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Show Prosperous Times i Surely Domini Alta's Boom Will Creep Over the HIkJ Many Preparing to Do KxtenslviJ Development Work Others Are I Producing Good Ore 'ovv. 1 - ii Tho greatest activity In any minium camp In tho stato at present Is In theJ Altn district. Almost dally thero nr& reports of rich Btrlkcs, nnd of men vhcj go to bed poor, awakening In jhol morning rich men. Altn is Just ovore the hill from American Fork canyons and prominent mining men say thaw tho great activity nt tho head of ,thM cottonwoods Is suro to add n reflected! light to the American Fork dlBtrlouI Indications point to the grcafjcsM activity In tho canyon this season that) has been experienced In yenrs. hl week expert engineers have vlaitedl tho Bay State at tho head of tho (jaul yon, and tho Intcrstnto mine owned by tho Stewarts In Dejr Crook, In both ensea tho most flattering rcportiM were given. As a result a forco ofj miners havo been put to work bn thci Interstate, nnd deorgo Tyler and several sev-eral other miners this week commenci cd running a tunnel to tap tho Rny Stato vein. Ho expected to get the vein In fifty feet, but present lndlcai tions aro that ho will get It much sooner. "h Tho Wild Brothers came down this week but will return within tho- next fow days. They report their strike In tho Dutchman holding out weR( and aro still sacking oro. Tho strike Is now confined botweon (ieflnlt6-walB and going down strong. So coufld?! nVo they ot Its permanency that ihiy-have ihiy-have started a tunnel down tho hlll which will Intersect the vein nVjv depth of about CO feet, when It"4'ljv 140 feci. ThK will facllltatotti'cm greatly In extrnct)ngtho -ore.jK J Johnson Brothers "are pegglng-'ayajh and send down rcports'that thc jwlU soon havo ore. . uKj. Tho Old Pacific Is still in nlgfcfr hard rock in the' quarUIte, butjyp making good progress. IfCs Reports nro thai a big unaoL'Mfe pany will bo fonncdihnt byJifiHr 2,000 feet will tapjnany'projBi )vn nd'un'waler . much JiH3 ". V.-.yv A vr if j "i i'Ii iFnTT pronTabTHooranaeTOWfiS? dltlons. It Is pointed out that the water thus obtained would probably pay for one-halt of tho tunnel's ox-ponse. ox-ponse. Iko Wadloy Ib reported to lmvo n good shipment ready, only awnltlug the molting of tho snow to get It out. Teams this week went ns fur as ! i' ii i.i - tho Dutchmnu nnd sny that tho snow Is nil gone from the roads, but the j roads aro badly In need of someone M to roll tho boulders to ono side. M |