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Show LETTEB FROM LITTLE COTTONWOOD. COT-TONWOOD. The HtUtr.-Shlpmenti of On, (.-ixx'iul Ojireaponilenc of the lltaiLD ) Alta City, April 1st, 1873. L'tl'lors Herald; The weather, that ever recurring ill, uj-. his been variable during the n tsf Aei k in this enterprising burgh. Wc have had long gleams of eunehiue, an occasional gleam of lightning, aud feuvcral very lively little snow storms. Oui mining prospects are flattering, and the developments are daily grow-iug grow-iug bettor. Tne Beaton's work is not yet inaujOiated. as most of the mines which closed work in the early part of tho winter have not yet resumed oper-a'ious. oper-a'ious. Several well-known mining operators and oapi'alints have visited tho camp, during t ho week past, to look around, you know, and gather items in relation to nouie oi our fine silver prtfbpccts, with a view to an early investment Wc shul! soun be out from under the snow, and can then show the mining experts, and others, the finest held for a secure mining investment, in this or any other mining country. fhe shipments of ore, for the week ending March 29th, are as follows: The Kmma has averaged thirty tons daily. This cou'd have been increased to five times the amount; oould they havo obtained transportation for their ores. They have a largo amount of ore ready for shipment, and tho present week will show a large increase in the daily exports. This morning they raised tho price of hauling ore to Sandy, two dollars per ton, and are now payiog twelve dollars per ton from the mine to Sandy. The effect of this raise was plain to be seen in the appearance of our streets this morning; plenty of teamB were on hand, and the oountenances of our freighters generally gener-ally wore a happy expresbioo. Another of the results of this raiBC was to oompel the other mining companies to stand up to the rack of the new tariff. All of them that aro now shipping ore, have raised their price in proportion to the Emma's. The Flagstaff has shipped about 300 tons. Thoy are now working a large force of men. Tho mine is produoing large quantities of ore. The Emma will booq have to work to its laurels. lau-rels. The Valleio has shipped fifty tons of ore, and has a large accumulation at the mine and oro house ready for the "rawhides." This mino bids fair to be second to none in the Cot ton woods. The Davenport is again running io full blast, and tho owners are working about fifty men. They are taking out largo quantities of ore and we soon expect ex-pect to record their shipments as high as seventy-five tons daily. They have shipped about one hundred tons during tho week. Tho Grizzly mino has shipped forty tons for the week; had it not been for tho Bnovf etorros the record would have been better. They wero unable to got tho oro from tho mine to Alta. The Wellington, owing to its exposed ex-posed position near the summit of the mountain, hits only shipped about fifteen tonf. But there is plenty of the valuable article there, in sucks, ready or the freig hter. We bave for record, thii week, a fifty ton Bhipment from the Caledonia. This, I bslievo, is the first largo Bhipment Bhip-ment this mino has made. Its prospects pros-pects aro as boautiful as the hair of its superintendent. Tbo "Winsor Group," comprising the Savage, the Montezuma, the Hiawatha Hia-watha and Last Chance, captain Win-slow Win-slow superintendent, havo nearly five thousand sacks of ore ready for ahip-1 ahip-1 mcnt, but are awaiting tho advent of 1 fine weather and better roads before they venture an export. Archibald. |