Show I HE RIITCH J H IMTfi AiTA t tense Rivalry Over Long Neglected Offerings ANY BARGAINS YET REMAIN mma and Flagstaff Now Un dor Examination enp Power and Economic Equipment Equip-ment Provided Por Stage Lines in Possession of the Roads ITRIDTNE SPECIAL Aita Sept 2 While at Intervals fleA boom days this old camp has pn uncomfortably near l the shores of KIon Il Is doubtful if at any point long the Wasatehs mineralbearing lorlzon long neglected opportunities Ire bolng more eagerly embraced or inre intelligently exploited Alta in 01 has awakened to new IIfethc 111h is i on A year ago its population had been diiced to ICES than a hundred > ol IsO Is-O l its payrolls reveal the nros nce is five times that number with li W faces appearing on the lines of Ire dallj Two stage lines are mak I hg as nuiny trips dally between the Mains bl low and the peaks up here Jnd theiv is reason to suspect that the nPI r of tho tramway idle at present 11 that a loose I on it to exceed a year pas refused IK getting uneasy as it llouly Contemplates I the dimes ando and-o < lar < that are being tucked away by Jtttcdrlver and freighter and that its oiling stock will be put in motion In Ihort time III addition to the tray ller wio is entering by stage are those loming by private conveyance or Mounted and the rush is on The sol ary store conducted by John C Still dl who also serves the camp as its ostmastor is doing a landofTice bus aes whilf the oldtimer who has for quarter of a century held on and cited for the recovery is reaching Irom his stormrent cabin to rake In a lot of gold or two that has finally re larded his patience Not in thirty oan Indeed his the bargain counter pcn < d to such an army of customers nd while transfers are being almost lly rpcordod the struggle for a foot fiold still goes on While one element tiling its money on the counter I nd making Its acquisitions by pur hast another element equally alert Is Mouring for fractions nnd other Irrrltojy upon which the locator 1 has IlIJQd to coinply with the renuirements Ii law AHa Is going to boom no matter how jepugnunt the conditions may be to the nor conservative And why not Cer Jainly natural conditions up here are is favorable to economic mining to roductiven and to permanency as ire they iihin the average camp and hat the backs of capital JHc been so ong turned upon its offerings is some Thing that will ever astound The amp has had Its misfortunes hut none lo permanently discredit Its merits as l mineralbearing region There bel rinG was in olemont of scandal I perhaps in the nllrmiti > s to which the old Emma nine succumbed after Its storehouses iad lNfl bereft of ores oC the t value of loOnOln or more but that was to the ll crpdil of man and len this is rui inlttod the critics gamut is run DIE ippointmenls there have been up here ljut not to exceed disappointments hat have forced theniFclves upon the vhronology of the average mining inp and certainly lone so serious hat i cannot be overcome by methods lOW within the easy and Inexpensive i pruh of capital This will he demon IratPd ilhln the next twelve months C but n small percentage of that vhkli Is now projected for its relief hal be made to fructify Its ledges productive of many fortunes while the oots of the pine and cedar were ben be-n liikled by those of boom days have betrayed no sign of decadence Vhere ilnoril 1 was exposed within them atm at-m earlier period it is visible today The longevity of no one of them has heen Mtl out nor is there aught to jndlrnie other than that the lifetime of 1 ledge at Alta shall correspond with that of ledges just over the crest of the hlvldp and in the heart 0 Park CUv f the many that poke their gnarled moses above the ground not one has been fathomed to si vertical depth ex l ceding HOO feet and at this depth for which the student ant the new goner jUIon now taking possession of the k mp Is Indebted to the company own Jmg the old Emma whose candles were fouled so long ago and whose owners have since rejected n dozen or more propositions poking to Us I reclamation the IfdLPE are as strong as they are ljboe OldDiners assure you that tho liSmnri with its I multimillion dollar Irecord is but a virgin yet and recent Investigations by esnert talent would p Im to verify him Then there Is the lUlagnuff of whlih it Is said that no less than 312000000 wan derived from Its I output of trgentlferouslead ore although a shot has never been put off lln it i 11 I a depth greater than COO 00 Iwhllr OIl Valejo which has never been out of ore continues to go to market with its metals TJiese are but n few examples of the enormous wealth with vvhlih the old camp is endowed and while many millions have poured through the narrow canyon and Into the lap o the 1 world without i there Is every aspurance ihat past achieve meats shall be overwhelmed by the output of the future Thrice have the structures of the old town from log cabin to the most powerful equipment employpd in the operation of the mines been leduopd to splinters and Alta with its I dwellings 1 and business houses blotted out by the merciless rHde of enow that heaps itself upon the moun Italn sides but in these tragedies that maimed some lives to be sure no vital interest beneath the rugged hit face was ever Involved The sources I of the camps great wealth have remained re-mained during all these vicissitudes above undisturbed and it is with these enduring assets that the new era up here has begun Everybody conversant with the annals an-nals of the camp knows that primarily primar-ily the decline from which It Is now rallying was caused by 1 the decline In the price of the while metal this aggravated aggra-vated in ii measure perhaps by the expense ex-pense of delivering the ores to the smelters the trouble and the cost of getting supplies Into camp There was a tramway to be sure from the cavernous caver-nous mouth of Little Cottonwood canyon can-yon to some of the ore bins up here but the tariff sheet was hung so high that only the man in the moon and a few or the more favored were capable of reaching It Then water exacted in the mines its tolls and so it was that a former generation turned the key In Its door and permitted a camp of which naught but words of commendation can be uttered to go to grassto awalt indeed in-deed the arrival ot a new generation I The wait has been a long one at periods distressing yerhaps but the new blood Is up here ant 0 transformation transforma-tion that cannot but thrill the oldtimer has begun Already it Is gushing through not a few of the veins at others It Is seeking an opening The reawakening at Alta the rejuvenation of old ledges and the development o unexpected territory hag begun at the point where it should The fundamental elTort has been in the direction of cheaper power power with which to provide for transportation while supplying sup-plying the needs of the mine and for this nature In the streams and waters that have been long wustng their unbridled un-bridled energies has made ample provision pro-vision Tony Jackson among the first of the younger generation I to embrace the neglected offerings of the old camp recognized this and already work has begun under his direction that hal compel the waters to afford the required re-quired energy With an electric plant In the trough of the canyon and with the water necessary to generate GOO horsepower at > he lowest point In the seasons ebb lie proposes to meet every requirement from the Illumination of I he 1 town to supplying the mechanical needs of tho various mines This Is no ideality On the contrary work on the Inaugurated power plant has been actively augurated the streams arc being systematically sys-tematically harnessed up and before another year shall have passed the camp will have light to burn and energy en-ergy with which to comprehend every need At present the consumer at the more accessible 0 the locations up here Is required lo shell out 10 for the bare transportation of a ton of coal through the canyon Its equivalent In electrical energy will Incur an outlay I of but few cents nor Is this but one 10f sev jial projects that shall revolutionize I revolu-tionize conditions up here To the economic handling of the camps ores t concentration Is as essential hero as is I it t the bonanzas o Park City and while the average miner shudders at the undertaking in the absence of a big balance to his credit the requirement must be met Already is it being hourly demonstrated In the tiny but euicient plant on the Columbus Con which is at the head of the pioccsslon that concentration con-centration is the thIng and that equipped for it the great volume oC milling ore which has been languishing languish-ing beneath the surface may be made n source of enormous revenue If not of exhaustless breadmoney as Is it at the mines of the neighboring camp At all events the management o the Columbus Colum-bus Con has undertaken the demonstration in operation stration the jiggers now to be replaced by I an adult plant up here within the next twelve months the power with which to operate It toe to-e derived from the electric plant which will be hurried to earliest completion possible To justify it in these undertakings under-takings that shall entail an outlay exceeding ex-ceeding 100000 perhaps are art bodies bod-ies In the Columbus that according to fon = ervatle measurements show 0 valuation amounting to over 1000000 ant yet the campaign of development within Its lodges and along its contact has but commenced Indeed it Is to the success with which the development of the Columbus has been prosecuted that the cam > Is indebted for the activity now visible at so many points and that cannot but restore Alta to its former position within the diggings ot the Stale And just as much has been projected pro-jected by neighboring companies for the reduction of a similar class of ore of which large tonnages have been placed upon the dumps and opened up vUhln the mines At the Grizzly the Liivlnla and others now Included within with-in the Continental Alta companys domain do-main concentration i1 i to be employed and In the event that negotiations that shah reclaim the old JSmma and Flagstaff Flag-staff mines succeed there Is no doubt around here that they will be similarly equipped Equally as much may be said ol the old Valejo the Albion and a cluster or others at which the milling mill-ing ores have accumulated while the management has sought the smellur with those oC bettor I quality and as many mills should be In operation up here two years hence as are In commission I commis-sion at Park City just over the range today The class of talent t the experience and the wealth with which the reclam ation of the old mines and the revival ant rcIal of these diggings has begun cannot fOI tel oilier than the most gratifying results oml while the early gmtfylng departed with or ban an option on some r the more prominent offerings an inventory of the camp reveals the presence of many bargains yet un claimed Not that they mire tItilout customers for the woods are wlhout them but that owners ful OWlcrs now the struggle for a foothold is so zealous are Inclined to spar I for bigger figures than 1 those placed upon their holdings a Ie iT1118 ago Notwithstanding this the Investor Is hardly Justified in In accusing the Micawbcrs of putting ex cessive valuations on their ground for as a rule It is gifted with a well de filled ledge If the goods I arc not t in I sight and an ready with economic equip ment to come upon the market New buildings the Incoming of supplies and the loading up o the magazines are nil premonitory of a campaign of winter work up here as vigorous as that which has IrorousI charcterlzcd time > period beginning l with the departure of the frost king l last May or thereabouts and the various Interests cooperating as Is now pivtty well ass 1 coopertlnf laII ship should be experienced In keeping the road between camp and eeplnG icy l connections open throughout the year Indeed the traffic trtlc passenger IsengCl and freight ought from this time be sufficient to Justify the owner of the tramway In Its continuous operation At all events those operaton al tlole who ase under l C taken the rehabilitation of the camp are entitled to this much of an effort from this source as upfreight at present pres-ent tariffs must ultimately become an Hem of distress Of course no one here doubts that the tramway will wake up to claim Its share o the revenues 1 few months hence but a good many repairs are needed and to this work the weather is now most favorable J Is said up here that the owner of the tramway is waiting on the result of negotiations looking to a change In the t ownership of the t Emma and Flagstaff Flag-staff the consummation of which dicker appears to be quite likely I Is to that end that their ledges are being be-ing sampled by expert talent at this hour and while as is pleaded I maybe may-be indiscreet to exploit the personality I of those behind the deal at this time the syndicate Is one that cannot but Inspire additional conJldence in the camp the old mines and its prospects George Gimn the field representative for the American Smelting and Refining 101 llng ant ing company Is directing the examination examina-tion t o the old producers and as the assumption as-sumption that he Is retained by the I Guggenheim Exploration company is a cheerful one it can harm nobody to permit it to go unchallenged although 31 Gunn himself declines to talk for publication In the zeal with which work has been inaugurated on the prospects equally as much interest is manlfcstel ant without going into details de-tails at this time it can he said that a chapter of most encouraging disclosures dis-closures have been made In the new openings and In locations hitherto undeveloped un-developed While in former years the bullion record in the camp was reared upon > the silver the lead and the gold contained con-tained In its ores the red metal is I at present claiming attention and Is attaining at-taining a prominence more pronounced I pro-nounced than was it at Bln ham at a corresponding I period In the regions development and during a transformation transforma-tion which has placed It among the foremost of the camps of copper There is nothing unusual up here in the occurrence of an ore that affords as much as 15 per cent copper with the argentiferous contents exceeding those of the average camp and gold enough to pay for mining and that the lead will be entirely replaced by l the red metal as depth is attained Is a conclusion con-clusion at which the entire camp has arrived Examples of this are numerous numer-ous and not a mine nor a prospect Is there In AHa today thai has not Its element If not a commercial percentage percent-age of copper in Us roe There is a market for all the metals however and between them the miner In the rush now being experienced up here is expressing no preference |