Show TERRITORY the silt salt lake paper 2138 tic bc eurela eureka Cen griel of may lay ad mention that a company or of prospectors are rc about leaving that city with a v view ill of prospecting one of the tributaries tributa ries of the iho colorado river fot r placer p il ac ir alia mines the locality to which choir h r s stern are to be directed lies about 5 0 miles of the acty of t the he saints tho the locality mentioned is from to r miles south of the gold diacon eric crick on the colorado about which there has lately been some excitement in eastern nevada and utah the writer of this bin knows seme tiling of the section of country referred to skirling the western slope of the rocky mountains for several ha hundred ildred milra miles toward new mexico lexion lexi oo there is ia as 38 fino fine a plateau of timber land as a was ever eca been at a any by polo point I 1 in n the Masis sippi valloy valley hard timber predominates oak eak liick ory and black of the most thrifty gro th being abrin dant along this strip of 01 table land black rich alluvial acil lo 10 il is met diet with for the entire distance further up the mountain moua tain however and still lower down khero id a precipitous break loading leading to the south aud and acet ward evidences of mineral wealth abound in the utmost profusion stretching along the southwestern base of the plateau to which we hare ba v c ai eded I 1 Is a magnificent valley ranging in width irom from twenty to sixty miles this valley seventeen years I 1 asi t go was occupied by a semi civilized band of indians several thorand thou dand strong always been the lie implacable foes of the and and apaches the section we w hivo referred to is ie the finest fittest portion of uncle sauls sams unexplored territory and if i f iver ever e salt lake city becomes a great railroad yail il road center a road through brough this rich agricultural and mineral country to 0 o the rio grando grande and central texas scias will fill bo be built ello eho Li dependent |