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Show News from Lsds. Lk;:us, March l;'., lt-7o. From present indications the mining min-ing interests of W'ashifcglon county-are county-are On the iuereaie, though the leads are not eo well detim-d as I would like to see them. Tne quality of ore is good, hut it ia not found in largo qu i:i:it:e-. As yet j only unaii pockets have been discovered. dis-covered. Mr. B-irbee has so far been j the ni'ist eueeessfnl prospector iu tiie district. My theory is Lr.it tins district dis-trict wai at one tune a lake, some thirty or forty miles in extent, and by eruptions io bed Ills been thrnwn !up from rV to l.t.xX fe. t. T..e rilver j ihs nieittr.1 and tellled in strata in ( the sandstone. The heavieot weight! of the internal forets senilis to havel been expand td in a northeasterly and : southwesterly direction. It is the opinion of some of the mo't skilled prospectors, that a heavy belt of ore runs across the district, but considerable consider-able money will be necessary to develop de-velop it. The mines that are being worked are paying reasonable, profits on the labor and money invested. I would j not advise miners to rush here ex j peeling immediate employment, and do not come without supplies. The grand gulch copper mine is the . only defined ledge in this vicinity. Il i properly handled, this property will j yet be worth millions. At present it is producing very weil, considering! the small capital invested, and the! experience of the owners. A railroad ia ttie thing most needed I to open up and develop the mining industry ot southern Utah. Until a railroad is built here, other enterpris' a i will necessarily remain next to a .standstill. F. I |