Show AMONG THE MINERS A few brief remas remarks about the ali i f t tj t I 1 w also a avord bordor or two in Regard to their mins mines 1 I 1 I 1 how they look to a man onetis lip correspondence tribune 1 IG 1875 colla at of litile cadron Ci is the thriving iriving tl aiding city of alia a mado famous tho world over by its in c 0 to o tho the arct of ct U cuili tall and aai the ibe unprecedented conduct 0 of the golle ilja emma t who lianes like lika a worn out int fabric ou on natured Da na turca turea wills wall a aroun d the ha call you city E emma ingv although hoagh all the iio alack sheep in the lam family ily is il tood noih at heart will yet redeem ler her chalao tr ter and fial aaen till become ono of t the he reigning belles belies or of the tha wain TO ra with precious jewel be bat thu tolling your readers what we know of alta alia its wiliness and nines binm this little city ins hns with stood reverses the t would have caused miny many a place to wither end ami dio die its ita gre albutt rich in precious metals havo have many of them been mismanaged to lb the detriment of owners tho the place the moan taing hero have become angered cid and ud have hate hurled burled their mammoth snowballs at it but being built firmly upon the lb rocki rock tit of it bidi defiance de flatico to the elements and laughs at the tollies follies alid tid bland blunders org of puny anoy man mail naoh uch is alto alia where so many sacrifices have been made e to tho e god mammon today to day it is in a prosperous place with crowded streets anil and busy miners and merchants biar Q aar men have gone to the rear and men ot of energy and ud enterprise have come coma to tho the front there U air of permanency about the place boil od the mushroom growth of speculation has departed people feel that they tro here to stay and as a natural result of this hia je eling schools boil od churches have been opened forming it I 1 tho the nucleus of better wort 1 I 1 TUC itoh MIXES MINES it would occupy too much mach of p your space to enumerate a at timo time all tho the mines fa a the immediate vicinity of ahia place to us they present client the appear appearance of oe gopher holes on a lolling pr airiel ej in reality t they M are go for boes boe pai bat some eonia live hava be been disse tili in what they wore were after ruma is the ila first to attract our attention and assisted by a strong propeller il in tho the shape of a mountain cane oad and a trusty guide in the person 0 of our oar godial friend rj deming eming superintendent ol of the equitable Equit blo tunnel we ire will take lalio aclin ib that groit boro biro but upon reaching it were informed that thai wo we were not rood good looking and adil coal coula dat zit come coma in so BO tho the reader will havo bato to rely on the statement of mr fleming THE EQUITABLE TU TUN N NEL is ii the property of san francisco parties who have already invested in it with this amount they havo have bored a promising promis inc looking dooh looh ng hole feet into tho the ground and a low jew days since were rewarded by striking 1 a nice cico paying vein tein of rold dd and silver bearing oro ore assaying in gold and high in sil ver the minors miners tire aro busy on this vein vein and d had 30 aaela ire ready dy for hijii shipment lt this strike it is ia coll cati maled will repay tho the investment help the development of 0 other tunnel property belonging to the same COM company and give them ft a doolittle WOO little stake bo be sides these 3 have confidence in the mines of at utah stahl sod and they aro are now reaping the reward of their labors the equitable u oder the emma and buo feet beyond the present workings of that mine demonstrating beyond a doubt that if ij tho the emmi emma co had bad work they could have bare struck it rich some say ay this is tho the emma vein the ore is is entirely different as the h emma lam wo we believe carried no irold cold at the mouth of the equitable wo we noticed an improvement is in the right direction an excavation 1 is a being made into the tha side of tho the in ountria mount tia for the boarding house bouse and other buildings of tho the company com piDy these houses are to be constructed with largo timbers tim bera coill b braced and with tools even and eloping to alo the angle of tho the mountain mon experience that dear teacher has taught miners a severe lesson ai 23 the debris of wrecked houses arid and the silent graves by the wayside to so forcibly snow slides olides aro are merciless and como come upon the liko like a thief at night 1 I helped to 0 o alig out eight poor no nn orta hit bait winter said eaid mr fleming 1 and the recollection of choir faces as an they wera vera to revealed caled to light haunts me ma to this day cv sy wo we musi must all prepare against the iho slides and alia can thus be made as sata in ia midwinter mid winter as it is delightful in midsummer so 83 thinking so has he bo acted others are doing the ho earno tili THE tho the freedom of this ibis mine cordially extended to as by sir mir hasking ies we wended bended our way ia that direction accompanied by friend floming 1 here we were greeted by mr biffi J B thomas for foreman crain ot at the tha mine who in ia his hia courteous cour teona man manner der ini invited ritel us ng to t lake ko a walk not outside like friend a bade us but tor to walk right in and see leeor for bursel ourselves T tho usual candle wai was handed us and wo LC followed in the wako wake of friend thomas exploring tunnels shifts shafts inclines drift crow coroia cuts 1 and last but not loiet great voina veins I of ore wo iwo will not worry tho the reader with an enumeration of them but bat wo we oan call assima assers him the ramo game are there in gibat pro profusion fadon likewise the ore the tha veins veina are regular and largo large in several of th tha levels wo we found them from three ta to seven feet in thickness thick Bes and apparently inexhaustible forty hardy minora miners are ara employed aud twenty moro more era are soon to bo be added addad twenty tons per day is tho the product at present and with wilh additional facilities and labor contemplated this win will bo be increased to forty tons every twenty four hours bours an improved wire wino tramway from the mine mina to the city is in one mayho of t abe groat features of the abo vallejo valad 0 and enables the jo ship chip without interruption terr ter froni from snow allow ja in the abo winter another convenience is the boree tramway from alta to lo roville which runs within a few fol ot ot of the oro ora house at ell ilia 0 foot of the mountain monn mona tain the ore now being produced runs mm from 27 to to the ton that in tho lower workings is improving in value Ls al well as extent an and a this tha a among the best beat and od most permanent mines on the coast its value wo we will not attempt A to state but it is netting thousands of dollars to the abe truly owners they are satisfied with it and we shall not grumble A enow alido having demolished bod one of their tramway supports list last winter the company have strength ened that very useful ApPe appendage adage and heeding the voice of experience have nearly completed a boarding house which they consider enow kedo proof this building like cilc that previously p ouel Y described at ac ilia equitable tunnel 19 24 sheltered aloy tha mountain and CID constructed a ted on do an angle with it we ve hope to we ECO all the mining companies follow the example hero set bet by bytho the valle and equitable Equi tallo before beford enow flies filles among these we may emi morata th the e flagstaff south stara alai A titus ohio obio north star windsor group toledo emma sod mi others too loo nume roaf t to mention iu in an extended everia way ia ono ai v 1 I 1 letter beside several tunnel locAtI ove but of all these wo we will hero baro same bonio tiling thing to BAY ay in our next neat inz Til ailway WAY of 0 which YOU yon haro heard to ranch much d string during the past net two wo months is at 1 lawt t completed on contract limo it affords us n eay access to the ho outside world loj and the iho wonder is ia how bow wo we got aloof without it good results are already from it in the iho way of cheapening freights and rates ure ore ol of too low crade rade to bear arjaan iran por tAtion can 00 now bo be abil shipped paea at a profit refit dad and mines pro this class cla of oro hero bd botu stimulated into inlo new ue life and are ro now no adding to the materiel wealth 0 ol 01 f the iho territory A law few do days yo since fance 1000 tons or of low grado ore which has OTO beon regarded as worth looB oso WM was purchased for p per er ton thus putting ioto into ciri cu lation ten thousand life dollars irom a dead damp iamo owoola are re contracting with wilh tho tramway at 64 per ton ion lor for their oro de livered at saddy whereas it former formerly Y cost SG 15 to 10 tor for the iha tame same ore this saving baying ot of freight aloric alone adds great greatly y to tho the profits profit of a mine aino in m tho the coarse ot of a jeard ear tar OrT LOOK nature ban done much for man but wo we iro are of the opinion that the iho lord helps l those tho the teat best who wh vigorously firor help themselves wo era are forcibly reminded I lack ly by taking view of our oar mining campil for years wo we called upon the ha world fa 3 aid vs us in tho the development of car mineral from over tho the talt alt sea canto means mean in answer to codr appeal but bat unfortunately ly corruption corr option accod panic it and the spoils wora to th lb lav aw wo W ote left to share hare iho 0 bid camp nor only portion the era of foreign money kid gloves fast honc and 0 a forth and BO be on his bia happily given wy vroy tot to i oclo muscle sod and practical world and today to day the good results aro are tocci on every hand that thai lead said aid a swarthy to us u awas was not I 1 ca calon loused sed by fl a billiard billin rd cue rid ni were brief but they domed adorned a truthful tale talc this mm man call always be found at tho mine ing lis hia salary and when occasion require requires taking a willing wil linc land on the bo nig bight t or day shift no ile incurs bill bia bt basini alsin i fet q his lii company hivo coola deuce ia him and they at always ways live tho the assurance aBurn oa the that t is liing be in judiciously dicio usTy used in ia th tho a develop anent eat of their property i when they inspect aspect tho the mino mine the ibo results are arc there to speak for themselves from alts in im consequence ol of rood good management tire aro greater thio at any timo time since the discovery of tho the precious metals aieta ls thousands Thonsa odi of tons are aio rolling over the tramway daily to sandy nad and a ready market and elih stream will continue conuto to swell for years to come for tho the mines although largo producers may well be said to bo be yet in their infancy the of the people in in this thia camps permanency is ia business is ia fair and but few idlers idler i are to bo be found upon the streets etrell et and if the coming winter be mud mild mannered all will continuo continua prosperous otH and happy in our minds ey eso a we can bear you yon say lay in in tones more forcible foroi blo than elega elegant tIt pry dry vp up we wint want no more of your lir |