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Show A TRIP TO NEVAEA. What a Lehi man saw there. . GLORIES OF RUBY VALLEY. ' A visit to the ranch of Mr. Ira D. Wines. Kii. Basher: Dear Sir: Thinking that a few notes nuil rominonl on my visit to the north nnt eastern part of Nevada mltftit bo of ---0-' iniercst . Notes of Kuhy Valley and Its reiotiiciK, good water, rich roll, mild iiid healthy climate, Us good vailetios of hay therefore Ha flno stock and good le( rattle. The capacity of this valloy to support i.l good circumstances thousands thou-sands of people in towns and villUgea, along Its whole length la unquestionable its great number of mountain streams that come tumbling down from the west rango ot mountains, la a beautiful eight, and tho water question of lluby Valley-is Valley-is settled by nature in a very satisfactory manner. Tho streams come down into the valley at a distance arying from 2 to r inllca aloniltacntltolenjth nor'.U and south a distance of 75 milea. Its mineral miner-al rcaourcca are good, and I twloive permament, but aoraehatdeep because of tho hard granitoand mica formations that exists in this range. The uprr -portion ot these mouiitains aromlcaand granito with culci'.o and spar therefore tho blow outs or evidences of mineral nte fen, but where cropplnga do burst lurw tin y give unmistakeablo evidence ol rlehne. There is iron, gold, silver, lead, zinc, conpsretc. Judging from wli.il I see around heroin theso miun-liiim, miun-liiim, I think copper'w ill bo tho most permament with n few pay streaks of ' ' gold and silver, gold will bo found also ! - with tho copper because of tho copper '. pyrites containing gold, mangancese io . ' also mixed with tho copper. Hubies i 41 " ' nro also plentiful but eomowhat rtiarged ' ?, cd with iron theroforo of a very dark 1 ," V . color and of uncertain value, tho small 4kjj&te,. one nro bright but tho large ones ol " which wo have great number are black IG nnd dull, some of tho sain plea tested jJF which arc Just cropplnga or surface rock 1 ' nnd carry from 12 to 30 per cent copi-cr I wlthgoldandiilverand tome 2. to3. B gold nnd 0 to 8 ounces silver and 20 to 30 I v percent lead. One auro means of de ft tdoplng this valley would bo to utilizr H ita water pottcrfornuccessarylmlustrics I nnd lalwr saving devices of which many B ..-..1.1 I. A i.n.v.n.1 I I wcnlout with Mr. 1. 1). Wlnea to see I n round up of cattlo Mr. 1. Wordlioute - ' was tluown from a bucking horse, tho I horse-did the most vicious jumping I 1 ever saw, which was also acknowledged I by the experienced horseman prrBcnt. B - .Mr. Woodhouso wna not hurt. The I , horae run a slior. ilistnuco and caught I bin foot In tha cinch and was thrown I -- - mid easily caught. Tho. rounding up J' . md cutting out of emtio not needed, the I driving nnd correlling, and then sepcrn- I ting tho cows from tho calves ia quite J' " oxrithiR business. But every motion of 8 . Oioso employed In the work is easy A graceful nnd sure, for tho effect desired, I 9 and in a short tii'no the wild unruly B, cattle aro subdued and acpernted as de- 8 sired by those at work, and those not B needed nro run off to tho largo fine 11 isture of this valley and tho round up work is finished. Mr. I. D. Wines is tho owner ot as flno a piece of country as can bo found in tills section, plenty ol water from thu mountains and springs in tho pastures, nnd immense tracks of good hay and """" laimluglaudua tho country can boast. Arid tho cattlo all in good condition and the beef of such call lo is a feast for kings, it ia equal to any stall fed ox. Tbcro Is 11 very good grist mill owned by Mr. Winwi and run by water power, and I should consider it .1 boon to settlers of tho Iwaulilul valley of lluby. The county laying cast and eouth of lluby, Butte, Steplo nnd other valloyaaro somo what dreary and tho minins camps dekorted und dead. In paoelng through theiowaa pleased to learn ol the good school law of the silver state. Hero It ia considered Just ua ntcccaaarv for tho good o! tho state that a poor man's ..i.ii.iL,, ia xilurnted as well as the rich. '11K1111.11 "v -....... A splendid red brick I niado on Mr. Which' place becnuso there ia iron, manganccae, granite snd mica in the j clliy." They are i beautiful bright red, , Nfry hard und metallc in there nature, nndtilmost indlstructable, eomo have laid in tl 0 creek for ycara nnd aro aa Imrd und sound nsnpelcool metal. Sugar beets can be raised here but Iwcmuaof the abort scatoiu It la a question ques-tion to bo settled by tho chemist whether wheth-er tlicy lonUiln tufflclcnt percent sugar to war re nt the building of a factory. It la ptluful to see the wreck and ruin of Iho mining camps and tho death like Bttllneta that prevails, where should. U i i I." tho hum of industry and tho Joyful prosperity of Uncle Sam's children. But tha present policy of tho Executive an I others In power on tho silver question, ques-tion, tariff nnd frco trade aro tho cause of the fearful wreched condition of tho ir Ining portion ol Nevada and which ot necessity effects tho ranchcra and stock rakers of Nevada who for years past had prospered on their homo markets, tho mining cities, but uow their markets are closed to them. Becnuso of the fearful fear-ful depleted and rtesertod condition of tho mining towns, and in other noted rich mineral county, hero wo havo a coudltion of affair that should never occur in any country'! hlslory-unlesa tho sold effect could be charged to famine, fam-ine, pcetilcnce, tire, flood or war. But tho cause ia simply traceable to tho present policy of the acting government. If by some means a panaromic view of the deserted towns and cities, tha valuable valu-able mines, mills, etc. laying idle, tho splendid resources and tabors of the American citizens going to ruin, hundreds hun-dreds of thouaauda of unemployed and of necccesity wretched poor and hungry, people- of the eastern and w et tern part of this great, and should bo bappy re public. If as stated it could be. brought before the eyes of the Executive and hla colleagues as a sort of dream or nightmare night-mare it would be a good object lesson for them. And unless their hearts are as steel nnd their conclences aro dead, they would rise up in tho power ol their Intelligence In-telligence and wisdom, if that also has not deserted them, and try and remedy the evil. Which is easy dono if they will let the country go along as it has in the paet prosperous years. But if their" hearts aro given up to paitsian rule, love of gold and self, there is no hope of b:tler things for some time tocome. W. SiwnriiLAKD. |