Show Big Cottonwood It was very quiet In this old district the past year The inost wOIk done was on time Oregon whore Ion men wore put at work In July and havo boon busy over Kinco chiefly on dead or prospect work such as ret ha hieiI mig t he shaft and drifts Improving time road etc Now houses also were eroitod to replace the old and everything Is being put In shapo for production time coming season A hundred or more tons of ore was shipped This ore sold for about 53H per ton the assays running about K per cenl load nine ounces silver IS percent per-cent coppor I and SISO gold The property proper-ty Is i incorponitod and has a good steam hoist and Is being operated under the management of Mr i J A Mahon The Maxllold which has been a shipper ship-per for many years had a small force of men at work during the year and sent out 1IO tons of ore which sold net for 510SOO They have been pulling the mine and machinery in good condition and doing much exploiting while waiting wait-ing ijvonis and such time as they will want to extract and market ores on a larger scale Tho Copper Queen located in Scott hill at the head of Big Cottonwood is developing woll During the past year they extended the lovols about 100 feet sank a winze sixty feet and opened copper ore eight feet wide hat I averages 10 per cent copper Ion ounces silVer and 55 In gold This makes It look like one of Uu most favorable copper proportion prop-ortion in lie country Other work wan also done on the property up to a short time ago when it was sijs2nded for the winter it being In a snowy region 11 is I well provided In being whore wa ler and timber are abundant I Tho Reed and Goadspecd made SOme progress In development |