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Show "THE NEW GOLD FIELDS." Tim lii Horn Country Looming l-'P- An E.itIft!on To Sturl En April. In Ok fiJ!iti' I'olnl Wilhin Bust Route, Etc., Etc. luasmuch as the cry of prospectors is "on to the Big Horu," it is of vital importance to every person who contemplates con-templates visiting the gold fields to know "the best route to take. The Big Horn country - has long Biuco heon regarded ns the land of promise for gold seekers, hence nothing need he said of the country but what is of special importance to everyone is the best route. There are thousands ol men throughout the states and territories terri-tories who have their most sanguine hopes fixed on the Big Horn, hence the importance of the beet routo. This would necessarily include safety, lirectnets and celerity. The route possessing these advantages must, i in tho nature of things, be the lavorite, as speed and safely are the two characteristics of the ago, and every prudent man will consider con-sider theso facts. There are several sev-eral routes advocated by which this country can be reached, but the facts show conclusively that the most desirable and practical routo is from Rawlins, Carbon county, Wyoming territory. Cheyenne is distant over 400 miles, Green river is 230 miles and Evanston over 300 miles. Tho route from any of these points must he for a great portion of the way over nn unknown country, while from Rawlins the distance is not oyer 150 miles, and that over a road that is known and ha3 a bountiful Bupply of wood, water and grass. There is now a regular mail service on this route foity-five miles out from Rawlins, to-wit: to-wit: To the Ferris and Seminole miuing districts, where there are three mines now being worked by large companies. Sixty miles out the road crosses the Siveetwaler river by a good wagon bridge. Thia is the only stream of importance or size on the route. Sixty-five miles out the road passes tho funotis "Soda Lakes," from which it is sixty mile3 to the head of Powder river, and from that to the Big Horn it is twenty-five miles. |