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Show "THE NEW GOLD FIELDS." Tlifl Hir Horn Cotintrv Looniiiu An Expedition To Klurt Ii I iTHY. An On 'lilting foiiit Ullhii !. itl (Um. i BivST Route, Ere, Ere. iDaaruucli aa tho cry of prospector I is "on to the Big Horn," it is of vita ! importance to every person who con-j con-j templates visiting the gold fields tc (know tbe beet ronto to take. The I Big Horo country baa long iuc been regarded as the laud of promise for gold seekers, hence nothing need I be naid of the country but what is ol special importance to everyone is the best route. There are thousands ol men throughout the states and terri- tones wno nave tiioir mott sanguine j hopes fixed on the Big Horn, hence the importance of tbe best route, j Tiiis would necessarily include safety, j "lireetnesa and celerity. Tho route j p'issi??aiiig these advantages must, t j in the nature of things, be the favorite, as speed and safety are the two characteristics of the age, and every prudent man will consider con-sider these facta. Tnera are several sev-eral routes advocated by whicb this country can be reached, but the facts show conclusively that the most desirablo and practical route is from Rawlins, Carbon county, Wyoming territory. Cheyenne is distant over 400 miles. Green river is 230 miles and Evanstou over 300 miles. The route from any of these points must be for a great portion of the way over an unknown country, while from Rawlins the diaLanco is not over 150 miles, and that over a road that is known and has a bountiful supply of wood, water and grass. Thero is now a regular niuil service on this route foity-five miles out from Rawlins, to- , wit: To tbe Ferris and Seminole mining districts, where there are three mines now being worked by large companies. Sixty miles out the road crosses the Sweetwater river by a good wagon bridge. This is the only stream of importance or size on the route. Sixty live milts out the road pnsaes the famous "Soda Lakes," from which it is sixty miles to the hesd of Puwder river, and from that to the Big Morn it is twenty-five miles. |