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Show 1 WKSTKRN MINING GAZKTTKKR. bet ween us and Alta and between the Finest a IV and Jupiter wert to be surmountedH 'Flic tlcscindin sun was obscured MUsUtu gttinint) (SazctUcv, VDL IS II ED WEEK E lr. snow-lade- DKYOTKD TO o 1. 1) : Nl) SI A LV 11 31 1 I 3 ii ' I Iilniin. .i. Dami.sin. II. Uvii:. '1 l'nrK. Nrv Yurk. r.M.. C. !iii:ui:i I'llv. li!:ilm. S M. li; iThN'iii !. .V ( ii., 37 Park Mw. N'W Y"k. rict . Iilalm. T. II. Il.niirM. (ia.i . Wi.inl Itiw-- I !! .1. Ci.am. lii Oku I, ll'i.vi 1. 1. ,v Co. l'i Sjini-- Stro, Xiv S M. lV.ri i'vsi.i. V (.'ii., N't. W Stale S'rvi't, Hwslon K. Mn.i.iii A On.. IJ.ium . Triliane lmilcli iivr. Cliicsii'o. CiiAi.i.t Sa:V I .; V. Cham:. li.ieiii i 1'iilicliiir. San KrancSen. (Maui I'liil'ii. '. W Avi:i: A Son, Tiltin' llisiiili' i: cue Clu stunt Mil hi 'I tit Y-ir- -it niri,'iiK,r ilin fii'ir Issues A' vKitiiBiis will ile:i i;:i:;... i. S, ;; fnl jio-iai- : re rniicd one nnurli. $.5 per annum ; all other Slates aiiil C:ii::iil;i. its adMiliee. lj. a ; Are Orilrr. Pank lira ft or ISeistereil sli.mM l.e niai.e In Ii'irviriA'i iaiijl'le to .Maiik. Y. 'liiM.KovK. C m '!I'mi at;hn in ivL'nnl to the Mining or Minins' ol Ores solicited. old-tim- I'.isl-Oflic- e ! Lelli-r- . of new Kiurm: Wim mi: n Minim; ( I ( Mi e.ie nf the line Urt'ilii-cliin itl tin tained iiinirni lii sii viv bird's eye a ii specially 3ors:?j OF A Tit VM I. m!niiigs of ten days ago r we i:! n vi i! i of American Fork ami obof fa'iio'.m mine.-- ami promising pros-i- i the main mail at (liven's Panel:, a lliiv tramp b'n'.ght us mail' tin head of tin tast liram-li if )iar ( i'i'Ix ami i tin immediate neighborhood of til Mi!!iitai I .aiiJrV isiteh King mines. Good on is siiipp:! ts at i !iiail. it I )i ovv;i:i:r iVotii 1 1 1 i i Milkmaid prnduees a siqvra-n Close at liatiil the m in la to of water instead of miik. i v. Mar. i.utlivoii, Murray, ami Happy Boy give prom-isif rightly w oike 1. This mitiin g nip-iof prniitahle m1 wi h oionivof timn r and water. ri v Im Selling lliil v look in up m tli liigh- llu summit of Silver ( l au l mv.i d by th veteran minor, jr.i 'Is Austin mim. .lohu Ti. ra:i. Si.teks of o:. lie up ;t th- dumps, hut, at pivsont. ii itlpr tin clink of llu phk nor tin lioom of tin Mast From the ri is hianl within its suMirrau;in avcmms. liort In rl iv from tin Austin ami lookim; to tin left across lit. ti p is i, s , th ft n ns Silvi't 15 11, with luns of silver ami .V tomtit: of lead proehtims its rielies far ;md near. specly is In the eted. ilih meantim tliis valu sale of jirop rty winter quarters its pres nt owners are preptrini; eomfort-ililami sumtino- tlmms- Ivos in the retlection of th- tens of thousands of dollars to come in as. purchase money. Away to the Mi!lr Hill, with its monster mim ri'jiht is the 1! rular s!iipui-ntof ore from th and aiiemlaut sateliies. Mill-Mine, as well as from its rearward neiltlior the are now the order of the day. stud tin mines of American Fork ireuerallv an awakening to new life and activitv. lioom" arc heard all The snlvitiicinu; waves of she coinin'; alonjr the mineral ramparts of that manitieent mining district. Jlumrrv and weary we passed by the now silent portals of the Live Yankee and sealed the heights on which the Sunday Mine house and the hospitable mansion of Major l5outwcll arc Now that the Major lias donned tin ;reyand the located. writer hereof tin blue, a friendly discussion over a pair of defunct grouse hanirinif in the .Major's larder was proposed, and even oi on v prevented hv the recollection that time and tid-( )ur destination was the mountain top, waited for no man. u mom the irciiros of Hiy; (.ot ton wood and the crarv summit nr n P from tliin.1 mine. although tin 1 1 1 1 1 s i ! . ! ;,( 1 s 1 o c.-- i s i?-- i - 1, ep - - - dump-eovere- d -- s Iitts-l)mL- i. r 1 , n; i, AVTIIOKIZKlI.AC.KN'rS: n.-i- and skirmishing stpuills envelby aniLfiy clouds, oped us as we took up our trusty stair ami climbed up the hciodits. Ihisv hands arc at work on Mineral Flat, seekinjr for p the extension of the rich Silver Bell vein; and they will find it sure. Yc hold on to our hats as we cross the summit into Little ( ot ton wood and descend with exhiliratin weloeity,'1 as Sam Weller used to say, by the deserted and once pmiilie Wellington Mine, where a lw years a;o live persons were killed bv a snow slide. Tito scatterin'; debris of the former boardin': housi remains to tell of the destructive lore of the avalanche. Across th" vallvv in wliicli Alta City rears its Over an endproud minarets lies the renowned Fitima Hill. less wire rope the rich ores of the Jouh Lawrence Company e from tin Vallejo come and n with profitable monotony. White pulls of smoke in tin ravines indicate the whereabouts of powerful machinery that drive multitudinous drills beneath the exhausted surface, chambers of the Fmma and other rcat mines in the hill. The enormous dump of the Flagstad looks lonesome, for the miners have driven, their ex- plorations in ore under and thrnui;li the mountain that overlooks it, and have transfered their activities to tin? head of Day's Fork, on the Bir Cottonwood side, where they are sinkitur a shaft 2i)0 feet to intersect the ore chambers which lie half a milt away from the hole, throurli which they first entered the hill, 'flu Nabob Mine, on the Flast-ilvein, has been lately sold to Fiiu;! islt parties and the coinin'; winter and spring promise renewed activity to Alta City and its emompassinr iuims. Meantime w help digest tin excellent dinner provided bv Landlord Thomas of the Alta Hotel as we scratch over the up tin steep sides of tin Toledo bill, and Swift rolling summit in tin most unceremonious manner. clouds and sharp pellets nf bail follow us in our lonesome way down th quiet S mill Fork of Bi; C ittouwoo.l. The Heed A B 'lisnii Mine house nestles in tint cliffs a thousand feet above tin valley trail, where tin Company's on house is situThe H ed A B ated, at tin termination of tin tramway. tunnel, nowin 1,100 feet, is perfect in all its details and is biii"; slowly run into the mountains. .lust north of the Heed i A Benson, and in the satin formation, an tin Jupiter ComWork is prnjjressino; on the Jupiter in which, pany's mines. after passing tlimub iron rock and quartz carrying gold and silver, in quantities varying from 10 to per ton of ore, a body of sand has been struck. Similar deposits have been found in tin Heed A Unison and in the mines on Fmma Hill, in Little Cottonwood, some two or three miles distant. (Jencrally, good ore lias been found in dost proximity with this sand. ( ).t tin opposite side of tin canyon from the Jupiter are located tin Carbonate, Thor, Brigbt-Poiand other noted mints upon which more or loss of work is progressing. And now, in the face of a drivinj; snow-storwe lace about on our return trip to Alta. Perhaps the dwellers in quiet valleys think it fun to scale the heights of the Wasatch mountains with the snow whirling in one's face and twelve inches deep under loot, with tin cloud-lodense enough to cut into obelisks ami the trail obliterated and lost. Under such circumstances even the perapatetic on sacks in which ones feet an encased are inclined to remain stationary ami assume a reflect ivc altitude. Nevertheless, with much of ground ami lolly tumbling, Alta City ami tin welcome railroad sheds an reached ami in title time tin battered mountain tramp joins the caravan of Conference Saints in the streets of Zion. are-blow- n n-s- nt m, g hee-hawin- g on |