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Show Alta District 3p- .. i There in plenty o reason to bolieve, & tb3fc that tho famous old camp of Alta during $'of T 1009 will bo one of tho heavy P11108 ducors of oros of tho State. For yeapr & tho owners of mining properties thortf'-'4 tw v havo had to contend with distance from"'- 'fjjiti a market and with very oxponsive work--.- clv ing propositions, for it in a wet camp." " jyftfr Nothing better illustrates this latter' fact than tho great struggle tho ma-v igev agoment of the Columbus Consolidate, company had with tho eloments be- M Xmji ncath tho surfaco during the past year. '' ;)&, For two months or moro the company , J& was disabled through the breaking of , fi?1 tho pumps, and ns the lioods gathered ' Jfff work had to bo discontinued oxcept JPjJu work of reclaiming tho workings from.a- , tho floods. This took an enormous u-amount u-amount of effort nnd mpnoy, whilo tho. Tpw01 mon hourly ran tho risk of being'6' crushed to death by cave-ins or . W.1 drowned. But tho fight waa won, much iiV to tho credit of tho .Tncobson brothers' J&Trj! who spent day and night at the scono v'i0f When tho Columbus Consolidated ;JjKl company was ablo to got back to the )fjide depths from which the water had driv- Vjff'fnli en its men, tho task of drifting to tbo .ffi main contact on tho 400-foot level was, . -jlf"1 started with a vengeance, and with .flttn splendid rcsnlts following on the way. afSli. A largo body of carbonate ore was u found some distanco short of tho con- Ifcmt tact, tho resources providing no small . Jmti portion of tho shipping resources that JX have boon coming down tho canyon '?V, during tho past soveral months. Sul- Srt' phides aro now making thoir appear- r,0 m, anco, nnd when tho contact has been. Sif really gained aud thoroughly explored,. -hX the carbonato oro will give way com- ,,j(R"tl! plotely to tho sulphides. This company-- fjiW has kept its mill going during tho yea'rTar'eq stondily, and is now making a genorouaj2jfe e earning. tjMjllHL South Oolnmbua DeaL fTff: Late last fall tho South ColumbuntfjJ company by increasing its capitalizaa rte tion was enabled to purchase tho lumbuB Wcdgo property, which it ad Ah.0 .-joined. This rounded out a splendid group, and with tho doal consummated W work has Tushod ahead to connect trrirlfc 'W Wedge resources with the deep work - . D inga of the South Columbus. In the -Alia . upper Quincy tunnel tho management v i Arthe for somo timo has been sinking in q.c' iBofi shoot of rich carbonato ores,- and this-,-;, ('if has onabled tho company to enter thes mt c shipping list to a generous extent, which-;.- it'He distinction it now is enjoying. On th..-, rjfrt) lower Quincy tunnol a very largo bodr-: yfll of coppor orea was encountered about Li) the same timo as tho above winzo broka, i niij into its shoot, and this sulphide body ,-fjw is boing oxplored with tho chancoa in,rtj jr favor of it making into ono of tho bigi,'5fe milling resources of tho company. Fc.i On tho main lowor tunnel, tho maMl agoment ia now opening up a bffnncr," w body of copper ore, which contains somo 1 shipping values, but which in the main1 HF; ia of milling character. This brings the fiiSil question of a mill tip to the officials, .Seine and it is highly probable that during 1909 this company will bo in tho mar-Lj kct for a conoentrating plant. m '?VilTKii Tho .Tacobson interests havo ma-fsta.i tainod development work steadily oMk,; tho Columbus Extonsion proporty, andj0,vL)JL with results that promiso much ior tao-'owJi now year. Lato in last November ttu! UKii East-Columbus company was organize&r.w5:c-1 to tako over t and 60erato a splendid" Jlrat group cqnB.i8l.ing in; part of the wey'vfSa known old Alta producor, tho Silver .P?. King mino. Tho East Columbus conr? j Jl.' eo: pany starts out in lifo with tho -b'esv ?JjU suriaco showings of any of tho Colum1,-!-. bus mines, and with tho addod advatt- c -jjin j tago that past development work bap 'jjuperty demonstrated boyond all doubt that oreS2:;iilion still remain within the old "workings'fiploye and with much more to bo found 'whobl4Jl5ftoon bettor depth ia gained. ' , iCd Tho Consolidated Flagstaff, City o,. Ja Eocks, Albion and many other groupTf4li the promise much for the luturo, and tho ocJJtj -past year has found all mention in thep'iij.: active column. There is reason- to exijoii, w peet that the Old Emma and tho Elnmlo'JjLvl", Copper i companies will bo found busyo-.kt. during 1909. . -fSJI? Tharo is a great deal of lifo m Altiui3(jEiP yet, and thero ir. no reason to expect rm- V other than generous returns althouglt-jy3','' results havo boon , coming rlovyly 011'-ing" 011'-ing" tho past year or two. sfcp"JilI |