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Show LITTLE COTTON WOOD J Tunnel LoetloiiJ. An Incorporated : toiu,iny.-Jlc iM.eoverl. Our iOiJlUcm. Cliin;Juiiiug, lc. i Central City, June 3rd, 1871. j I Editors llrahl: j I have before written you oi tunnel ' 'locations made along the mineral belt j in which the Kmma mine is situated,' land 1 saw iu your paper of yesterday a ( luuti.-e of the incorporation at bait, ! Lake Citv of the '"Little Cottonwood 'Tunnel, Millinei Mining Company. I'i'his tunnel claim joins the Kmui- up-lon up-lon the north, and the tunm'l i to com-I com-I mence immediately ov tlie north end ( oftheEmmaCo)'y8 tunnel, and i i run thence nriy due north in the exact ex-act diren of the Savage abaft, the jcoilJ11Iy n:ive two surface locations, called the "(.treat Basin" ledges fco sj 1 and '1, which run transversely with I the tunnel and will bo cut by it, and they confidently expect (and there is; reason for their confidence) to en-1 counter in the course of the tunnel: valuable ore deposits of which there are no surface indications. Tho locality of the ground claimed by this company! gives strong assurance that they will be successful, as it lies directjy between j two paying mines, tho Emma andj Savage, and the formation is even, un-! broken by any disruption of earth and rock that would be likely to ungear the general course of the miuerul deposit. TL'NNEIj RIO UTS Hero, as in other localities, include the right to all mines located upon the surfaco by a company owning the tunnel, tun-nel, with the right to all blind lodes or deposits struck in the course of it; but docs not, 'of course, include the title to a lode located upon the surface and owned by other parties, which may be cut by the tunnel. In these mountains, where they are very steep, and at localities where ore deposits are known to exist, tunneling is in many instances the cheapest and most effective mode of prospecting. : . i . THE SOUTH SIDE Of THE CANON On the slope of the American Fork divide, and immediately opposite this town, is exciting considerable attention j because of a recent mineral discovery. ! Last summer from this locality a quantity quan-tity of rich ores were shipped from two mines, the Caledonias, and a number num-ber of locations were made, but remained re-mained undeveloped. . Within a few days tho "Boatman"- mine has been located in that vicinity, and the prospect pros-pect as far as developed shows splendid ore in paying quantuy,with a continued enlargement of the deposit. This mine is being vigorously sunk upon. It lies just above tho granite wall, which incloses upon the western side the whole of this vast mineral belt in all of the cauons. No better place to prospect can be found than along the lino where this mineral belt abuts against this wall of granite, and this line maintains an almost even distance from tho mouths of tho canons and runs nearly due north and south. . . OUR POPULATION - . I Numbers perhaps! five hundred, scat-' tercd throughout the district. I had often heard it spoken of at other; places as rather rough, a mistake which I ' take pleasure in cor-1 rcetinff, for I uovcr was in a more orderly or well behaved miutng camp. With the exception of au outrage in the shape of demolishing a shanty a few nights ago, and a few insignificant disputes about town lots, nothing has occurred since I have been here to disturb tho harmony even of a camp-meeting. camp-meeting. With a majority of our citizens, citi-zens, claim-jumping is at a discount looked upon as mischievous and wrong, and even criminal unless the property jumped is clearly abandoned. The man WilO JUmpa uu cqullalJle ilglfCHOlU" in good faith, upon the pretence of a technical legal flaw in it, would, if unrestrained un-restrained by statute law, jump the money in his fellow's pocket. Still we have one huge law suit on hand, and ' several others brewing, but this state of affairs seems unavoidably to follow all rich mineral discoveries, and is chiefly the result of an absurd system " of making mining locations. Yours, Wasatch. |
