were a few weeks ago. aud that what we need here is lead down to $35. Miners, teamsterd, store-keepers and everybody woulu then be happy. I cannot chronicle any rows, births nor deaths here, but Dime Humor bns it that at our neighboring city of Granlsville, at a ball, the sons of two of the leading bouses had a bit of a discussion with six shoolers, but no one seriously injured. Yours truly, Stockton. |