| Show i COLUMBIA DISTRICT mir PAIIT V Tn THI I 1 january loth IS coia it his is rather a dull time in U rn ina bia at like pice ent owing 0 to o the severe stormi at armi of 0 lt and nd which seem to have haic ni end the snow is is from two to three feet fed derp deep and still coning con concio ing the mines mines that are arc being waffled are arc the chimney corner gold eagle 1 champion and tho the washington lington chimney carrier is down on en an ir clice thirty five feet showing buncic lunches of cli loride ore which appear to lc la very rich I 1 I 1 in bulver T the hippeard owners of this dinine have not nol round the main lodge ledge but are arc that the ledge lede is la not far distant and are arc pushing phing their work vigorously gold old eaglet lias has been lying alyin w idle for me time owing to loa A conflict of lillea held bya by a force oran of ao ca callad from ophir and salt sail take under tho LLO title litle of the lie augusta anti and serious trouble was waa anticipated cable weather and the wants of grub has han driven most of them bi back c it to their old haunts and the ori 0 bial ai locators resumed work at their discovery shaft with tile view oi of a inking nod drifting through to the which is about ono one hundred and fifty feet south couth of the original nol discovery of tho the gold eagle champion company havo have tapped their ledge at a depth of 35 feet in in their exposing a large body of gray carbonate tied and 1 apparently t i p 72 r unno rich in silver the extent of r the t b e anino is yet unknown however there is u ore enough in 10 sight to guarantee a largo large mine the washing tons are arc improving as an work fork Thel owners are re jubilant over their prop prospects pacts and I 1 inight here state that a general good feeling bacling pre pro valli vaili throughout the cana A new discovery watt wai mado made last week by matters cox and I 1 inton on liberal IN hill 1 alanl the tit feet east cast of the caul champion in ilion mine mine and pr probably pru LaLly bably tho richest discovery in the districts district very little has haa been done at and a a large body of ore in sight eight that aada high it iu in silver I 1 am ain not at liberty to give the exact figures at the present owing toa little misunderstanding of the he owners suffice it to say that it i 11 the highest assay ever had in ill lila lh district A minerd protective society is being organized hero here and I 1 it will be the means of protection tile the miner and aad proprietor ilor in their r righta against this thia lawless band bof W jumper and black ahlders that infest so 50 many olour of our valuable ablo mining rii ining distri cLi cit iu in the territory MINI cintr R |
