Show in the alta cottonwoods an exchange tells of an old timer who remarked soon after the cardiff made its first big strike that he had his doubts about it ever amounting to anything that during all his long residence in utah he had never seen anything good come out of the cottonwoods Cotton woods right here it may be stated that it is the easiest thing in the world for some men to sit in another mans ahns office with their feet on another mans desk and talk learnedly about something regarding which they know nothing in other words knocking comes natural for some men because it is so easy and the knocker is generally about as near right as the old timer in question president ezra thompson of the Cardi cardiff fit mining company states that the new electrically tri cally driven compressor is now in place and is capable of handling eight machine drills the company is straightening the main tunnel preparatory to laying twenty five pound rails following which a motor of fifteen cars capacity is to be installed some of the richest ore ever found in the mine is now showing in the below the main tunnel which has reached a depth of over feet A drive to the west contact is soon to be started to reach which point about 1000 feet of work will be required shipments are to be maintained at the rate of tons per day throughout the winter general manager george H watson of the south hecla property states that the crosscut being run from the dwyer tunnel to intercept the vein vein on the level now shows breaks and bunches of ore in the breast on the level the wedge vein is being opened with two faces leaving a pillar of ore about twelve feet in thickness between the two drifts several streaks of ore in this big deposit carry as high as eighty ounces in silver to the ton while the entire mass just as it is broken averages 30 in silver and lead A forty ton carload of the product extracted in the course of 0 development only is being shipped to the smelter daily A vinze sunk to a depth of fifty feet from this tunnel is all in a good grade of ore the lessees lessels on the albion property are averaging about two carloads of forty tons each per week the ore is of a good grade sampling around 50 per ton the royalties being received by the company on this is proving sufficient to pay all expenses of operation era tion the detour drift which was started around the big cave is now being continued straight toward the kate hays fissure and is out feet the face is showing three streaks of sulphide ore one of which varies from six inches to a foot in thickness the crosscut that is being extended from the caved area has reached a length of seventy five feet all the way in a mineralized formation president A 0 jacobson of the sells mining company states that the mine is now in a better condition of ore development than at any time in the past the company is working in ore of a shipping grade in the west drift from the no 1 raise where ten feet of 25 rock is showing the east drift from this raise shows about seven feet of ore averaging around 15 these workings will give about 1000 feet of backs to the surface the ore is considered a downward extension of the clipper body which produced a considerable tonnage 0 of high grade in the early days of the camp the alta consolidated mining company A 0 jacobson manager has reached a depth of feet with the on 01 me braine fissure and is now sending out drifts both east and west from that point both are following a small streak of ore this fissure has produced some of the famous ore bodies of the camp in the past in other properties and the alta consolidated soli dated management estimates that it has paid them more than from the workings above their tunnel the great bedded vein on this property which shows immense bodies of ore averaging around 8 will not be touched until more economical shipping facilities are provided ll 11 i the triangle mining company leasing in the city rocks and grizzly workings or of the michigan mine reports a recent find in the grizzly from which there is already enough ore on the dump to net them the rock carries 3 per cent copper 12 per cent lead and fourteen ounces silver another strike of a higher grade is reported from the city rocks workings where eighteen inches of 90 ore has been opened up for forty feet the columbus extension mining company under the supervision of henry barney has started a raise under what is prace the center of the area from which ti 1 worth of ore was taken in ino 1 early days of the camp by the old toledo company it is the belief of the manage 4 ment that when the point is reached where the toledo fissure cuts the quartzite lime jl A t stone contact a body of commercial ore will 1 be encountered t superintendent J R jones of the alta tiger mining company states that two min ers at that property are breaking and sack 1 ing a high grade copper lead silver ore and i that a shipment will be ready in the near J i future A boarding and bunkhouse has been I 1 erected and supplies laid in for the winter the jacobson interests have taken an option on the property of the old emma mining company reputed to have produced in the and the history ot or which reads like a romance the option is for a period of two years and was obtained from jesse knight and associates of provo the present owners the first iv work ork of jhb new company is to be done at a point 2500 feet from the portal of the old bay city tunnel recent investigations have shown that there is ore of a shipping grade at several places in the property the prince of wales leasing company has been formed to mill the fillings in the old prince of wales property on the big cottonwood side engineers have estimated that there are tons of this ma aerial that will run from 4 to 12 per ton the leasing company has erected a mill of fifty tons capacity the directors are G T hansen george fuerman J B whitehill G B frees and 0 M kuchs the lease held by george T hansen and R L mack upon the prince of wales mine is not affected by the new lease on the fillings president S A parry of the cottonwood king mining company located at the head of big cottonwood canyon reports that two feet of lead carbonates and eight inches ot of copper ore are now showing in the face of the upper tunnel the ore is being saved for shipment the tunnel is now in a distance of 1050 feet the baker mines company owning ground to the west of the maxfield has driven its tunnel a distance of feet A strong quartz fissure showing chloride of silver and lead and some galena is being followed the property is under the manage ment of frank boyer president J A maxfield of the logger mining company reports that big cotton J wood property as making good progress j with its tunnel which has now reached a length of feet the in I 1 the face is increasing as work progresses and considerable ore is being sacked for or shipment recent assays essays have given returns running from 24 to 94 per ton 1 I another big cottonwood property the a tar baby is expecting important develop ments in the near future president C R rj greene of this company recently visited the property he reports the tunnel as now of 1975 feet and is confident 11 distance 1 billat illat j the jig lime contact will be cut in the bear near future the awas swastika tika copper mining company or of lake L G hardy president and man salt alt working tunnel feet started a hiser ager has 5 dear clear in the development of its prop in the g I 1 I 1 erty ltv in big cottonwood district comprising V a gup group of six patented claims which adjoin yie vie woodlawn copper king and daly judge properties the holdings of the company cover a number of very strong fissure veins and it is expected that the tunnel will be in shipping ore before it has been driven a distance of seventy five feet the com pany will work all winter and expects to be able to make a most gratifying showing by spring good progress is being made by the alta cottonwoods railway company in the building of its line from wasatch near the mouth of little cottonwood canyon to the mines at alta and the grade is almost completely cleared and leveled between these two points the track and rails will be laid very soon and it is expected the road will be in commission by the first of the year when ore hauling over railroad will be in order W K is construction manager |