The weekly Butte record., 1867-08-24
Indian Valley Correspondence.


EDs-oE RscoEs.-slasing jus, returned from
prospecting tour Of three tour months Of which
! may give yoHr readers detailed account in some
future letter, viii endeayor in Inc present 70 give
yoa 4 few items Of matters and things that have
tr-Espired dansg my absence. We have been en-
tanned for the past week OF fgo by number Of the
great lights OF tie Union All Democratic parties
First came cd Zach, nat on his war horse bat
On his China Mustang" As we coelj whip all
the Cinnamon we have here in a5ont i've MINUTES
he found il paid better advocating the cause Of his
great paper" and soliciting subscribers. have
certainly seen one copy CT that interesting sheet;
but il there Is any taken here they are gen
orally kept in some dark eorBer.- Next came the
Hon C. E artson, in company with Jadge Prat,. .:
Sierra. noticed dariag Pratt's speech some Of
our Democ ate Brethren" get very restless ami
uneasy, IS if something hurt their digestive or
sans. The next hight. Greed Raymond gaze the
"Secessionists and the Republican partyH perfect
its SO sa.d one Of the "Stradiie Bugs Of the war
We didn't see il on this side. Then we had Buck
bee, "onr next Representative In his footsteps
cane Goodwin, and so the battle gees on, and 1--WE
sill l!ye''
AGRICULTURE.
The crops in this valley are booking fac. There
was Dot as mach grain sown this season as there
was last on account of 50 much water covering the
valley during the period FIR sowing: bat what
there Is i good. Hay IS bcun.iiul crop and Of
good quality.
Mining in and around this valley. j. On the in
crease. At least We have some three OF iour more
new quartz mills erected and in the coarse Of erec-
ers near Geaesee. have little ive stamp mill.
from which they making seven huDdfed to one
thousand dollars per week, with eight hands en-
ployed The Crescent Nils have stopped running
at present, understand, on account Of an attach.
ment for something over one hundred thousand dol
lars being placed on the property. THAT would
clog most any Kind of machinery The Cosmo-
politsn Copper Nine is most certainly 10 the as
cendant. They lave taken out Of the shaft over
fifty tons Of fine ore within tie last few weeks;
some pieces saw, Weighing a number of pounds,
being native copper. The lode at present is about
twenty feet ia width and bids fair 10 be one of the
greatest institutions Of Plunas county. Those
who have been interested in copper ledges and
have lain idle during the past two years, are now
beginning to think of renewing operations again.
Thanks 20 the Cosmopolitan for that.
There has been some gold bearing quartz
ledscs struck in this vicinity, since last wrote
you, and If accounts are true, more mills viii he
needed here than there is now.
The citizens of ths Valley are making great
preparations to have our County Fair interesting
10 ell. II is to come off some time next month
and every one prophecies success; but we can tel
better after the Fair.
We have no less than five secret societies in Tay
lorvl!e. The Good Templars was" naear,y de
funct;" bGt hear they have been taking in num-
her Of new members. they will survive for some
time longer. We also have the Division OF Temp
eraAce, and the childreus Band OF Hope. The Old
Fellows organized Lodge here about the last of
June, and at present everything goes on travey
They meet every thursday, a, Masonic Hall, and
number aboU, twenty members.
The weather for the last two months has been
exceedingly warm in this little mountain town.
For number OF days in succession, the thermom
e;sr went up to lG4 in the shade, and still snow
can lie seen but short distance from town, lying
in the gorges of the mountains. We have had
but very htte sickness in the Valley, compared to
some seasons. In fact every appears TO feel
well, and ali The cry is now a ttls more capital.
OXIDE.