Show DOWN MEMORY I 1 LANE I 1 1 BY AN OLD TIMER imm hl H 4 l l 4 how many old timers remember george pearson 49 cr for years lie he was park city i correspondent lor for the salt lake tribune the following from the tribune of 0 july 1876 1875 will prove interesting the clipping was furnished the rhe record by jinks nelson PARK CITY MINES excitement new strikes improvement in the abines iines slaughtering the speckled beauties with giant clant 1 powder 1 correspondence tribune PARK CITY JULY 14 1875 quite a mining excitement has occurred in the last few days by sevi bev ii al new mining strikes which look very fa bro raising mr D conly found a vein 0 ot bre 0 on n the hill immediately W west c 3 t of the taj distant half a mile the 1 lode e Is s ba VP 0 be ba five feet wide of gray carbon car bonyAy lead that hat assays essays afif fifty five per er ce ceny Vr t and thirty ounces slav silver e r mr VA soon after found the ext enslo hundred feet distant of the same sameal of ore BO the lode appears to be exta alve the walker webster v while constantly shipping ore fro I 1 their upper levels have been derivi driving g a tunnel lower down the hill which w will tap the mine from three to four hundred feet deep end and within a few days past developed galena in small quantities with other indications of soon reaching a large body of ore tin the pinyon adjoining Is still lying idle ae they y also have a large vein of ore tl that it ah should 1 d not lie he there like dead capital tho the central galena ore of good paying quality has at length been found in dr brewers mine known as the central the doctor has expended a large sum of money hitherto without returns one item 0 of f which Is a tunnel feet long H his s friends will be pleased to hear that he I 1 Is a likely to get the reward of pluck and perseverance the pioneer mine has also found a new body ot of ore near an old cut and tunnel than ran within two feet of it three years ago a false wall concealing the ore rumor says the flagstaff mine has also a new body of ore of what extent I 1 have not heard the ontario Is also steadily manufacturing silver bricks at the mchenry mill the mchenry has a tunnel running diagonally thru the celebrated bluff of ore and rock the drift runs along a wall that appears to be the hanging wall of a fissure vein both from its polished appearance and its laveing and serpentine course which Is also believed to be in appearance only and due to the worn hollows caused by movements of ore upward I 1 fully believe a body of ore will be fund that will justify the large expenditure of time and money on this mine much active prospecting is being done in the district and great confidence felt in the future the town Is steadily growing and the conveniences of life accumulating A may may have his measure taken tor for a pair of boots a new coat or a licking and get all three in a reasonable length of time many other mines and good prospects are not mentioned in this letter tor for want of recent information concerning them killing fish please publish the penalty for killing fish with giant powder this disreputable and criminal practice Is being restored to and fish destroyed by wholesale both in own own little streams and provo prove river A man who will bantly kill twenty fish or fifty or perhaps a hundred to get one has no respect for the rights of his neighbor or the laws of his country there Is but one argument for him and that Is a severe fine and punishment the government Is spending largs langs sums of money to stock the depleted streams 0 of f the united states with fish and every man who uses giant powder should be informed against and whenever the facts can be proven severely punished |