Show and little cottonwood mi ni districts utah I 1 unless all signs fail the next great min hg g boom in the west will be centered in wo 0 well known districts in utah and these ire e so correlated and to such an extent aart rt and parcel of each other that only an inagi mag nary inary dividing line proclaims where ie e one has reached its limits or where he e other begins and this line fortunately las s no influence whatever upon the continuation of ledges and ore bodies from one li strict to the other and places no in the way of successful operation from e either ather side of the mountain range in aich great ore channels have been known 0 to o exist ever since mineral was discovered within ithan the environments of the two dis I 1 rices over sixty years ago these districts correctly described as sg 1119 cottonwood and little cottonwood 1 ba latter being popularly known as alta e located in salt lake county less than thirty airty miles southeasterly from salt lake BY WILL C HIGGINS city and can be reached from chiet chief commercial center in half a days drive big and little cottonwood districts were among the early day discoveries in utah and their history antedates numerous subsequent discoveries in the west which ex cited the world with their richness but which have long since reached the zenith of their greatness and have gradually de dined in their productiveness until now their names and achievements are nothing but big and memories more than vague although seemingly on cottonwood little continue to hold the retired list at times their own and the wealth of their precious and baser met metals als is now to all appearances than ever inexhaustible extensive and more life this locality has the new hold on while ae sed activity indrea increased recently taken the greatly discoveries there the splendid prevailing and the magnitude made being continually continual ty and extent of its orebo ore bodies dies emphasize the statements made and belief expressed that the big cottonwood alta section will be swarming with an army of mining men and investors during the coming summer and that development and exploitation will uncover previously undiscovered volumes of ore the finding of which will place these districts upon the same plane of productiveness with unrivaled park city which is on the northerly extension of the same aliza tion and ore bearing system A 06 lit 6 ti N f T pa 4 choto by will C higgins utah mining co 1 I alake of solitude tunnel of the michigan the it is scarcely six months n now ow since the great discovery in the cardiff mine in the south fork of big cottonwood district was announced and although wi winter anter has intervened since the news of the strike ewas was heralded to the world development has progressed extent that it is now a to such an confirmed fact that the cardiff is so mammoth in its pro proportions port ons so rich and of permanency a and nd giving such indications continuity that even the 1116 most experienced cod mining ian man can make no safe conjecture as to the millions it will produce s the strike in the cardiff has attracted widespread wide spread attention and interest to the big 1319 cottonwood alta section and owners of mining property in that locality are making preparations for the inauguration of a campaign of active and extensive development as soon as the season opens for the snow is deep in the canyons and hills just now and very naturally there are ceral certain ain mine owners who hope and believe that the ex tension of the cardiff zone will be found in their ground to locate and uncover which every effort will be made both on the big cottonwood and little cottonwood side of the divide in any event it is highly probable and very possible that cardiff exten will be uncovered in various properties in the south fork section as well as I 1 over the c rest crest of the mountain in the alta aita zone while other well known lodes and fis sin sines es traversing rave r sing the two districts will willbe bo penetrated by tu tunnels dinels and dinzes below water level the interest being tak taken en in big and little cottonwood districts at the present time is intense the stocks represented by mining companies operating on both sides of the divide are active traders on the salt lake stock exchange and at steadily advancing quotations for there is a feeling among investors that the next big advance in stocks will be in big cottonwood and alta shares and even now one stock at least the cardiff has soared way above the heads of small investors while letters of inquiry are being received in salt lake daily and frequently by wire from the big financial centers of both the east and the west concerning the outlook for these districts and requesting information regarding opportunities tuni ties for property acquisition or stock investment |