Show LA A run PLATA A heavy budget from the new district NEW STRIKES STILL REPORTED A compendium of mining business and Pero in information formation whit what is being done LA PLATA CITY nov 1801 EDITOR there is certainly one thing that tin file people ot of la plata have reason to bo be thankful for on oil this Thank iRiving day and that Is tile presence of the bright sunshine and werm and pleasant weather more ti mining in work is being pro et duteil nt at the present than at any ciny time since tile beginning of la plata plat s the welcome wel conle whistle of the lit la plata hoister sounds night arid anil jay day indicating that life is ig busy unearthing the treasures of cache countes Coun tys coming coining 0 bonanca camp tile buzz of the saw at the lie new go saw nill till down tile canyon is I 1 another mark of needed improvement arid and 11 I 1 A Ilard yi gli till lias has all lie he can do to keep I 1 up ip the supply apply arid am demand in lor lul hautier lher 1 by y a capacity of feet per day two tuo teanis teams arr are kept biily removing tile ilie luin heras fast ax as it is ia F sawed awed judge J 1 low liia has a units r A ard liere bere but lie ile neils it impossible to 6 keep a supply on hand at the yard vard on account of t the I 1 e continuous coni colli callior call for lumber to finish up tile the callins cabins those who ile were here a month or six weeks aso ago would bo be greatly surprised now low were they to pay visit to ill ii plata and see tile improvements beim bems made ther lire atris now about sixty hons houses es in la la plata arid and at least a doze down n in the cour coure bouru e of erection As fast as lumber can call be obtained the boys are arc fixing themselves for a lie home ne nearly every man in camp is till HIP fins possessor assor of a los doff cite cilc in comfortable shape miners liners in the hills and on oil the outskirts of tile city are also erecting quarters for winter at ilse alie same time cov crin their with good shaft houses houge 4 there are actual residents here with a transient travel of fiat fifty y each beek out of the people th there ere are fifteen ladies arid and fourteen children all are a sociable and amiable class find and the circle is ia made complete arky iy the presence of a band of expert musicians vile amuse and help to tile people here I 1 it has bee been n by a number of out our people that we should have a school clerc are fourteen children chil dien of or school age und c parent sire ire anxious to hare a sech school ocil established bied tile the matter will be after right away and the corn I 1 petitioned to provide us mili inith a district FATS facca ABOUT LA PLATA turo thero is a movements movement oil foot anion amons the minors mine milic owners to have 0 a ignado in i print of the actual allowing g lot bf the camp ani laTso the exact amount of minerad now being shown r t ayd ila i at t la can 10 to lo it if necessary necess a ry f filthy 1 C way dav of out f shipments hip ments tile the mat anat tell is I 1 in the hand at competent gnei and ami inside of a week the article will to 0 written ritten o and ready for pruit print the joui houi bai AT will receive its proper recognition and ive a full re report 0 ort ro orhal ills of tin c atul actual well ell bikul n guica WP possibilities i es of the camp 6 illa oghig in J tte shape of exah V at n or over esti mation ill he be finlie mn k this is dohe for the benefit of outsiders ss is well as those who have not visited the camp yet hold a suspicious idea th it la it plata plat a is not what it is claimed to tic be tile article will obe property properly signed arid and ledged are cespon a uan aud trustworthy The average og I 1 foot will t then le rl have a cliance chance lo fc figure on os diesti athe camp witt 10 t unjustly doubting or speaking 9 in nh faVorable terms of our air DUt outlook lOOk oli I 1 I 1 J WORK AT LA PLATA MINE la ja plata company are pushing worl now nov on a substantial and systematical basis the hoisting plant is perfect in ill every particular the management ot of the mine anine Js is being conducted on the strictest t chest plan afire three e shifts lifts sl of good A are arc employed employ eu and nd the double shaft going down at tile the alie of three feet every ewry twenty lour four im tibb aliey hagenow re allied it a epili of nearly fifty fiak feet leeis i arhe the bzdil are nil it up tip their supplant lT of wood is on oil hand and from fromi now ow until spring time thile will the oi ok j bit be push uslie edas diks I 1 abt aa powder and jo steel chin it 11 i there ave are a greab areat many theories as regards the future oll itji plata mine all hie aie favorable vet ibe of delitia depoli atenis to be an all intangible one at AllY nry royn wo KO tb it I 1 to 10 feet its as to tile exact where ini minetah will ill lie found unoji tile contact when la plata alata si it once slie else is going to astonish iter owneta owned a beg begin in tho the boom that hint is sure sore tu corie to ug text season about thirty and tile revenue aliis his source is of I 1 ya I 1 tic to the camp tobb OX ON TUE TUB SUNDOWN I 1 I 1 reparations i tire being made for starting it mork nex next t monday firs the lie pro propof oed ed cross cut tunnel funnel to tap tile sundown iun down vein Thed ifft tt i 1 l be started from froin a 1 I point down the hill feet ft et below the present work thus giving them a depth 0 of f about feet mons the line of thu shaft no now being sunk stink on oil the vein is reached reich cil what may may be discovered in the execution 0 of f this work ork is unknown I 1 but all ire are of t alo 1 le opinion that just as soon boon as sundown hill is penetrated I 1 by this system of work there will tic be found to exist a mountain of mineral every avery mine in the camp as ell as 18 every litterest aill ill lie increased inci cased in value ali as fast as aa cah foot of ground is broken brokell in trie the tunnel ro jelt we do not expect ente enterprise r in this line fruin from any of kotlier hour miurca ce than thant lint that of LI la minin conically Copi Coni pally cilev the grit and the alio backing arid and if over the calup anup a is ia crew crowned lied ciui aki V ss it will avill be due to tile indo d in in able 0 and 0 e gri of ot tile men attlio it 0 wana ti all alie company aira airs irB lit la plata ioulia t uld lie bo little or no M i thoat tile of tile the lt la alata ati i tHitH deyhl ol MEM OP OF 11 beell F D i J CK at I 1 jacket prospect ct is id bubl hold hola ing its ta own they are a r e g a gond jirld force ol 01 if men nn annj are arr ont ilis L ly al taking dirig k ut lillne lal drifts are arc buin bring run at al I 1 light ight angles III il iles from tile UK ins line and an 1 tile I 1 little I 1 being eing timbered up to stand the ground emril 1 1 etli they liue have reached a i alf if alista I 1 n formation A aoi good ore house hot so 10 lias 1118 bevil bern erected erected I an und is rapi illy I 1 ay being up tip N ith ore no shipment i i have licen made af f site into 01 on amount of the of the middle middie fork torl road which is being repaired repair eil as fast ng a possible for win ten travel TUB trip SUNRISE WORK mr fred ell returned from palk city several veral dabs ago accompanied ly bv hi am birtner partner Jai jamers nois serncy Sec ncy and win curtik mike like harrington of the mountain boy and loisette T bielle claims and robt got linski a deputy dauty U S mineral surveyor or who li is 11 ji patent survey of tale lie mountain liny bov claim mr well and it d liis his men began systematic k last wednesday on the sunrise and wili continue all winter having li avin erected a good g 0 od substantial cabin call in on tin tile aroun I n as well its as having built a chaft house over cover tile main w workings they will gink cink tile shaft to tile bolyat boil yat the saino time bitne work in the ore chute taking out inin cred rise sunrise improves rapidly us as delith is ia gained anti and their ore body increases and improves it in rich alss they will begin shipping ship pina ore lit in a liioi t time bit but t levri not decided aich way they will avill still I 1 think logan is w the preferred route ORE IN THE LAST DOLLAR the owners of tile last dollar pro pet deity ty have now sett settled leti down to anai working their property properly A drift was recently started into the hill acro achot a the creek and below tile the red jacket ground at it 11 depth of twenty feet they broke into the contact formation and are greeted today tu to day by a thanksgiving discovery mineral of tile lie faroo character as tile red jacket kin also and I 1 yon yankee kee the bar dware men of silt salt lake city recently purchased purchase tit an inter estin est in the all property pi tv with C 31 wilson joe sima fills anti anil jack willard Willi ird mr king arrived in camp yesterday and is high highly pleaded with them generillo ge outlook of the lie district lie ile is satisfied etli the prospects of the last dollar and favors the proposition of continuing work all winter TUB THY LAST the owners of this property properly are arc keeping ill g up their work and ami are arc now flow i inking a shaft on oil the side lull hill to the north of their mineral discovery they have taken out ont about ten tons of ore iron from their original opening but concluded to open ell a 1 I shaft arid and ilithe this their main point of ore development work they expect to catch their mineral body fit at a depth of fifteen feet at present part of the last dime company are diligently it at work on their building in ca gnp as well as preparing for the hie erection oe of one at tile the nine they will work all winter and an d prepare to ship ore as early as practicable in the spring MINERS WAGES i lit inin iners cra meeting was held last ev evening enins ening to adjust just a little e difficult difficulty existing at tile the red lied jacket mine where it ilia annii wis was reported to be for 15 per day A miners organization nas perfected arid ami a committee e appointed to inform tile the ge gentleman etleman of his unhealthy position if lie did nut lot leave camp lie ile was seen going over the hils tins tills a 1 in sufficiently ainia ed with la wages were fixed at ta 3 per jav day to men underground anti and to surface men 1 A I committee was also albo applin appointed tell to 1 draft I raft a constitution and bylak a and get ready to or org amye anize a miners union A gener general lil meeting has been called for D december cember logli when many important matters will he be brought up the subject of a new mining district di district has haa been entirely dropped anti ami la plata will remain in in c mining district and it C jackson will hold the office of recorder Ite corder aj aa annix alie ahe wants it the weather I 1 is a again pleasant pl arid and there is no snow allow I 1 to 0 v speak eak ci of not even enough to make mak ag good 00 sleighing such weather her is welcomed wele oil aed by those who are back werd about abou t fl finisi nis iiii ther cabins DIRTY dissatisfaction A little dissatisfaction seems to exist over the appointment of a postmaster ariere is objections to the appointment of jas ins P r law because he is a mormon in view of the fact that sir law was aas first indorsed endorsed indor sed by the entire camp cam and is a worthy citizen fully competent to hold the position stets steps have been taken by friends to insist upon his appointment contrary lary to tile the trifling announcement rn nt that lie is a ile he is 1 icken arid and indorsed endorsed indor sed by the entire camp a a 8 the man IV E lilis ellia of 0 ogden augden lias has 0 opened sen edbis liis new store next door to la plata plata res lunina it and lias has provided himself with a large supply lyof of goods and is doing his share of th the trade nothing of importance ingoing is going on oil this aliis thanksgiving other than a full bill of fare to the boarders ot at I la ii i plata res restaurant arid and the SI liners iners home turkey and chickens are bein being served in sumptuous style at tile lie borries homes of ye ini miner clr REPORTED STRIKE it is ii reported in carlp this evening that tunit the lost sheep owners have struck the contact in their shaft arid and have a turn T alio homis ho mis uis and jesse stratford 0 of f Og denare interested tit in the lot sheep slice and are here today to day looking over the I 1 prospects of their new claim tile the levees of tit tin north star mine liine arri are N boiking oi 1 in ind taking out mineral arid and are preparing pre prep trillo to make inake a shipment of tons by way of login logan in in a few days ilie file ore Is s said to be very rid rich running as high as in g gold old rhe ilio logan log in mail arrives in camp tice a week I 1 Tuc tuesday slay and pi idaa but is as yet vet no regular mail route liaa his bocen established infiel indich to the inconvenience of hie ike people eople it is a mattei that deserves to lie le looked after a as soun solin as possible ria I 1 route onto from 0 ogden den will be established establish t id tri ri weekly in ten tell days or orto t 0 N weeks beeks LA PLATA il ATA |