Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1915-09-05 | Page 64 | Alta-Cottonwoods Mines Make Record

Ir I Cottonwoods Alia-Cottonwoods RI Mines ines Make Record I I r l J. J r. r h t r. 1 4 r. r i i I J i rJ r.- r. 1 J ti 1 I- I rp- rp pI A h NI J i f 1 J If i- i 1 r. r I f I 0 j I i. i 1 5 J 1 rf i r. r Jf f 1 I I z I n J 4 L I I tr i r If s t or JJ pO W 1 n 1 t- t I t J t s 1 t dp F f I 1 J i t. t j j IO 1 I t rw 14 I Y fP Woh t IV J E t I- I r. 5 I 1 it f. f L I W If 1 r. r V 1 o t r 4 f T i. i r. r 1 1 SI r i F r I JV to r. Pr Ti l n to t r ro I ri 7 1 7 10 r o t 4 M 11 r I. I i i il r t J ti lo 1 H 1 S fr 1 r r r Dt m v c r t i Ji t 1 J. J 7 rr t I J 1 Ij tf J 1 i I. I r l J r j 1 t. t t l M r k rf a f 4 t. t r. i a II t 11 1 t Ir i it r l iu Ii 1 r J f I t I ir rA I Ji TI t I. I I tl t 1 iI L' L N i r. r J. J i 1 10 4 1 i t J 1 View in Alta Beginning with the tho discovery In 1869 1861 of the tho Emma mine h by Shanks Woodman Woodman Wood Wood- man a period of or mining activity was begun beg in the areas arca near the crest of oC the Wasatch mountains a a. few miles from Salt Lako L-ako City known as as' as the Cot Alta districts that lasted until after the tho of oC silver sll In 1573 Other periods of oC activity have havo occurred since then but the they were spasmodic and failed to result In the development of oC tho mines except to comparatively shallow depths In the theold theold old days das pr practically all the tho development was through shafts ts and In the formations formations forma forma- near the surface where the char char- actor of or tho the ores found was such that could be he easl easily treated b by the tho Immature immature Imma imma- ture smelting smelting- processes of oC the time Sulphide ores were practically worthless worthless worthless worth worth- I less because methods for economically extracting the values vero were ered For this reason largely largel thou though h the tho existence of or the sulphide ores a at t depth was known extensive deep no- no do of oC the mineralized areas aleas wa was s not attempted Some great records were made b by the early day ay producers and common t places the tho aggregate ato of oC tho the mineral I wealth extracted from tho the old time e mines at