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Show I WELL-KNOWN MINING MAN Of SALT LAKE Gcn'I Manager of Columbus Con. IS PRACTICAL IN MINING He Resurrected the Big Camp of Alta. To Tony Jacob-son Jacob-son is due tlio resurrection resur-rection of one ol1 the oldest and most concrous ore-pro-ducing sections of Utah, the Littlo Cottonwood mining district. Snow-slides Snow-slides hnd cleaned the town of Alta, scores of people had been killed, Mm Tony Jacofoson camp was eoinpleto-ly eoinpleto-ly deserted. Then camo Tony Jncobsou, practical miner and prospector, who determined to rojuvenate tho deserted camp ropardless of suowslidos, and ho did. And in' April, 1802, ho organized tho Columbus Consolidated Mining company, interesting somo well known caiptalists in tho company. com-pany. Tlio properly was dcvclopod and in 1007 the company began paying pay-ing dividends and this continued until a great fault threw tho resources into the unprobed heart of tho mountains. Then prospecting was .begun to discover the romaindor of tho known oro bodies, and in 1000 these wore found and since then tho company has boon a regular contributor of ores to tho smelters. All this has boon duo to tho work of Mr. Jacob-son Jacob-son and a big district has been rovivod. 1 |