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Show LETTER FROM LITTLE COT- ? TONWOOD. J Sjieeiil C'urreBiioniicnco uf thu Heisalu.! IVintcr-Worklng lii Hit flllue- Tbe 1 Wellington, Frederic and Crown 1 lrlnc jUluri : IlBCellancoim Ntwi 1 Items, tlic .Small l'oi, ttc. j f'KNTIt.Afj ClTV, Oct. 1th, 1S71. 1 The preparations which are being i :nadc both in Big and Little Cotton- wood districts, 'or continuing work ;) jpon the mines during tho coming R'inler, prove the confidence of owners Q in the mines of these districts, and j uitfur a busy season next spring. Some Q Jillicnlty will be experienced in kecp-,ng kecp-,ng the canon roads open this winter, ;ut enough will be done to demon- itrate tho easy and cheap practicability jf keeping them open during the c ivintc-r mouth?; and tho nightmare of 1 -ix months idleness in working mines, l Miiscd by heavy snow falls, will be 1 il'tcd from the future development of J this region. Among the mines of ihis district of winch I havo not here- i lofbre made mention, but which are ihav entitled to rank among the best, is e THE WEi.UNfJTON, jj Dwued by Messrs. Young A Sou, su- t icrinteiided by iNlr. S. B. Pierce, and j. ccatcd high up on the divide between this canon and American Pork. This 0 luinc is opeued by an incline which has s .idip of forty-live degrees and is at L. present seventy-five feet in length. At j i depth of sixty feet a drift has been run southerly along the lode for a dis- v :ance of forty feet, and this drift shows inc ore at the top, bottom and ou both I ;ides. There arc 100 tons of ore on s .ho dump and Hh) tons have been sold. t'lm nrwnt nwnAr. nl' lino ...inn l.fwl it ' bonded to them, and took it at the bonded price, and it is well worthy of the reputation which it has had for iouietimo on the "Salt Lake Stock Exchange" In the same category of mjnes arc THE FRKDEIUO AND CilOWN i'HINCE, Located by the Ilarkncss Bro's, 1,000 o,.t. nnli in -Ttunt. nn,l rnntUr nll to a Pittsburg company for tho sum of $j0,000. These mines arc situated at the extreme southerly end of tho great Euiuia mineral belt, near tho granite gran-ite formation that walls iu this immense mineral deposit on the west. Tho ores arc principally carbonates, carbon-ates, large in quantity, and assaying from $00 to $100 in silver per ton and 00 per cent, in lead. Mr. Martin K. Ilarkncss is tho acting superintendent, and he has made ample preparations for vigorous work during the winter, it being tho intention of tho company to ship their ores to Pittsburg, JPa., for reduction. Northerly from tho Emuia, and below the Davenport, is the FLORENCE MtNH, Recently purchased by J. K. Oilman & Co., at tho exceedingly low prico of $1,000, Tho shaft, of this mine is only down twenty feet upon a nine foot vein, seamed with fine galena, oarbon-ate oarbon-ate and chloride ores, and from this shaft a drift has been run fifteen feet through nearly solid oro. This mine is owned by Harkness & Co., who have already prepared for winter work. -MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. The Eraiua mine employs forty men and ships fifteen tons of ore daily. The shaft from tho tunnel is down seventy sev-enty football tho way through ore. The l'agstaJT is yielding a large amount of ore which is shipped as fast as it reaches the bottom of the tramway. tram-way. The Montezuma and Savago are sleeping, and have been for a long time: waitine- fo ho wL-rrl nn it tunnel. The various tunnel companies are racing night and day for the common goal, the Comstock of Utah. Much work is being done upon mines as yet unknown to famo. Mr. Crccnaway, the foreman of tho Richmond mino, who was so badly wounded by being struck with a rolling stone, is easier but not yet out of danger. Mr. Elliott, the small-pox patient is convalescent. Loosened boulders frequently start down these steep declivities on the rampogo, and prospectors and miners are necessitated to keep a sharp lookout. look-out. All is quiet and a lull exists in the musie of exploding sis-shooters. Yours, Wasatch. |