Show tho colorado tanyon frank L brown of the surveying party now engaged in surveying a line down the colorado writing to the denver republican from hite city utah says the scenery in cataract canyon in grand beyond ascription the cliffs rise as high as 2780 feet in places straight from the waters edge but one side has invariably a good shore line the rocks are either sandstone or lime and are not hard and the survey has the certain practice bili ties of the route for a railroad we got short of provisions and made a run to this point for supplies the surveyors are still up ak the river but are expected to reach this point by the and of this week wo found the first placer mining about six miles below the lower end of cataract canon the gravel is rich in gold and easily washed cheso placers are very extensive extending as they do for over miles down the river coal has been discovered fifteen miles west of this point and the miner are now being opened up to supply the demands of this section I 1 have been shown rich specimens of both silver and gold quartz and the resident of this camp are of the opinion that this is a great mineral country and is sure of a great boom in the near future there are about men on the river at present and several placers are being worked while others are fitting up for washing on a grand scale wo will stop here for a few days to repair boats and reorganize the expedition tion and then start for marble and grand ran |