Show SOME GOOD ASSAYS Cottonwood Properties Show Up In Excellent Shape EIGHTY MEN NOW AT WORK DEVELOPMENT YORK PROGRESSING PROGRESS-ING OV AIL PROPERTIES Rumor That J n Wallccr Jr Ins Leased u Titn c Property BIUIS ford Wants to Be Postmaster Conference with Railway Officials to Be Held Today District Meet inn at 13 Ocloclc Tomorron Sale of Real Estate Keeps Up General 1ewH from tIle Here Gold Camp Numerous attempts have been made i r in certain quarters to decry the merit I of the recent gold discoveries in Big and Little Cottonwood but despite all these those Interested still continue to expend money in development work At this writing 80 men are working for wages upon the various claims be ween Biff and Little Cottonwood canyons can-yons while at least as many more are laboring In their own interests The Gold Hill people have six men employed in their tunnel and are pushing push-ing matters as rapidly as possible three men are employed i the Blue Jay the owners of the Elk have five at work the Keystone four the Thomas group seven the Stewart eight the Lost Chance four the Dip per group three the Hllpert company three Pate Bros Mack five Little Willow two and the Cottonwood Gold Reservoir and Discovery company ten Results of assays made within the last two or three days have been of avery a-very gratifying nature and the figures fig-ures are such as t cause the owners to exult not only at their own good fortune but over those who have decried de-cried the camp because no three story brick buildings have been erected or expensive hoisting works built Seven certificates of assay from the Lat Chance group which I owned by Friedel Bros J F Ledbetter Herbert Slade and Nick Schmlthroth ran from 513 65 to 326 in gold with a trace of silver ver and a small per centage of copper Six from the Dipper group owned by Evans Bros ran from 780 to 1020 Two from the Hilpert group taken from the top gave 54 The Little Willow ran 865 Gus Holmes claim The Lucky Boy In Big Cotonwood was sampled yesterday terday the certificate showing 12 OS in < gold This last was from asasys taken from the surface croppings 5 surace Messrs Stewart Hamm Holmes have eight men on the Stewart group opening up the vein This property Is 3000 feet east of and above Gold Hill There are nine claims in the group Old miners who have been on the ground say that in their opinion the moiher vein is higher up than the Gold Hill property and it is with a view to demonstrating the accuracy of this hypothesis that this work is being pushed The tunnel on the May Mack is In about 70 feet and the owners claim a big vein of low grade ore WhiCh runs according to samples from 230 to 25 They are crosscutting now and will sank a shaft soon Eight feet of tunnel has been done on the Little Willow and the results justify pushing operations Draper parties report a discovery In that neighborhood the ledge cropping out distinctly for over twenty feet 1 The ore is low grade and averages about 54 The snow Is going off fast and while the hills are somewhat muddy still prospecting Is comparatively easy There is a great deal of available ground left and prospectors are locating lo-cating it very rapidly I was reported last night that J R Walker jr had secured a lease and bond upon n group south of BIg Cottonwood for 520000 but no particulars particul-ars were available Merchant Bassford was in the city last night with a numerouslysigned petition for the establishment of a postofflce with himself as postmaster which will be presented to Governor West and Secretary Richards for their approval today and then forwarded to Washington A conference with Rio Grande West era officials with a view of securing daily train service from Salt Lake Gold City will be held Lkepf proposed to ask the company to tn an engine and combination car down in the morning and back in the evening even-ing The depot can be located on the southwest corner of the townsite about onehalf mile from the business center I is believed that sufficient inducements induce-ments can be offered to secure this service Tomorrow at 12 oclock the meeting for district organization will be held at Gold City and this vexatious question ques-tion finally disposed of Real estate matters continue active fortythree lots In the townsite having been disposed of Letters of Inquiry were received yesterday terday from Denver Wymore Neb Topeka Pawnee Rock and Atchison Kan Red Wing Minn Newark N J and New York City All want Information Infor-mation regarding the gold fields |