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Show "THE NEW GOLD FIELDS." The Bi Horn ('ountry Loomiug An Cxpctlif ion To Kturt In MA V. in On (i;s in ; G'oiitl Wicijin B&st Route, Ere, Etc. Inasmuch us the cry of prospectors is "on to the Big Horn," it id of vital importance to evory pursoo who con-tcmplAtes con-tcmplAtes vtaiting the gold fields to know the best route to take.- The Big Horn country nun long since been regarded as the bind of promise for gold seekers, hence nnthiug need be a.-iid of the country but what is of special importance to everyone is the best route, .there are thousands of men throughout the states and territories terri-tories who bavo their mo t sanguine hopes fixed au the Bi Horn, bonce tho importance of the best route. This would ntjeesearily include safety, iirectnesa arjd celerity. The route possfs.sing these advantages must, in the nature of things, be the lavorito, as spued and safety are the two characteristics of the age, and every prudent man will con-iiJL-r these facts. Taera are several sev-eral routes advocated by which this couulry can be reached, but the facts show conclusively that the most desirable and practical route is from Rawlins, Carbon cuunty, Wyoming territory. Cheyenne is distant over 4U0 miles, Green river is 230 miles and Evans to n over 800 miles. The route from any of these points must be for a great portion of tho way over an unknown country, while from Rawlins tho distance is not over 150 miles, and that over n road that is known and has 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 mining districts, where there are three mines now being worked by large companies. Sixty miles outtho road crosses the Sweetwater river by a good wagon bridge. This is the only stream of importance or size on the routo. Sixty five miles out the rood passes the f.imous ''Soda Lakes," from which it is sixty miles to the bead of Powder river, and from that to tho Big Horn it ia twenty-five miles. THE SECOND ORGANIZED EXPEDITION EX-PEDITION WILL LEAVE RAWLINS RAW-LINS ABOUT THE 10TH OF MAY, 1S77. SHALL PARTIES ARE LEAVING LEAV-ING DAILY. AU peroona should go prepared pre-pared to outfit Lbemselvea with a Baddle horse, pack-horse and prospector's outfit. There are large stores at Rawlin3, where everything every-thing required for a complete outfit can be bought cheaper than the parties could take the goods there, The committee have secured special rates on the Union Pacific railroad from Omaha to Rawlins, as follows: First-class ticket, $40; second-class, ?32; emigrant, $25. Horses are plenty and caa be bought at from $30 to $75. Any person desiring information will receive a prompt answer by writing to THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE SECOND BIG HORN EXPEDITION, RAWLINS, CARBON CO., mS Wyoming Ttuu. |