Show BIG cottonwood this old district which Is located ja nearest to salt lake and the shelters smelters Bm sm elters of the valley has haa seen about the same work as in former years and 19 1 i 9 now getting in 1 shape to receive more attention the old element clement that has done so eo much to retard the exploitation ot of new ground Is 19 being wiped untied wit out and the cottonwoods Cotton woods should and will eventually furnish our smelters sm elters s nith a large parc pan of 0 their desirable smelting smelling sm elting ores many things are to be contended with in the district the formation Is hard water la is plentiful the walson la 13 short onu and hwat of 0 lul ill it 1 Is the home of 0 and everything ha has s to be protected aga against the elements shaft shaf houses arid and buildings arid and even dumps clumps atia tracks to them have to be so placed as to be outside the path of 0 the grapo and often this requires much excavation armlon and exper expense uie and supplies have to be gotten in at certain sessions seasons or work Is abandoned probably the worst element has been the desire r on the part rt of 0 certain per pons fiona to gobble cobble tile the beert of the district and hold their claims from year to year yar without doing the annual assessment work but with our new mining laws tills becomes less possible and much ground that has bren been thus held for or years now becomes open to legitimate and soon the district will spring into prominence and the cold silver and lead ores of 0 the camp reach the market down domn in the alley ten or twelve miles milea distant at the ilAx neld property was continued throughout the season good re aults and torge bodies 0 of 50 gold cold silver and I 1 leaa earl ores are uncovered f the th 0 water power plant 0 of the company was putted ahead and Is now ready to turn on the water with the exception of oc tho the roof which watch has been delayed but Is 1 i now gong cone on A steel i pipe to convey the water to the hoeme was put pul in it la is feet long lone 44 inches in diameter ana weighs 40 tons long anti and all this had to be imbed ded d cv I 1 a a a trench from li 6 to 18 feet deep to insure it against the tea ot of the elements during the summer FL a force ot of fibben ton pion ws employed hut but Is now reduced to seven men doing development work in the and preparing for or alie it hoist lie an compressor compi poin er dialls di ills and ande pumps pumps which will li bt b t put in find and much Is looked for front from this property tho the earning coming reason peason the compary has spent in the boyhood lo of on tills this work find and plant lant anil and only for the expensive excavations cava cavat tlona ions ulrich have to be made for buildings etc the cost would be but one half woods webb have taken hold of 0 the old property known oa as the dolly vorden varden which now goes by tho the namor the new enterprise and belongs to george A lowe and was held tor for years by recorder monk it was pio pick of 0 over 1000 tons of ore caa ago aco and tills was all taken oft off the surface the owners have lots lota of 0 good ore blocked out in sight arid and will avill ship the mating year the carbonate under lease to rickett and Tr calse had develop development me nt work ceded on all uie the year and th tho 3 tunnel t ti open the vein has been com completed and tile the property Is now in a position to hip the phoenix has been worked by john Dr amberg who made small shipments at the baby aicken silver king goodspeed scott hill and others the usual de development work was done and some good bodies of ore opened up and cut into the shipments for the ye year a were about halt half what they agg segregated r legated last year hut but with the iho improved condition of affairs in tile the district completion of the plant and ilose close market things should be lively in the district in time to come much depending upon the improved e 1 meta market and more thorough d development ev anc iop however |