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Show LETTER FROM LITTLE (OT v TON WOOD. Business The Mines Looking into in-to the Future H'Owl Club The Davenport Troubles, etc. Alta, Jan. 27th, 1871. Edit Herald: The late installment of crvstalizcd protoxide of hydrogen in the Wasatch range has made A 1 takes feel natural. We are now reveling in about five feet of the treacherous snow, ani from the indications to-day we arc liable to double the quantity. The; roads downj the canon, are JJin , splendid condition, and better Limo is made than when the dust flew in our eyea. Purlin Si Thompson take the boys through on time. They show thch-libtrahty thch-libtrahty by taking up impecunious passengers by the roadside and landing land-ing them in this altitudiuous retreat for the benefit of restaurant keepers and the proprietors of lodging I houses. "Business here is business," that is, it is on a cash basis. The merchants mer-chants have little cards displayed in conspicuous places so that he who runs may read, and reading may understand un-derstand that his custom is wanted, providing he has the collateral. Buck Street, Charley Read and James Tucker arc kour authority on outfits, but they are getting altogether too careful as to who they will have for creditors, and tiius your correspondent corres-pondent will be obliged to withdraw his patronage! 1 The Flags tarf mine still continues to ship alwut forty tons of ore per day, and is to be complimented upon its endeavors to keep the ro.ul opet between this place and the terminus' of the naraow guage. ; The Emma mine is shipping about ninety tons per week. The ore is of hih grade, sampling over 600 ozs. in silver to the ton. The new force pump is in working order, and keeps out of the mine all the water from the melting snows. The Vallejo shipments are about forty tons per week. The Wellington mine is not shipping ship-ping on account of the large expense of keeping the trail open between the mine and Alta; but is preparing a fine record for the coming season. The mines of Little Cottonwood are looking better than ever before. Prospects Pros-pects that, one year ago, were not worth any tiling, are now held by their owners up into the thousands. The ore shipmentti from this canon during the year of 1S74 will exceed five thousand tons per month. This is not given as a prophecy, but as a fact. "Coming cv.uts cast their shadows before." The citizens of Alta are spending their whiter in expending the profits of their last Summer's work. They arc sanguine, cheerful, happy and consequently Bober. The time taken up in the organization of H-Owl clubs will, next summer, bs devoted to business. The Davenport remains in statu quo A vast mine of mineral wealth remains re-mains there idle. Tbo silver that should be in circulation on the surface sur-face is bound in the bowels of the earth. Men honest miners that are able and willing to work are waiting wait-ing for their "backpay" from the mine, and are willing to work for its future development if an opportunity were offered, but John Bull and Brother Jonathan are fighting, like Kilkenny cats lor control, and this valuable property must cheat the stockholders out of their revenue; and the Territory out of its reputation. If the Little Corporal, the present manager of the mine, would "turn out the Directors and make fast the door," run the mine himself, sell or smelt the ore, pay ofl the old dabte and contract new ones, he would do a great lavor to Utah and the business busi-ness men and miners in Alta, and add another jewel to the crown of gloiy he has already won, as an expert and practical miner. Joe is bmall in stature, but he is a giant in intellect and experience, and it only requires the will to start up the Davenport Daven-port to make it an entire success. Enough ore could be extracted ex-tracted in thirty days to pay ofl all indebtedness in-debtedness and place the claim as one of the leading mines of Utah. Joe Farren can do jit if he will, but he is as modest as a damsel, and has never learned how to say "yes," but refers hie suitors to "Ma" over the water. Go in Joe and increase your already well-earned reputation, .. The Grizzly mine is still idle, as the superintendent has thrown up bin position and gone into the mule trade. This mine has large bodies of ore in sight, is capable of paying large dividends, divi-dends, and if some man had charge of it who was not troubled with mule on the brain, it would materially aid Brother Fabian's forthcoming " Re-Bourccs Re-Bourccs of Utah." Gkmini. |