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Show 1 CREAT COPPER COUNTRY. Csposlts la Prtac w II Horn ftoead Cavalry I ae-iosllro- j Ccnsn Enumerator Heck and Fe- on have reached Juneaa from Copper ' rver, rher their euminere work re ' anlted in the e nnmeration of SOO Indiana In-diana lud Cxo while.. Tba Indiana in i that aection have died this aa.-nmer It i dozen. Tbl mortality reaalta from the in"ux of miners and the destrae-; destrae-; tion of the salmon aupply by cannerira ! at the mouth of the river. ! .Vr. lieek reporta that oa July 4th 1 gold mi foand at Teslina river. In 1 three nieck four man took out StouO in soaree gold. Mr. Srxtoa think the copper belt of Priuee William aounJ will produce an-told an-told million, lie traveled several milea with Government C.eolrigiet Schrader, who believea the deposita of copper there are uuequaled la the world. A railway will be absolutely Breea-aary Breea-aary to develop thia rich country. Along the new government trail to the Copper river aome very rich ore baa been taken out. The government telegraph line through the topper river country cannot can-not be completed thia winter. Work n. been hampered by lack cf horses, ihe line, however, ia ao nearly com. pleted that it caa be quickly tlniahed j in the apriug. |