| Show development AT LA PLATA heavy development is the order of the day at la plata in cache county utah about equally distant from ogden and logan and the mining review is informed by a gentleman who is thoroughly familiar with conditions in this promising mineral belt that the la plata mining company quietly and without any newspaper talk is engaged in work of a magnitude that would be most creditable to camps that are older larger and much better known than is this rich section which has been practically ignored and neglected by mining men and operators for several years past for the past two years the company has been engaged in the driving of a tunnel with the intention of opening up its property at depth and in a thorough and systematic manner this tunnel is now in a distance of 1200 feet and has attained a vertical depth of from to lo feet at this point a crosscut cross cut has been started and is being run to the vein the indications being that the objective point will be reached within feet or less and as two shifts am employed it should not take the company very long now to prove the real merit of its property upon which there is a splendid surface showing the discovery of the la plata ten or twelve years ago caused quite a furore in utah mining circles the ledges were large and rich and great boulders of fine lead ore weighing many tons each comprised the float which dotted the mountain sides after two or three companies had shipped considerable ore the southern pacific stepped in with the claim that the mines were on land claimed by the company this started litigation which was prolonged for several years but which was finally settled in favor of the mineral claimants meanwhile the camp was practically deserted and since the decision but little has been done there in a mining way excepting by the la plata company should it meet with the success anticipated lively times may again be expected in the old camp in the near future joseph held hed the treasurer of the company is spending the summer at the mine which is an ideal summer camp with its pine forests and beautiful mountain streams |
