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Show LETTER FROM LITTLE COTTONWOOD. COTTON-WOOD. And Mining Summary lor t lie M eett l utliu; Aug. 3tt. Al-T.V, S.pt.S, 1S73. The past week has been an enlivening enliven-ing one for tlie merchants and business busi-ness men of Alia. Sundry debtors have abscinded, leaving bills uulhUi-dated. uulhUi-dated. Tlie4se same del 'tors have necessitated ne-cessitated the traveling of constables, the use of the telegr.iph, and ether little items winch havo re'svuted in-nothing in-nothing to the enditorn thus far, ex- CCt CeJstS. The skies are bright and clear; the weather is cool and" delightful; overcoats over-coats arc comfortable during the evening; and ye citizens of Alia can repose comfortably under two pairs of blankets at night. Tlie mining prospects of the camp are favorable. The prominent mines arc producing ores largely, while new mines arc making preparations lor shipping. Among one of the most prominent and promising mines of Little Cottonwood Cotton-wood is the Oxford and Ueucva, located lo-cated on the southwestern slope of Peruvian Hill by C. M. Brough, the Oxford being located July 7, 1671, and the Geneva July IS, 1S71. Tlie property prop-erty was sold by 0. M. Brough to J. B. Scott, of Detroit, Michigan, Michi-gan, the latter gentleman incorporating in-corporating it in Detroit for $o00,- uuu, Willi J. ii. bcoa as its executive execu-tive ollicer and D. C. Holbrook, a prominent lawyer of Detroit as Treasurer. Treas-urer. The principal developments on the mine have been made since the tirst of May.' The discovery shaft on the Oxford has been sunk to a depth of forty feet. On the Geneva an incline has .been run a distance of thirty-five feet. A tunnel has been run 102 feet, commencing com-mencing 170 feet in a south-west direction from the Oxford shall. Twenty leet from the mouth of the tunnel, a shaft has been run, at an angle of seventy degrees, to a distance of loO feet. The vein is not lost at any point in the shaft, and shows an average width of about twenty inches. There is an air shaft from the mouth of this discovery shaft to the surface, thirty-five feet, making the depth ltw feet. From the aha ft east, a ehift has been run seventy-five feet, on galena carbonate ores, varying in width lrom three to live feet. Two cross-cuts have been driven respectively respec-tively fifty-three- and forty-five feet in length, cutting a feeder to the main vein carrying chloride ore exclusively, and varying in width from ten inches to tliree and a half feet. The west drift has been run twenty-rive leet on ore averaging live feet in width, of carbonate and galena. From the lower, or one htmdred and fifty foot level, preparations aro being made for raising up and sloping out the ore. The mine is well worked, and timbers are now being put in the lower levels. The amount of ore on the dump has been measured and estimated es-timated at lour hundred tons, the average assay value of which is said to be SOS per ton. A road is being constructed to the mine, which will be completed by the 10th inst., for the purpose of transporting the ores. The ore is being sacked ready for shipment, and we soon expect to chronicle shipments from the Oxford and Geneva. Our friends in Detroit are to be congratulated upon the possession of one of the finest properties in Little Cottonwood. One of the notablo prospects on Emma Hill is the Murphy lode, located loca-ted August 1st, 1&72. ft is east of the Euima, about fifty feet from their patent line, and is developed by two inclines " and two shifts. Incline number one runs to a distance of thirl feet, following tho vein. The second incline is sunk forty feet, but is now fccloscd. The discovery shaft is sunk to a depth of thirty feet north, east twenty feet. Another shaft has been sunk twenty-five twenty-five feet. Nothing of value was discovered dis-covered in the Murphy lode until last week, when a vein of ore about three feet in width was revealed on the north side of incline number one. The ore is of high grade, and the owners arc indulging in great expectations expect-ations of wealth. The Flagstaff mine has shipped its usual quota of 100 tons per day. Humor Hu-mor has it that it will reduce its shipments ship-ments this present week. Keports about the mine are encouraging. The Vallejo shipped about forty tons for the week. The Emma mine has raised its figure, the shipments for the week amounting to 140 tons. The Winsor group shipped about forty tons per day. The Highland Chief shipped five tons per day. It is not probable that either of those mines will increase their shipments this season. The Davenport mine still continues to ship largely, averaging for the week fourteen tons a day. The Grizzly is making preparations for shipping. The Wellington mine has shipped six tons a day. The property is re-r ported as looking well and it is expected ex-pected that we can-soon chronicle an increase of shipments. A petition generally signed by .our most proniinent.citiuMM-'hasbccn sent Jutlio County Court of Salt Lake county, to reimburse Alex Bern ay for money expended by him on the road between this place and Granite. As the citizens of Alta pay a large tax into the coffers of this county, it is no more than just Hint Mr. Bernay should be reimbursed and that some of the county money be expended on the road between here and Granite. The people of Alia should receive some benefit, if the county authorities authori-ties tax their property. The amount that has been received from this little city is no light one, Alte'HinALD. |