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Show Mining JVote. THE GREAT CACTUS. After a visit to the Cactus mines near Frisco, Utah, owned by Samuel Newhouse, you are prepared pre-pared for almost any astounding revelation in the treasure houses of nature. The descriptions of the property given by men who have seen it, sound visionary to the uninitiated, uniniti-ated, and one really has to 'see to be convinced of the enormity of the ore bodies. The Cactus is like a child's idea of a mine-great mine-great glittering caves of gold and silver, that await the finder, except that the Cactus tunnels are filled with glittering copper, and it does glitter. glit-ter. If through exposure, any part of the mine has become dull in appearance all that is necessary neces-sary is to break the surface ond the gleaming metal is exposed. Down the shaft for six hundred feet, in every tunnel and cross-cut, and up-raise, the red metal is in plain sight, and when the furnaces are erected, the riches that will be extracted will be almost endless. The ore starts at the grass roots, and it never stops, as Manager Johnson says, "It is all ore." Even the little rivulets in the tunnels are stained with the copper, and in the dim candle light, resemble streams of absinthe. The extent of the great ore bodies in the Cactus Cac-tus have not been determined, but with such a showing on the present development, it is impossible impos-sible to speculate on the finish. There is no Cactus stock for sale. It requires no booming. It simply stands as one of the most wonderful copper mines in the west, and in fact one of the greatest in the world. s ie The 'plans for he town of Newhouse, which will be about three miles from the mine proper are being made, and Joe Diedrichs is rushing the pipe line from the Wah-Wah Springs to the town site. The plants to work the ore will be located at Newhouse, and the town will be constructed on ideal plans, with brick cottages, stores, etc. Thousands of trees will be planted on the town site this fall, and everything will be done to make the place beautiful. The railroad will be extended to the contemplated contem-plated town, and two years hence what is now a desolate sage brush waste will be the ideal town of Newhouse, and the desert will blossom like the rose. ? W On one side of the Cactus, is the Comet, of the Imperial group, and on the other side, Dr. Franklin's Frank-lin's Blackbird. Rich strikes have already been made in the Comet, and the Blackbird has inaugurated inau-gurated a campaign that will bring quick results, so that it will not be long until this old district will be one of the most prosperous camps in the entire west.- |