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Show "THE NEW GOLD FIELDS." jTIie Ui Hm'u Country Looming I'P- A ii B : j ' if i I f o n To S I u r t In SI A Y. An iittiUiinz I'oiui Hilhiu 150 lit I vs. Iter Route, Ere, Etc. Inasmuch aa tho cry of proapcctorB id "on to tho Big Horn," it is of vital importance to every person who contemplates con-templates visiting Ihe gold fields to know the beat route to lake. The Big Horn country hni long since hum. rnr,,!-,!,,,! ., il, 1 1 ,.f for gold seekcrd, hence nothing need be said of the country but what id of special imporlanco to everyone ia the be&t route. There are thousands of men throughout tin,- states aod territories terri-tories who have their moH sanguine hnpea fixed on the Big Horn, hence tho importance of the best route. Ttiid would necessarily include safety, ( -lircctnrs and celerity. The route possessing those advantages must, iu tho 11:1 tare of thincn. hp thp. : favorite, as speed and safety are the to churaclemlicd of the ago, and every prudtmt man will consider con-sider these facts. Tnere aro several sev-eral routed advocated by which this country can bo reached, but the facta show conclusively that the most desirable and practical route is from , iwwimi, maroon county, Wyoming territory. Cheyenne is distant over 400 miled, Green river is 230 miles and Evanston over 300 miles. The roule Irom any of these points must be for a great porLion of ihe way over an unknown country, while from Rawlins the distance is not over 150 miles, and that over a road that is known and has a bountiful supply of wood, water and grass. There id now a regular mail service on this route for.ty-five miles out from Rawlins, to-wil: to-wil: To the Ferris and Seminole mining districts, where there are three mines now being worked by largo companies. Sixty miles out the road crosses the Sweetwater river by a good wngon bridge. This is the only stream of importance or size on the mute. Sixty -five miles out the road pas?e3 the fimous "Soda Lakes," from which it is sixly miles to the head of Powder river, and from that to the Big Horn-it is twenty-five miles. |