Salt Lake Telegram | 1908-04-24 | Page 10 | Light Snowfall Helps Alta District

L LT HT SNOWfAll At T A AD D When Manager Tony returned re reo re- re turned tinned from tho Columbus properties at Alta AHl last night he said mid that he had made the first trip of the tho season from Sandy to the mine min in a wagon No snow was waR encountered nn an this drive e o except ex OX- at the upper end nd of the tho minot mine which is s th the highest point on that route As with last year Mr Tacob son said that this season eason badat had bad at least knot one fourth lc Ic less s snowfall RnO It Tt has ha been the custom 11 to wait until along in inthe inthe sn the latter part of or orla May Mav before travel could UP Ut m made maile over ever those Alta roads in ina in ina a wagon but hilt this thiR year 11 the tho winter ca- ca season sea sea- cason son s-on on has ha been so o short hort that the mining companies operating rating in th that t belt beit lla have ex f pe ri e a c ed p practically ra C t ic aJ ly a no o d difficulty i ty in n getting in antI and out of that high moun moan thin ain country C For this rca reason on everyone coon cems seems quite over O th the prospects of an early arly re resumption on of mining on a number of the properties lie which wore were not sal suf- l under cover o t to in insure uro tion ion throughout the thC winter fea season on No Noless Noless less ess than a half dozen companies are preparing to renew operations operations- in that r region glOn during th the coming comin summer nail and the tho ho leasers leaon on the Superior properties are arc re among those who are aro anxious to Ietto get Iet geto getto to o th the mine anna nail place lilace it in commission as af- quickly as M the snow melts was one ono of the un cn na n- n a able le days clays in Alta according to Mr 1 Jacobson I and anti to show that it can storm up there on the slight slightest cst noti notice he said that hat eighteen inches of snow enow fell in inthe the he mountains whilo while nt at places the whito sheets would drift from six I to n e feet This storm however will 11 not lot interfere with traffic to nail and from ho tho mines s. s and the usual amount of work will bo be carried carrie on at the tho properties proper proper- ties ies now being operated