Show COLUMBIA DISTRICT lati siness rilin crall ders what she limi 1119 ners nrc are an elgon COL columna UMrA n U T sept C 18 1870 C fils bus TRIn vWE hwo wa love been lin gerdag upon ur the ilia lra ragged bcd cudgo for the lost last low few months month bud and lava felt a little backward in ill to you yon however Howar cr wo we cm now address yon sort tod and give you truth h no galvanized loner otter but the truth which cad bo be now kow 1 A I 1 wish to give you a little of the th moy many drawback a columbia colombia lies has L hid d to contend with linco ler her discovery tour four Teara ago ophir liaa bas been hoa 1108 we lila to lo every cola columbia allala has bag tried to advance and there is ii a certain elau class ol of men holding forth in ia the above it town own who lave havo done all that cauldle could lo 10 donato done to lill kill starve us ud out but ng this rivalry riT alry Colum bits is io in the ascendant A now strike lies bu been maio made on st nicholas hill 1111 which bids fair to surpass in tho the territory its in I 1 tin an oll old location that bat lies been beca ro locel e ed by ward sanford hawd kio the beasy wado by NV green of gintic tintic was silver suf turra filec cc the is ii now EOW down 2 20 feet bod and shows a strong throng vein tho the whole who Is width ol of the shaft and nd wiy assay made by mr green of gintic tintic of at average oro shows silver sele select C t piece im 5 arny ae high s now act e atho tho low grade criers hold situate jost jest above on tho the eimo earno bill is another location the name damo of which your correspondent has forgotten R od ad which shows the same eimo character ol of ore THE TEM ST LAWRENCE MKE has been to ro lacatel and shows tt a small emill quantity of very tory hi high gh grado grade oro ore ilia ohio silver nidine company ol of L columbus Ol umbus tro are pushing their I 1 tannel Tigor go onely making fifteen feet per fer week and expect soon to tap their lhoir vein td 0 the tha first cret of 0 the iha series of teina that tho the tunnel is to dev develop clop tins AstI nICAN which has bia been lying idle for the lust last two IWO years is u about to blurt up tip with a now new loam dime e alv tho the shaft thattis is down 50 feet s showing bowing a four foot vein with wilh good willa walle this ore is of no value at the grocot writing tine but bat ia indications bid bd fair to soon drip on good paying ore TUY tins MINE or moro oro familiarly known as tho the smith beret situated ted about two miles easterly is driving a tunnel to the top of their vein tt at a depth ol of WJ COO feet they are arc now in feet fast and two veins one onet elro feet wido and the list one soven feet oct the ile ore in these veins reins aisic very low tram few twelve to fidlon ounces in I 1 ibis his that blast I 1 I 1 50 I 1 oct feet they hive in an eight foot vein assaying saying na three ounces ilter filver AN was wai beld on the ho sih int instant lant and resulted in tho election ol of A D roster foster for mining alining recorder wo hive a tri n beckly mail carried by our old od friend gilmore which is alwart on time and THE tae is always anxiously sought alter after wo ire are not a wealthy community just at present but hying arin upon hopes that of cf our ophir will tumble to themselves aral let us alone for a i few cw months then we shall probably see our wy way out I 1 dont wish to be 0 o tedious tedi therefore wui will reserve the remainder ema inder jet cf my atory ter lor another time mo A D 1 I |