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Show FR0M THE HEIGHTS OF ALTA. Th Camp Nearly Deserted for the Winter Splendid Shipments of . . Ore During the Past Season. Correspondence of the Democrat. ' - Alta, December 3d, 1885. Our little town is nearly deserted. All the women and children have left this dangerous locality, with the exception of Mrs. Grice and her boy. All the New Emma miners are still here, and will remain re-main until Superintendent George Cul-lins Cul-lins closes the mine for the winter. As soon as the mine is closed all the miners will leave Alta and join their families, who are now in places of safety, and Mr. F. H. Grice will close his hotel at the same time, and with his family will join the band in their journey down the canyon. WILL CLOSE DOWN THE NEW EMMA. Your correspondent learned from Superintendent Su-perintendent George Cullins that he will close the New Emma in good season, in order to give his men sufficient time to leave Alta and get out of danger, but if the weather permits he will run to the first of January. This district has done well this season, and we expect more prosperity next year. - the d. a r. g. traffic. The favorite agent of the D. & R. G., John King, Esq., left here last Saturday for your city, after closing all the business of his company and the tramway for this year. , ' We hope he will be re-appointed as the agent of the Alta branch of that road next year. Before his depar- tllrp frfim ha-rn' ' TTrtl-l. ifii..nit1r.nrlnn4 ! obtained the following statement : Since the 16th of last May to the 30th of November, 2,100 tons of ore have been shipped from this district, and 1,400 tons of coal and 500 tons of merchandise were brought in, and 800 tons of ore more were shipped than last year. In conversation with a well-known mining man a few days since, he expressed the belief that this district produced fully thirty percent, more ore last season than the season before. be-fore. THE CITY ROCK AND THE EVERGREEN. Your correspondent also learned from our distinguished friend, L. Colbath, Esq., uiai mere are aDoutjl,uui) tons of ore now in the district ready for shipment. Mr. Colbath is classed among those who have labored and are still laboring for the prosperity pros-perity of the Little Cottonwood mining district, and it is through his management that the City Rock mine is to-day placed among the ore-producing mines of our Territory. .. Superintendent Joseph Smith has done well for the owners of the Evergreen mine. Late last fall he shipped 100 tons of good ore, and is proud of his success. The future prospect of the Evergreen is very bright under the able management of Superintendent Smith. Captain Morrill Mor-rill has done good work on his prospects, which reflects credit on himself and those who are interested with him. OTHER MINING NOTES. Superintendent Martin K. Harkness is i still pushing the Frederick tunnel ahead with success. He has secured the services ser-vices of Mr. Jerome Williams as the foreman fore-man of the works a good selection and the boys are much pleased with their new and gentlemanly boss. Mr. Gunderson, the foreman of the Vallejo mine, is still working that mine with success. The City Rock mine is under the fore-manship fore-manship of Pedro Snyder, appointed by Superintendent Colbath as the successor of Mr. Rielly, resigned. Albert Thomas and Baldy Fritz have fully nreDared thfimsfilwa tn rnrir th Cornet group all winter. Superintendent George Cullins is here looking after, the interest of. the New Emma Company. Our merchant prince and paymaster, H. C. Wallace, returned yesterday from Salt Lake City, and he is ready to pay the boys for the month of November. THE WEATHER. Since the 1st of December the weather has been delightful, there is very little snow in Alta, the hills east of the New j Emma being nearly clear. Had it not been for the early fall of snow many tons of ore would have been shipped from several new first-class prospects discovered discov-ered last summer, but the owners were compelled to stop development on account ac-count of bad weather last November. I ' Hamilcar. |