Show COLUMBIA 1111 MINES NES I 1 opening up of a rich an and d promis ing district Mitri ct I 1 I 1 11 i companies organizing fora for a busy and promising season narrow gauge railway extension and smelting smelling Sm elting furnaces mining a driban 01 CO LummA co doo 2 71 this thia district was uncovered discovered to ia september 1871 it is situated ritu tit nt tho the southern owl nl of itu sit valley in tho the range of mountains dividing rash from skull valley the mineral bolt belt is ii about three miles wide and seven BOTCH bailos long extending to the alock crook district in a southerly direction the west weak aido of tho the mineral bolt is 13 of filato date formaLi vito and the east Is id of granite thia district ba till tho the to 0 o in inako a k s a first finlan dasi camp wood and water c fa fa abundance advantage is that it can bo be worked fill ai the year ir roand annj ns as tho the snow never falls doop anouch to interfere with wilh willing mining operations tho of tho the camp Is not over akio feet above imd find gwo above tho the ien cotol at of uio the eca am at tho the presen t writing wo we have ua no snow know and rn miners aro nu nil tit nt work with evora pr ct t of sno coas and tire aro correspondingly omy happy 11 it is impossible in this ti licau II 11 to rit give you yon all ilia 1 I v clop ments u of f tho the different mines and ill alid a amount of oro in inget and on the but I 1 I 1 will salo in general fEn Gral terms that no cina iu in tho ilia territory will show iw as largo large ledges ns as this camp can for or the labor too bu lug ing ilono done I 1 mi M there aro are over three hundred loca eions on record tho the most prominent prom mont of which am the chono just 1 by tho the ohio silver mining ad sinal Sm tilting till company of utah VIZ tho the chanta Clinn li bloor B a e liskin washington wa chimus chimney borner fk and n 1 idaho the hamo company rally pays lavo two thoroughly definod awl very tory in tho the cA carteria casteria Cut steria cru end of the iho district tho the blanche Dl D 11 and lea wl eta D banion aninag iho loading mines Ms may v bo be mentioned tit the champion augusta Ang oaLi montana Mon tann nations Notion 8 liopo ironsides wild aud II am it i to the last named havo V jihn st boon bondal to charles ai M broach ull all of which tire allow lug large of oro that will assay froni X W in sib or and from 44 40 to go CO per IW cent in load li ad there tire itro quite a of first fi retla clasa locations which space will vill not permit mo me to mention here I 1 will however how mention a tow few a it donld bo dolac injustice not to do so 0 o they are t tb a north horth Ai america merica I 1 Vashi virton north horth utah gelof valley toil tan ile white pino pine mamie SI ninio t la hall ft sons mine and St Ston aubon bon and a discon try known IM chowes tho western to r a world is it of morat merit jest sold bold to gould wiggins wigging of salt lako C allt iwo alio reason of this remaining so loog long wilmont the iho introduction of of f capital was wan owing to A number 0 of canku ca uKu principally from miners a sling asking too high A price for their mines and another tho the absence of railroad communication ilia iho lormor former causo abo minora have concluded to remedy the latter will soon lio bo overcome by tho the utah western rail rofA which will pass pails within fear conr or five nto miles milea of tho the dietrict ditri ct wo iva will sill then bo be in ill direct communication with salt satu laho city SHELTER another great want of this camp it lim b been con a Bm elter which will be built in the spring by ilia ohio mining and smelling smelting Sm elting company smelling smelting elting it 11 i t tho a opinion of end expert and pra practical c who ha imo wa us that t this will bo be in A very tory short timo time ono of tho the loading lead mining camps of tho the tom tem spry As ai nil fill the vein flow largo large anti and prominent pinya which development mg hta hown D to bo true trao fissure toina in izeory every where developments lava bavo boon boon pushed forward the oro has bas increased both in quantity and ill in V maluo aitio demonstrating beyond a doubt that they will prove permanent and yet val liable wines mines or TUC taz ORE tho the general character of tin the oro ore is black and gray carbonates CArboa atea of lead and galora carrying black of silver with nth little or no chloride TUB THE ra ahns far hava boon carried on by ilia iB iDora without tins aid of capital thero there hat boa boon cinto ft a ty ot af oro ore fiall to the d diu erent a t N in in tho the camp would hwo have boon been self sustaining boil not transports oon boon so high which will bo be over iome by oar railroad communication and ting facilities to bo be built ilia thock on baing season COAL there boro is i excitement in ro to a rec recant eitt coal discovery about gard filoon miles milc from bore bero haskoll valley arox J I 1 would vou also tuat that there aro are vast do of iron oro ore in the easlena ond end of this district it is in red ho matito in cahty which win will como cobio into at uia is of the iho realton nul rowl i C 11 II |