Show alta bi bis g cottonwood D district I 1 str act the alta big cottonwood cotton wood district in salt lake county a few miles southeasterly from metropolis is coming to the front steadily and solidly strictly on merit and the great interest that has been taken during the past six months is steadily increasing many lany substantial improvements and developments are being inaugurated for the district about which but little has been said owing to the fact that publicity often frustrates the alms aims of men of means who do big things when they set out to accomplish certain objects but the outlook for the district is all that could be desired and another year should place this section in the limelight as being one of the largest producers of marketable ore in the west the cardiff is maintaining regular shipments of at least tons of ore daily and the south hecla is not only shipping but the mine is also responding to intelligent and systematic development in a manner that is astonishing considering the warm weather and the consequent slowing down of the mining share market alta big cottonwood stocks have maintained their quotations in a most gratifying manner while a number of them notably south hecla albion alta tiger wasatch wa satch mines and west toledo and cardiff have made wonderful gains michigan utah consolidated has also shown most gratifying strength while the sells mining company has been in earnest demand the report of the south hecla to the salt lake stock mining exchange shows that the company is in a most desirable and satisfactory condition and especially so when the condition of the mine is considered si with the further fact that so much of the capitalization still remains in the treasury while the cash on hand with no indebtedness to meet and with heavy shipments being made regul regularly ariy must mean something substantial for company shareholders shareholder in the near future the report shows that the company is capitalized for with shares at 1 each in the treasury are shares and in cash the company owns acres or 41 claims twenty two of which are patented and six surveyed for patent the develop ments consist of feet of shafts feet of tunnel 1823 feet of raises and 10 feet of cross cuts the property is well equipped and there is worta of ore in sight twenty five men are now employed the cottonwood antantis mining company has been incorporated for the purpose of operating in the alta cottonwood district the company is capitalized at shares of which have been set aside for treasury purposes the officers and directors are J P fanning pre si dent R 0 dobbs vice president a and 11 d ae general 11 secretary e tary manager J W stringfellow seer af M E B and treasury george J cunningham fanning and thomas dryburg the don domain of the company adjoin the south hecla and an a albion mines at alta and is regarded A 1 being valuable and promising mining ter development work will begin at once negotiations are pending between the alta tunnel transportation company 5 and the city of salt lake for the purchase by the latter of the water that has been developed in the driving of the tunnel of r the alta company this tunnel is n now OW in a distance of 1400 feet and has already developed about gallons of water per day of twenty four days and as the tunnel is pressed forward to its destination this amount will doub tle ss be materially increased it is expected daily that another fissure will be encountered in the tunnel and it is believed it will be ore bearing one of the big interests of alta cottonwood districts has stated that in his IL I opinion the alta tunnel is one of the most important and promising enterprises now being carried on in that section the alta tiger having acquired the right to develop its domain through the highland chief tunnel is bending every energy in in the thorough exploitation of its ground and most satisfactory results are looked for as work progresses the standing of the stock of the company on the salt lake board is an index of the esteem with which this proposition is held by the investing public the old workings of the last chance have been cleaned out and a small force is now engaged in the performance of de work work is soon to be inaugurated in the development of the alta murphy domain lor nain in the near vicinity of the emma copper and 7 1 alta consolidated eastern capitalists are Ante interested rested in this enterprise together with calex alex colbath and others of salt lake city the logger mining alining company operating in big cottonwood district in the near vicinity ity of the maxfield mine is pushing development and results are more than satisfactory ory 1 the alta consolidated is increasing its scale of operations and a correspondingly greater ore production will soon be the 1 order of the day quite recently another disclosure of importance was announced in athe raise from no 3 east drift in other portions t of the companas comp anys property the showing is most encouraging 5 physical conditions in the emma copper jare are reported as being most encouraging fand band some ore is being taken out as devel progresses in the development of the recently discovered 1 1 covered surface deposit of zinc ore on the Por perty of the wasatch mines company a W fot foot of high grade silver lead ore was uncovered covered at a depth of about eighty feet from gathe the surface the new find will he be extensively developed and it is believed that it ill gain in size with depth y |