, 1879-08-02

Jcct VIII interest our readers. W. haze
mentioned Inn stone as being one Of the
features of til. co.lhtry for many miles
this limestone makes lime of tiis prIrcst
| and finest quality, ;.n,a has already i'cco;lc
business, hgt so far only the country
e:-st has benefited by its use Here in
this Wai!a Wai!a country we have little
or no limestone 1t Las
To Be IMPORTED,
And mon@y for it sent out of the Country
which might jnst Il, well he kept at home
Valuable aS this enormous iIlnestnne re-
.Ion will become i'll the near future, it is
msre ba a;cIl= 10 the n,:n rails we know
! ct that rAist III eli riEouS quantities IN
the mountains on every side bordering on
the canyon The upper Weis mrun-
| tains contain va. led.es of mic, OF H..
best quality, which can be extracted ~
! most any SIC required +; Ii Is only :, = &g:t
of available Transportation d.at prevents
a hundred III II working these valuable
MINES In Heath D.@tr!vt, stuate,i ol
trlbutafies of Dr"~:iIee crc.-k, which emp
! ties INTO the c;.l:y,a Sax l,i.es below the
mouth 81 Powder river, ale numerous sii-
T lodes which a:'c being worked cn Il
limit d scale very pr..f;ah!y. The ores
from these !A!n>s =re Very easily worked !:
they cuiiti.in horn, or Chloride Of silver,
NATIVE SILvGa AND BLUE sULpHURET.i
Amongst these numerous lelg $ the
. + :im0nt and Grseiiiorn are the
richest Yet discovered, bat there are nIaiy
Others that only reqaire !. ti,or. .ush ,l:'ns-
pectng to prove equally vainsb!e. Higher
up the mountains, which are literally per
rleated with numerous VEINS of quartz,
are lcr iudes Of base metals con amin.
a large percentage Of gold and silver
til, re Is an immense ledge of base Hie;f.l
consisting of a ledge Of prre. solid II ral
(galena) bonnd d by a bed of ca.b,na:es
four feet IN thickness, of such purity that
it melts asily oh being thrown into Il
common camp fire. The especial moun-
tam on which this celebrated loa is stu
ated arpea,s /" bc !: moan ain OF mn IA.
go where he will the prosptctor finds
quartz IN the canyon 1t lis base are en-
ormnus bouiders Comp 'sed Of q;,aIiz and
gaiena i'll almost equal quantities, while
midway, iroL sn!phuress of the pur,st
quality shine out i'll TIL sun like
A MOUNTAIN OF GOLD.
There is every facility for working the
ores IN thts- MOUNTAINS, Tor wood and
water are III the gr a:cst abundance. In
the Sheep District are pumer"IS veins OF
Il d!iT rem nature; they CONSIST Of gold
and c.pper, the l.ttcr III iiliineiSc quanti-
Tics aud of such purity as to yield from 50
to 20 per cent. of pure copper. 10 is so
easy Of extraction that hundreds of tons
can he shipped daily; the ores cpnta II
good per ceu;age of gold. and could by a
series of shutes be i.,,ded 1t the iiver at
Very little expense. All rhe maY along
the river ranges are mineral beat Iiig led9 $
that only require WORK and huSinl lss- like
management TO become equal to any min
ill., resion, even In Nevada It's If. Min
crs have known Of the existence of this
vast mineral ie.9on for years, but the
rous shneSs of tho Country and principally
the isolation and want of trans, ,,ortaIion
has rreclnded ;he possibility If their
working them. Besides the minerals they
have mentioned, there al large lodges of
THE FINEST MARBLE
And deposits Of gypsum. Only tie want
OF an energ tic population has prev n'ed
many other discpv rics frnm heius made.
All that has been discoTered heretofore
has been purely by accident bv hunters
and prospeetors hunting for game and rich
placer deposits. In early days rhe great
canyon Was the winter home Of The iAiner
who worked the skim tii.eings on its
banks ofteutimes they made Their two
ounces Of gold dust per diem when the
snow in the higher MINIS drove them
thence. As :. stock raising country the
canyon offers many advantages cattle
and horses can be kept on perpetual areen
pastures IN the summer, and beng
brought down in the winter will thrive OH
the lnxariant bunch grass that everywhere
abounds. As We 90 down the river MI
merous creeks with fine garden spots situ-
ated uTrfn them are found everywhere
We nave seen peach trees but two years
old bearing fine fruit.
VEGETABLES AND GRAIN
Can he raised three weeks earlier here
than in any other part of the northwest.
The country is certainly rough, and We
advise no one To 90 there until assured
that the road Will be hui down there.
We think it will, for the reason that no
other part OF the country offers such IA
ciities for good road. Its advantages
are too numerous to be overlooked in
the first place, the grade is from FIVE to
Six feet per mile, the river is below the
snow line, and n" better foundation for
road can be found than the solid base of
the hills under which it will run. The
great cost of excavating deep cuts and
tunnels will Be avoided and the great ex-