Show lORE OR ORE DEVELOPMENT IN ALTA AETA Al TA IS VERY ENCOURAGING I NO NOW This year has been very ver eventful In Inthe tho the history o of mining In tho the Alta Ala dis tl- tl Several Se eral properties that were we're known to contain rich oro ore 11 deposits pots and have been lying dormant for years yeura have havo been Leen ro ro- Tho rho result has hiS b boon been cn that u a 1 considerable considerable con con- amount of high gra grade e ore oro hn ha has been exposed on Hov r l o of the prop and within n IL t short lm time there will be more than one ono I olg lg producer r from that section Becton of or the tho state The most interesting proposition at this time in that section is Columbus Cn Consolidated Consoli- Consoli ol dated date and all al eyes are ruo centered on the development work that is being carried on in tho raise from the tho tunnel Th The management has be been n at work on this portion of the property for months but has been Interrupted so ran many times by bywater bywater water and soft sort ground that progress has been slow alow flow Only a low few ow days ago alO Manager Manager Man Man- a ager er Jacobson was asked d to give out outa a D statement re regarding the tho property and ho he said that they had only a n few feet fet fetto to go to set got Into tho contact between n the whito and black black lime and nd at that point pint tho they expected to get time tho main ore bod body This morning tho report reached the tho exchange e that the strike had been made mado and that it I was a large body of hl high h hIrdo grado ore which was as ilch mich as the thc first frt big deposit opened up several se years car ago alo and from which tho the company paid dividends dividends divi divi- of more than There was wasa a bl big scramble for tho shares ac nc a a re result re re- suIt sult and the tho buying orders were o he heavy that a few of or tho the brokers rs tumbled over one another In an effort efort to get Jet the stock that camo caine caro out Manager r Jacobson was found at the company offices and s said ld that h ho had just returned from the mine He refused to make mako a statement Cr or the public saying that he ho preferred to l let t shareholders visit the tho property and see fea for toC themselves what they had He Ho did not deny that they had made a a fn fine strike but said that he preferred to out nothing as thero there had been so many erroneous Impre impressions go out as aa a a. 0 re result no- no r. r suIt sult of statements emanated from rom tho the com company pan offices that he thought It tho the best policy for those who arc are interested In Interested In- In in the tho property to mal make c their own investigations and draw their own conclusions |