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Show OUR DRY CANON LETTER. Favorable Weather for Opening Miues. ' Old Prospects Being Worked. RomkIin ami Hardy O aril lea FIoitd to I'uHturea bovr. (SpociU Corrsipondenoo of th Hkiald.) Jacobs City, Dry CaSon, January 5th, 1S75. Thedeniiena of this mining camp have never had occasion to complain of the severity of the winter, butthe weather this season has so far been more favorable for tho prosecution of mining operations than nny preceding preced-ing since tho district was organized. There ia but little snow, it being about two inches deep, and the temperature of the air is warmer iy at least ten degrees than it is in the valley. This state of things has caused the weather prophets, after all their prognostications prognostica-tions to tho contrary, to think that OLD FROD ABILITIES has entered into a conspiracy with the elements to make them out "liarB and calumniators." Tho first day of the new year the period fixed by the -powers thai be, when all assessments upon mining claimB should be fully worked up has come and pussed, and it created no little stir and bustle among tho miners. Old, proepect holes upon which no work had been done since the passage of the mining law of '72 have been cieanea out ana ine work of development develop-ment resumed, and many of these heretofore in-noticed claims havo by reason of such work sprang into considerable con-siderable notoriety. Prominent among this class is the MID-DAY MINE. This mine, or prospect, is situated uponi-hoo Fly Hill, a short distance from the Deseret, and for some unexplained unex-plained reason has been idle for two years. The owners resumed work upon the property about a mouth ago, and the result of their labor has been the development of ft fine body of ore assaying $138.86' in silver and 50 per cent, lead per ton. It promises at present to become one of the best mints in camp. The ' DE3ERET MINE. This mine, now working under the management of Mr. Hutchins, is producing pro-ducing from 80 to 100 sacks of ore per day, and from information gained from the foreman, I am led to believe be-lieve that the bodv of ore far exceeds in size and richness the wildcat anticipations an-ticipations of the owners. The NOTES LODE, located by the Mono company, has recommenced work, and ttio results of a few days' labor have been so encouraging en-couraging that the owners propose continuing the work of development during the winter season. The ore in this mine is of a very high grade, and the vein ia uniform in its character. charac-ter. The EMPORIA MIN3 has been working for about a fort-nigot fort-nigot by a small force of men who are engaged in prospecting the claim preparatory to extensive operations next summer, and from present indications in-dications it will remunerate its owuere handsomely for all their labors and outlay ot money. The MONO MIMH continues in a state of masterly inactivity, in-activity, and dame rumor Hays that owing to litigation, tlutt concomitant curtte of all valuable mines, -the owners will not resume operations tor at least a year. This is a sad blow to the prosperity of the camp, for no matter what else may be the cause of suspension, many persons will attribute attrib-ute it to the lack of ore in the mine, and being accounted one of the representative rep-resentative mines of the district, this report naturally causes a feeling of distrust in the minds of capitalist who are seeking investments for their money in mining property here. The QUEEN OF THE HILLS. The owners of this immensely good thing have been engaged for sometime some-time past in putting up a tramway, ore houses, and a fifteen horse power steam engine for hoisting purpose, and now, having completed all these improvements, and having got tho mine in shape, they propose extracting extract-ing from the bowels of " the y earth " and delivering at the Chicago smelting works, ore to the amount of about forty tons daily; and experts who have examined exam-ined the mine aver that, it is capable of yielding double that amount. This camp has been visited by an epidemic known as THE PNUEMONIA, a disease singularly fatal in hih altitudes. alti-tudes. Many have been attacked within the last week, and several have since died. In the early duya in White Pine, very few recovered from an attack of the disease, and many old miners say that there is no certain cure outside of immediate emigration to a lower altitude. The MORALE OF THE CAMP has been sensibly affected by the flitting flit-ting of a few desperate characters who bore the euphonious cognomens of Big Ben, Jack Ennia. Missouri Bill, t&c, (fee. Seeing in the course of human events they were likely to sutler the tjamra of humror before winter was over, they concluded to seek a more cougimiul clime. On inquiry in-quiry as to how they would get away, by an inquisitive person who knew that they did uot havo any means of locomotion save those piovided by nature, they replied, "Oh, we aro good rustlers;" and they also made the same answer to an enquiry about the state of their commissary arrangements, arrange-ments, and, mark the sequel: thpy were seen moving away from camp in tho twilight, well mounted and amply provisioned, leaving RANCH MEN TO MOURN the proficiency which they had attained at-tained in the art of rustling, and miners to curso their carelessness in leaving their doors unlocked. The camp has also been abandoned by tho HURDY OURDY TIlOUrE. ' These so-called "essentials" vainly strove through the summer and autumn months, by an extensive display dis-play of store clothes, and a judicious exorcise of muscle, to lay up a grub stake for winter, but alas! times were dull, monej was hard to get, and grub could not be obtained without it. t ongrees had neglected to in Hate at its List session, and there was no sure thing but that they might make the same omission at this one. The butcher's pigs, which they had been in the habit ol stealing, had become scarce and were dry eating anyhow. Panamtnt was a much better country than this, and then all the boys were going there; and so they went, and now the sound of the old basswood violin and of the cracked clarionet will be heard in Jacobs city no more, and the dancing i girls, the music, and the nightlj : brawl, liko the flag raisings ot tht founder of the city, are things of the I past. Plus Ultra. |