Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1871-06-21

.ters A. Vas one of the Pionecrs, ami as
,h.t rsrer says. g" vas one Of the heWeFs
IN wood sna drawers Of waier for 'hose
rbo now reap where he soved =
R,wrlSs. WE. Mar. S. n.
FniENn OuTLvEST;-
Having Just returned from Salt Lake
Cit. 1 drop sou a few Or the J0iiinss from
w.v..ide scenes. Is l reached Ogten'
the terminus Of the Union Pacific Rail
road. 1 found a big excitement, and upon
trssinr % the cause, found il toproceed
from an excavation being made IN the
hillside, leading 10 ahat Is called the
beneh-a plateau rising from the bottom
land. formed by the Weber river. THIS
+ branch contains about half Of the city OF
Ogden. Ia taking oct dirt for filling up
the streets. by some means the workmen.
In leyeliug the same down 10 the road
bed. threw some dirt into a small riyulet.
aud to their surprise they saw q" eoloT'
aud they at once commenced TO ''pan out
the dirt, and they found considerable free
gold. They at once abandoned filling up
the streets with gold dirt, believing that
they could use baser material for such pur-
= poses. They commenced 10 sink a shaft
10 the bed rock; when | left they had
got hole doNn about twelve feet deep.
The formation they struck after going
through a stratus IT gravel some two and
= half feet thick, was clay in strata of
. about three inches thick with thin layers
. of sand between them. On reaching the
bed rock, should they strike paying dig
gings the entire bench would be leyelled
! TO the mountains base. IL would never
, DO to let the precious metals slumber 10
the earth, even If it was necessary TO lay
waste half the city; mankind wOull never
permit city TO stand that was underlaid
with gold it is too expensive a iounda-
ton. From Ogden, 1 proceeded to the
, city of Latter-Day Saints, and there !
found the excitement running high. The
city is Iull Of strangers from all parts OF
the country, looking after the silver min
ing interests. | saw a man on the train
; from Vermont, aud one from Massachu-
3 sets, seeking the Utah silver mines
These gentlemen told me there would be
an immense immigration from the Eastern
States this spring, to engage in mining op'
!. erations.
Now, in regard to the Utah silver
= mines, there are mountains Of mineral
, there. doubt if there is another place
on the American continent containing the
vast deposits that are being developed il
the territory, but these ores have to be
: taken out by muscle. Utah does rot pre-.
sent many encouraging prospects for the
, class Of men who expect 20 strike tof.
tune by digging a small hole in the ground
and then sitting down by the side of il
waiting for it to pay them a fortune ; that
class of men cannot win out here blt for
I energetic and persevering men who have
some means at their command | must say
the Territory presents the biggest kind OF
an opening to make money | have ever
seen. Like all other places, there arc
: some obstacles to encounter. The miner
] must climb up the steep and rugged noun.
u
drift into the mountain, until he strikes
the vein then the ore must be mined and
taken out; and men going to the mining
districts for the purpose Of working in the
mines do not want to go there with "ten.
der hands, say this to warn many
who rush to mining districts, thinking
their smartness will enable them to .spull
the wool over the eyes of the more yer.
/, dant miners Now, there are Just as
smart men found digging in the Utah
mines, whose heads are partially covered
by an old hat with torn rim and perforat.
cd top, ragged coat. pants "heelcd and
: tapped with buckskin, boots in tatters-
as can be found anywhere. They do not
20 there to run for office, but to develop
their claims aud get them in paying con.
dition he may have to toll Tor weeks, and
he may get his lode in few days so that
he can work the same to a big profit, or,
, he can sell to capitalists who are constant.
y purchasing mines already opened, SO
that the ores can be taken out for smell.
ing or milling establishments. Both Of
which are being constructed and put in
operation in different parts of the Terrific.
| ry, and | feel confident that by next fall
there will be sufficient capacity for roduc.
ing the ores in the Territory, and pot
compel people to ship their ores to Swan.
sea, Wales; Newark, New Jersey ON.
ana, aud California, for reduction, tn ere.
by saving the enormous freights incurred
on the shipping of raw ores. Eaglsh
capitalists are investing extensively in
these mines. The shipment of the ores
and bullion from the Territory TO differ
: ent parts of the country is a sufficient
guarantee that the precious metals are
there in endless quantities; and not like
the Colorado mines existing only in i'm.
agination.
| will not attempt to portray to you the
extent of the mines; if | should, YOU
/ would certainly say | was exaggerating
so, leave that for time to develop to the
world; Utah possesses the greatest mine.
raj deposits known in any country.
Yours, truly,
A. Il. SEELEY.
MEDIcAL.-The following are the names
of the recent graduating class at the Med
ical Dept. of University of Vt. and State