Lady's Life on a Farm in Manitoba — 27 - Letter 27

August 22. Before leaving Denver we went to a gunsmith and invested in a fishing-rod and numberless flies, with which we intend to do great execution.

We also went to the exhibition, opened a month ago and still unfinished; one of the leading men, to whom we had a letter of introduction, showed us everything.

It is chiefly interesting to miners, as the display of minerals from Western America is unrivalled.

There seemed, in the specimens, enough gold and silver to make us rich for ever; unfortunately our ignorance on the subject of ore is too great to thoroughly appreciate it.

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