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Show HMilllSlUlRU DISTRICT. A Tlu'oiy jis to its Konnaliuii. ltos N. City, l1 l'aii, March LV.ih, IS.'O. Thu mines ol the llariisburg niin tug district seoiu to h attractnnt con-t con-t iloiuble atltmliou feotu the faot t thfir richness and peculurily, bring UmuJ in a whiteaatuUumo lonnalion. The rich ore occur in what aecniH to be a vcgotub'.e sediment. There are from three to four dis tincl layers, or strata, of the vei'l-abld vei'l-abld sediment all carrying cltlorulc orcei. This basin has evidently, at aotne remote perio-J of the world's nistory, lain tl.il, mid wu built up in Huccessivo ages. At some epoch in tho forma1 ion ol : Ibis singular country, we find the then .HitrUcti to liav been covered with a rank growth of vegetation, whieh in course of tune, was by seine pivei s of nature, covered with a stratum or layer of while sandstone, men another an-other growth of vegetation, thou mother layer of sandstone, and noon for lour difUTt-iit periods or epoetn. It hjoius alter Rmie. Nature itad tin-islied tin-islied this singular formation, site con ,'iudtl to knock tUe whole thing iniu and pee how it would lo.k. Yol-oanie Yol-oanie destructions, in my opinion, finished up tho job ai d caused an immense upheaval and threw the vhole country into its present rough and rugged shape. In this great up-'icaval up-'icaval lisaiires wens formoil in the underlying formation which reached the ore Unlies in tho depths of the rarth. Tne mineral or gaseous em-.inatiors em-.inatiors escaping througti tnese lis-til lis-til res formed vent to the surf nee through the more porous vegetable fvliiiieiit, unprcgnaiing the same with chloric aud.hromic silver. Tln is tho only reasonable theory I can uutid up in regard to these singular mines, and if mat theory bo correct, then wo have one ol the richest and most permanent districts in all Utah. The miners seem to have great r on-tidenee on-tidenee in the mines and are developing develop-ing their properli' 9 with great energy. New discoveries are being mule m litierent parts of the surriuiiidinn country. From what I have seen and 1-411 learn I atn talis tio.l that in a few years southern Utah will be the head ind not the tail end of tho Territory. It abounds in precious, as well as baow metals. We are having wry fine weather. The peach am! apricot are in bltHun, garden "sass" in abundance and ul I nature seems to be putting on her spring clothing. Pro!. Smiin, t;io old head-sparcher, head-sparcher, to whom liar bee's rondy miners gave such a amgh deal, slii the dust of Z on from his feet and "lit'' out lor parts unknown, lie id a .dead beat and should be passed around. Mac. |