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Show Winter Weather Causes Dullness Alta Now Hibernating, but Renewal of Activity Expected When Winter Is Over. Winter stums to havo had an unusually ?ulotlnK effect on tho camp of Alta and rom all accounts thing's aro very quiet in that district This does not In any way reflect on the worth of the Alia mlio -but in tho natural result of the difficulty of shipping ore out or supplies In during the winter months Of course the ColumbUB Con. in work-in)? work-in)? both its mine rind mill, but few concentrates con-centrates ere coming down to market on account of the scarcity of water with which to run the mill This property ha attracted eo much attention that tho other operators Of the camp are all hoping to pee It succeed, as they fisar It will give tho (jimp a black eye if tho Columbus mine and mill doc not make money. The Albion has been virtually cloned down for about two weeks, on account of scarcity of timber, but that difficulty will shortly bo remedied and work will proceed pro-ceed ns before Some men aro still working work-ing on the 7iY-foot level, and the management man-agement expects important developments te fore the winter Is over Tho Pittsburg Is doing cork, and lots of It. and the showing In that propert proves It one of the beat mines in the wnoiG camp 1 he ore 6lioot which was f".irul on the contact has been further i--plorid and without doubt It Is a m:icrilti-cent m:icrilti-cent body of ore. It will provide an enor-m enor-m tonnage when the company la able tO --et It out In the sprlriR and Its kt:i1i is hiKh enough to suit the most exacting There Is s crew of men working on the old Bmma and Flagstaff .md 11 1 wh tapered ta-pered confidentially that there h.'i b( 1 ail Important strike made In the property, within the ist week. Just what w is found and Its extent and value cannot I e dl termlned at the present tlm as thero Is a deal on for tho property, and the management man-agement sedulously avoids committing Itself It-self ono way or the other. The Miller mlno, across the gulch from tho Pittsburg. Is still working on the magnificent me union'-re.l by the o ei but the holders of the Icasr n re pri vented from shipping at the present time by the condition Of the roads, The Continent a I Alta Is working hard on the tramwa, which will be of such benefit to the camp, but little Is being done in the mine. The rest of tin mines of the camp are cloned down for the winter, and will not be touched ajtaln until spring. The Alta Qulncv and the South Columbus are tinged and no longer require the power from the Columbus Con, which decreases the earnings of that company $100 per month Without doubt the prosperity which settled set-tled down upon Alta this past year will return In the spring, after hibernating during the winter months, and one of th, liveliest camps In the State will re.-ulL |