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Show THE ROUTE TO ALTA. Corrcspondoncoof tho Herald. Alta City, March 7th, 1872. Editors Herald: To all who have a cherished desire to visit Little Cottonwood and its justly celebrated mines, we would hereby volunteer a few suggestions which if acted upon may be wiBe and pro-por. pro-por. In the first place, you proceed to the depot of the Utah Southern railroad and purchase your ticket for Sandy station train leaves at 7 a.m. ; you connect with the stage about 3 a.m. The connections are sure, as Mr. Fairfield, Fair-field, the proprietor of the stage line, will be on the traiD. "He runs" that stage, and it is a safe bet that he doeB no driving until that train arrives at Sandy. Sandy. Sandy is a small suburban town, about twelve miles south of Salt Lake city. It is located on both sides of the track in the midst of a luxur-ant luxur-ant growth of sage-brush and greesc-wood. This promising burg contains about fifteen houses, the population pop-ulation is transient, and we do not propose to give a guess at it. The parties who are not employed by the railroad and freighting companies are engaged in selling"bust-head" whiskey at two bits a drink and if anybody doesn't think it will "bust" them let them try it if they dare. Sandy is not particularly noted for anything unless un-less it may be for a superabundance of fleas and livery stables. It is rapidly rising in renown, in regard to relative rounders who relay restively around this rural rising railroad centre, waiting wait-ing for passengers to induce them to take a drop more of that villianous oompound called whiskey. Our four bays are resthely pawing the sand impatient to be gone. The time is taken up with advantage to the proprietor who insists on collecting his fare in advance. This done we speed over a fine road. There is nothing on the route worthy of mention, until we arrive at the DAVENPORT SMELTER. The location of tho Davenport works is ihe most desirable in this county. They are situated at the moutn of Little Cottonwood canyon, about cne mile east of Granite city, the narrow gauge railroad that is now being be-ing constructed running but one hundred feet south of the office. The furnacos have not been run yet, owing to we don't know what so the population consists of nothing, at present, but an Israelite who has a little store, and the office boy. GRANITE. From the smelter we proceed about one mile up the canyon, and enter the "city of Granite." It is even harder than tho name it bears such a conglomeration of shanties, old stables, and "dug-onts," no one outside out-side of this hard place ever saw. The location is picturesque, situated as it is at the foot of gigantic mountains of granite, that tower above it on either side to the height of at least two thousand thou-sand feet. 2s at are has done an immense im-mense amount for this town-3ite, but its founders spoiled it in building the place. The principal portion of the town is devoted to horse stables, and the manure is thrown into the street where it is mixed with the slush thrown out from the saloons, ; making a most delightful compound. We would re.-pect fully suggest to the inhabitants of that town the propriety of a eoneril clean up before the sun has a chance to make of it a veritable perfume bottle, oxhaltcg anything but otto of rose-'. There is one good hotel kept here by -Ijhn Redding, wherethe traTeier cjd e'Dtain a "square meal." TANNERY VI I.LE. After chanrine hor;cs wespeedover a tir-r r 3 Hi-rarcc of five miles to TVLr.-vn;;'. of w;.ieh lirlp can be said tl-'it coin pi; ti; -itary; in fact we wo-itd rteoxni--tid travelers LO go further that they may fare better. Owing to the deep snow above here tho stage mis no further. THE RAW IliDE TRAIN. Mail and passenger cooDect with the raw bi Je train. The road is tiee for raw hidef, and the mode of locomotion is both novel and agreeable. A!l the l aeeai;e ynu want is a balancing pole and plenty of nerve. Paenen arrive at Alta about two o'clock, which gives them plenty of time to look about them, attend at-tend to their business, and return to Salt Lake the next morning. The stage line under tho management of Bill Fairfield is in good order, and travellers can rely on reaching Aha without delay. The weather is superb, business lively, mines lookinit well, and everybody correspondingly happy. My letter is already loo loi'g for mining min-ing news. AncmnAi.i'3 |