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Show I Fear 0 Consolidations in I Far -Famed Alia District II a LTA or tho Little Cottonwood 1 district bus never experienced 1 p4 a year for deals to tho extent I that characterized it through- I out 1912. Tho camp for so many years H "has been cut up into so many different I propositions under separate aud divcrsi-I divcrsi-I -fled ownership! thnt tho principal needs I 1 oi! tho whole section havo been ncprlcct- I ed, and opcrntors have sufforcd from I difficulties which could not be remedied I on this account. I Thorq ia no richer mineral spot in I tho state than Alta, millions of dollars' I ivorta of ore havo beeu extracted at I different eras ia tho camp's history, I - frequently from ono sballw oro bof y, I -and wtrk has been confined to a jrrcat- I er or letter extent to tho upper levels I throughout the district despito the I known, fact that the strong and richly R freighted vein's reach to as 'rcat a I 1 depth, as has ever been gained there. I Expensive District. I , But JUia has been a very expensive I cmp in which to operate. Far removed I from railroad transportation, locatod I at a. high altitude arid reached only by I z. difficult, uphill wagon road pull, with a tho wiaters long and of great severity, B the operators practically havo had to I bury themselves and their men for the I greaiflr portion of tho year in a section I famed for its death-dealing snowslides. I The camp aleo is a very wet one and I lie expenso of pumping the levels free I from water in many instances has I equaled tho value of the ores extracted. I For years Alta has boon a typical ex- B ample of a mining camp crying for I transportation facilities and deep drain I tunnels, of which there aro so many I throughout the wcafc. Capitalists began B ia 1912 to hear this cry and mako prc-1 prc-1 Y parationa for giving the camp tho ad- 8 vantages which its merits warrant. I To bring about these great improvc- I ments it bocamo necessary to center the I ownership of Alta properties in a few 1 hands. This programme of consolida- I tion has been carried forward with such I diligence that several great mines have I been brought together under one snc- I ccspful control, while deals along the I same lines aro pending which should be ! brought to a happy consummation at I 32$' time. E One of tho first consolidations -per- 1 fected was that by which the Michigan- I Utah Consolidated company, backed by 1 prominent Utah and eastern capital- I ists, came into the ownership of the I Utah Mines Coalition, City Rocks, Griz- zly, Copper Prince and other groups, I bringing together properties already I famed for their production of ore, and 8 known to contain at the pre-sont hour Jj rich developed tonnages. Tho Utah Mines Coalition croup extended over tho divide into Big Cottonwood, it be- ing joined at tho divide by tho City liochs properties, both being developed towards a common center by tunnels along the oro zone. Tramway Installed. The Utnh Mines Coalition tunnel was approximately 200 feet deeper than tho City Hocks tunnel, both followed ore for great distances, tho former tunnel demonstrating the rich resources opened in years past by the latter work. These tunnels were then connected at their extremes and equipment provided by which nil tho ores of the former Ijtah Mines Coalition territory were to be transported to daylight via the City Bocks tunnel aud tho Little Cottonwood Cot-tonwood canyon, where a tramway was installed rcachiug from tho portal of the tunnel to Tanners' Flats several miles down the canyou. Jt has been this stretch of mounlaiu road spauncd by tho tramway that has occasioned tho "greater part of former transportation "troubles, and where snowslides have made winter hauling dangorous to say the least, and impossible impos-sible for several months of the year. The tramway was constructed as nearly snowslidc-prbof as humau ingenuity could provide, and it is expected that tho camp will hereafter have year-round year-round tram service, the tram being intended in-tended for custom as well as Michigan-Utah Michigan-Utah company business. Tho Michigan-Utah company for the year has boon the largost producer of ores of Alta, aud the company unquestionably unques-tionably faces at the beginning of 1013 a period of its existence destined to be "long recalled by shareholders. The company is fully financed for much deeper operations, and for reaching over to tho Grizzjy and Lavinin veins which, in the early days, were productive pro-ductive of great fortunes of ore nnd which have not boon touched since. During the latter part of the year, there havo been surveying crews up Little Cottonwood canyon, arranging for an extension of the railroad tracks up the canyon to Tanners' Flats, or to the lower terminal of the tramway, and it is estimated that the railroad can be completed within thirty days of the hour of beginning work. This road un. doubtedlv-will be built during 3013, and Alta will have more than half of" its troubles completely solved. Merger of the Columbus. Next to a railroad, Alia needs a dcep drain tunnel and this seems certain of attainment during 1913 by a deu.1 pend-ing. pend-ing. for the consolidation of the Columbus Co-lumbus Consolidated, Columbus Extension, Exten-sion, Consolidated .Flagstaff, Superior Alta and other groups of well known properties. The first two properties have been under earnest development, throughout the year, and the" former company, for as much of the time as permitted by the seasons, has kept its concentrating plant in operation. The Columbus Consolidated company, however, has been forcod to contend during dur-ing tho year with pumping of water from its lower levels, and the expense of this work necessitated its discontinuance discontinu-ance late in the fall when the consoli-I consoli-I dation detail was first rounded out and i tho deal set on foot, This deal is being bandied by well known Utah and Michigan capitalists and it is confidently con-fidently expected that the early part of 1013 will find it brought to a final stage. All tho properties involved in this consolidation havo been productive of groat, and rich ore tonnages in tho East, but in nono have operations over ecu conducted to depth on account ot water. The deep-set character of tho veins is sufficiently well demonstrated to justify driving to them at heretofore hereto-fore unobtainable levels, relieving them of their largo volumes of water and laying bare the mineral wealth thai so iantalizingly has mocked man's feeble efforts for soveral decades. This is a deal that deserves to succeed; capital could find no more ideal proposition for positive returns, while its consummation consum-mation moaud the birth" of another bonanza bo-nanza and dividend payer of the stale. Alta Consolidated. A new producer brought to the surface sur-face during tho past year at Alta was tho Alta Consolidated, aud by that faithful developer of the camp, Tony Jacobson. Mr. tlacobson has devoted his life to developing the Alta camp, being one of tho first to return after snowslides had driven everyone else away, and, after opening new ore bodies, succooded iu interesting capita! in the installation of modern mining and milling oauipmont and hydro-clcc-irical power plants. Mr. Jacobson discovered and developed devel-oped the Columbus Consolidated, Columbus Co-lumbus Extension and sevoral othor properties, and whou he launched the Alta Consolidated company, briuginjr, it to the steady ore production list within with-in a few weeks of incorporation, be only added another success to bis long list. Mr. Jacobson had reached the oasy point for the Alta Consolidated when ho was suddenly stricken wilh severe illness and during the months of suffering and travel in search oi that sturdy henlt.h that had scaped' him for the first time in his eventful life, he was prevailed upon t0 part with a sufficient amount of Alta Consolidated Con-solidated stock to turn the control of the organization to others. The interests acquiring the control of this company were well calculated to handlo the proposition to the complete com-plete satisfaction of shareholders. bo ing headed by M. J. "Daily, one of the best known of successful Utah operators, oper-ators, and under his management the property is not only a steady producer, pro-ducer, but also ouc with an ever increasing in-creasing tonnage of reserves which will keep this proud position for an ihdofi uito time. The management at the present time is close upon the heels of an ore body not far distant from the famous Emma resource, which was worth many millions of dollars, and which is upon the same vein. South Hecla and Others. Operations have boon carried tor-ward tor-ward bv several other properties of Alta during the year, especially the South Hecla company, itself the product prod-uct of a recent consolidation of very rich mineral properties, and which companj'.'is making, frequent shipments of high'-gradc ore to the Salt. Luke smelters. The Peruvian, Alta Emerald and several other groups have been busv opening ore. all of which will be benefited by the tunnel plans now being be-ing perfected, aud while the camp in recent years seemed to f-'lcc splendid periods with tho dawn of new seasons, it never faced a year that promised more than it does today. Paralleling Little Cottonwood, audi to the north, is the Big Cottonwood district dis-trict where arc located a number of active ac-tive properties, and among tbem a shipper of great merit, thu Cardiff. The Cardiff at tho present time is driv. ing n deep tunnel to drain as well as open at dopth the largo bodies of rich shipping grade ore already known to exist above. For the past two or three summers the company - has shipped a generous tonnago to the smelters, the ore averaging close to $50 per ton in value. Tho Cardiff is ouc of the busiest properties iu tho canyon and among other properties cither active or certain cer-tain to be so during tho year are the Tar Baby, 'Maxwell. Bonnie Brier and a dozen others well worth earnest development. |