Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1875-02-19

PARK CITY, UTAH, February Sth, rs.
EDITOR COURIER.
AS your readers may be glad to hear what
is going on II their neighboring Territory,
[ have concludt d to drop You few lines
now and then. This place is ahou' thirty
miles north east of Salt Lake City. almost
on top Of the mo1n,ains. and some eigi-
teen hundred feet above Great Salt La>e.
II is on the Enri b siio Of P-r'cy'- Park a
beautiful little valley, nestled down among
the mountains with no outlet except mar
row passes on either side. 1t is almost
round. and is probably twenty-five miles
in circumference. 1t is delightful sum
mer re. ort, and in winter is so projected
by the surrounding mouuairs tina, it is
much warmer than other places OF less e'e-
walton.
| Park City is new mining town con
tanning about one hundred houses. all but
two Of which were put up last season.
There were also, two twenty stamp quartz
mills erected for reducing silver ore. one
|of which has been running most Of the
winter, and the other started up this MORN
ing for the first time.
This district contains some as rich silver
lodcs, considering the devclopment,) as
can be found in Utah. The princIpa.
mines ore, the On,ario,-dOwn two hun
drcd and twenty-five feet. and running
from tive hundred to five thousand dollars
to The ton. They have no mill yet. bu.
intend putting up one early in the spring
The Flagstaff, owned by the Marsac Mil
Co. is down between one AM two hun
dred feet and has very good quality OF
ore. though not so rich as the Ontario =
The McHenry. belonging to an English
Go is thought to he = No. mine, anu
they have q large force at work getting
gu, ore for their mill The Walker y
Webster has been shipping orc all fall anu
winter, and will probably put up smeI'el
in the spring, as their ore contains to-
much galena for milling There are some
ten or twelve other lodes which are
thought to be equally as rich in silver g.
those named.
Although Utah is now distancirg Mon
tara in the way of lode mining. still,
think if you had the railroad facilities foi
shipping machinery and sending out ore
ana bullion, Montana would soon Will
back her laurels; for you certainly have
AS rich mines, and more extensive.
Snow slides have been alarmingly fire.
qucnt and destructive in some Of the can.
yons this winter In Little and Big Coz
tonwood alone. eighteen persons, includ
ing one woman and two small children.
have been suddenly hurled into eternity
by them. besides the destruction Of prop
erty, which has been considerable.
II weather has not been very severe
here, ut least, not enough to render the
selling Of whisky BY the slice necessary,
as see you are dong in Montana.
A great change has taken place in this
Territory. both socially and morally, since
the influx Of GeEtiles. The Mormons are
beginning to see the Terror of their ways
and are throwing off the yoke of the
/ Priesthood which has lain so heavily upon
their necks for years. A large per cent.
of them Especially among the younger
members,) now refuse to pay tithing. or
to conform to the teachings Of the church
in any respect, and are much more bitter
ID their denunciasions Of the church and
leaders than the Gentiles themselves. Bull
the natural consequence of their former
teachings and practices IL that the smallest
number Of those who leave the Mormon
church unite with any other. Hay.
Il ing been % egregiously deceived BY their
teachers, . large majority Of them become
disgusied with the very name Of rel.g"n,
aud if they have any be'ief II oil. gener-
ally become splritualists and skeptics.-
But l will ciesc for fear you aud your
readers may think this letter . enough
for all time.
RAMBLER