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Show LETTER FROM LITTLE COTTONWOOD. COT-TONWOOD. And .Mining .Suiiinmrj for W?fk ending Oct. 20. (C-..rroKtj:.!nce of ihr lliK ai ). Alt a City, Xov. 0, 1873. EJitufj JfcruM: Tiic Wfatlu-r w briylu, beitutifr.l, una wurin, bringing in buck to the b;i!my days of mid-snmmer. 'J'ne temntratum of the nighu U bra'-iuy and healthful. Dnrini; tho d.iv warmth enough U engendfred by the sun to make open doors and windows an agreeable neceiiy. Unr merchants "have general ly closed down on the cmiit business, giving credit U) none bu rur large mining companies, and in-lead of basin is deenaing on account of it, it has steadily inereflsel during tho month. Tne daily ca-li receipt of Clasby ot Read's exceed- that of any otlier month thin seiiprn. The other meivh.intd of our cily have done correpoiuliunly as well. V o ha'i not been without om-usual om-usual hgiiLs, drunk?, etc., but they have been very Lime ones, resulting in nothing worth recording. New rcsl-auranLs are springing up on all fides, ind more are in amteuii-plaliou. amteuii-plaliou. Tiie restaurant keepers of Aita are the most impeeunious beings on recoiil, or else they keep too mam-books mam-books Everyone that eLirlcd here during the summer hiw closed; some in debt, while others closed to kep out uf del it. There, are several who have made spasmodic spasmo-dic attempts to reopen but have invariably in-variably closed, after a month's trial. H Likes one month to run an Aita resLiuiMut, and two months to settle up. Mrs. Ames' is now the popular place of resort. She sets the beat table in town, and is de&erving of the patronage she receives, if she can make a stand off witli the Aita boys she will grow wealthy. Mrs. Somebody, Some-body, a lady from Norway, who was during the season a graceiul, modest hurdy girl, has started a restaurant in the building formerly Occupied by Miss Cora t-hant. We do not know whether the enterprise will pay or not. There is no doubt about its being be-ing a substantial one. - D. II. Simmons, the invalid, is : talking of reopening. ' Dan has some money that he wants to squander in t clothing the stomachs oi the AlLt- j itos. He is an excellent bookkeeper ! ana a fair collector. I Fritz Auolphy has closed his board- j ing house, but keeps a lunch counter I where he supplies oysters', cold ducks, j and hiiiiburger Kiise. His estimable wife gets up' the hot meals. j -Jo 13 randy has opened and closet! I twice during two weeks. His board-' ers are nearly frantic trying to keep . the run of the restaurant. Among ouc of the principal mines of the camp that hits closed operations for the winter is the Frederick. This mine is situated on the Frederick Hill. It was located in October, 1S;0, and was purchased by the present . owners in 1871. It is not incorporated , but is woiked as a private enterprise. I About three hundred and fifty tons oi" I first-class ore was shipped Ironi this mine during the summer of 1S72. j The mine is developed by two shafts; 114 feet apart, connected with each other by three levels. Tiie discovery! shaft is sunk on vein the entire dist- j ance, to a depth of 3o7 feet. A large ; amount of ore has been raised from j , this shaft. At th-? bottom, the ledge I is three and a half feci wide, carrying I ochre and carbonate ores. The for- ! 1 mation is limes-tone und ouartzite. ' Shaft Xo, 2 is located 1H ieet west' of discovery shall and has been driven ! to a depth of two hundred and twenty j feet, revealing a vein about two feet 1 in width at the bottom, carrying ore : : similar lo that found in discovery shaft. At thh depth tiie lower level ' is rui); eiHiinA'ting with the main', shaft and thus opening a large I . amount uf ground that can be made available, aflbnling plenty of ven- j tilation ut prosecuting the : work in the main shaft. There is a ' shaft-house,. a lodging and a boarding house at the mine. The boarding j and lo-Jeing hou.-e has sudieient au-commftJaliuns au-commftJaliuns fur twenty-five men. j M. K. Harkness, the manager of tiie i properly, inibnus me that the com- i pany intern! to cl-.-sc ;ill operations for I the season. Tiie company own four : other locations in the immediate vi- 1 cimtv of the Frederick mine, which they intend to develop next spring. AiiuercasLtl force will be put on and we can iurward to extensive operations ope-rations by this company nei ection. The credit of the company has always been iirst-clasa in the camp, and they clo;e operations witboutany indebtetl-ness. indebtetl-ness. The community very natundly regret it. It nciy be one of the fruits of the panic. This is one of the fLv private enitrprisei that leave our community with clear skirts. Much credit is d'ue to the company and its niaiiageineiit. The all'airs of the F!ags'a0' remain about the panic. The miners are waiting for their pay, which is promised on tho tith of this mouth. There is no excitement, ami everything every-thing seems to be amicably arranged. Their shipments for the week previous to the strike were seventy tons per day. There were plenty of rumors atloat alxjut the mine, hut llie general impression here is that it will resume work and continue shipments during the winter. The shipments fur the Toledo were twenty-live tons f-r tho week; the shipments from this nr.ne could be increased, ihey :uv: merely filling former conlraclrj. The Ox Ibid anil Geneva mine shipped Uiitly Lous !br the week, 'lhis company ship their ores to Sandy. Ttie Vailejo shipped four totiis per dav. Tiie mine is looking better in ihe lower levels than ever before, and we soon hope to chronicle larger shipments. ship-ments. The Emma, the renowned and eel- j ebralcd mine, shipped alout 110 tons for the week. This mine is in tho hands of people who evidently under-sLind under-sLind their business. Secrecy is their watchword, and yon might aj well try to mi m p out information from a ,-tove pipe as to gain any reliable information in-formation from the managers of this property. Several have tried it, and thus know how it is themselves. How are you Steuhouse '.' Tiic shipments of the Davenport were twenty tons per day. Everything Every-thing about this mine is in a prosperous prospe-rous condition, reports to the contra-j ry notwithstanding. Their financial ; condition never was better. The shipments for the Wellington mine were eight tons per day. This company have their winter quarters completed aud are prepared for the snow campaign. The. Grimly have eommeuccd shipping ship-ping largely; their record will como m nw next summary. E. P. Sawtell is now in charge of tho property aud working it successfully. It has been said, and I believe is generally understood, under-stood, that thcro arc sever.il mines, in camp that have not paid oil' for three months. There is not a mining compuny or even a prospecting company in the camp that is over two month? behind, and even these have promised to sdtle satisfactorily before tiie middle mid-dle ot the present mouth. AKCiiiPAi.n. |