Show Alta Coming to the F Front as a Copper Coppe Camp r H present year r haa hu wrought T I many changes In th the camp o ot of otI I AIt Alt chIr among unO them WH was w the th completion of the th tnt Ant mill milli i III if I plant ever ver built In Little LIUI Cotton canyon and Ind nd the th placing of ot the ther th by the OIl r f me lM in 0 umbu Consolidated Mining com commy my Iny Another Important event vent wee wai wa wat waters of LIttle 1 t 1 s I harnessing of ot the tha i t crook and th tb hi subsequent iu nt I of 01 electric power pow and andi i j facilities in the 01 district Till ThIN or oP was alM 1110 done by the Columbus I t Recently the Ibl i Alto Alta Mines Mine corporation I 1 bod bed the of a ii mill of IM 10 t 11 ii l dally daily capacity and sud II li now build MOO I at it an expense approximating l i an IP atrial tramway lIve miles mil In InI I 1 th Ui over or bIeh the orea orse or of ot the mine min be to the mill located c hit hat II la Ii I known u as Tanners Tanner flat nat for forr r 2 ton IoD tonn Vi n NT TORT TOBY TORTi i i L II i work conducted In Ini Int i t Ii i I the year r has bat been c r i t I c i i J which cannot help but butIn MIL nee 1 In the tbt future tutu and end 1 Hi ft rt 1 opinion in fore for be bev bel I II II i s I which on of f Il existence 4 11 1 I h v l of ot t P t m 1 t I 1 I 1 m l I J ij v w 1 i I 0 gRin in 11 i S i the ther I r i i tint mi tn U ti i ft to and that t I i IM I hI t iii lion tion madi Iy by 1 t 11 P i r f pro ki 4 n r 1111 be s a si aL i L i 1111 von lon aa U com COIn j t r I i in Ih i locUM n I lit f the Ihl latter with thi w equip z I r vi r T rit iro WITH Nv NT MI ku 4 t h hl ti II I on One ant ot of Interest MI r 1 n I i tx lx x be written about U It UV Itt V WH H h 11 t v iM not be tanking In the I r r i 1 i if f inter et lu events oven At ono tr t e IC o S II 8 about the ot Of the 7 I MT If had ibid 1 i t population of ot eI It j i t d n It lIa m about U aa lively M AI tiny iny outlawry rY yet v I t I mil flu ever over was WU v W w 1 I II 1 f J uj 11 mi nil mI In III moat molt the IheI I ii 4 id nd obeyed The flie fh In Ina InI I a II 1 II Ji 1 HIU u pastimes aa ItI shooting J h hi i I ti t I ht hit or of u Q tenderfoot oc oct ocI not nOot considered to he be a aPIH 1 r c t i Ill iy Uy a illO to cause ar u arr ur PIH flu V m ugh offense r I n 1 rut Fut speaking outlawry wj nut tIled IN X ITS In lit Its It prime Till rho r tir i p I vat as ei practically i i L in i fl tho the Flagstaff Emma Emman n i utu tu i mints tie were being worked n 1 n I h 1 to an en output to 10 be to In Inti int InI Irlo c 1 t i 1 1 I MI in T ti t I nr of CC Jut Just be for 11 11 II fr 1 line 1111 nf of t the camp a 1 homo orao Alta Alts to Wa WI W WIet from v IB tR built hullt U tr tr r 1 tY iy tnt st i 1 III 1 to i 1 i oat o t It la Ii I raid Mid of o J lin t W i ib 1 1 h I to sandy Shandy the Hlo 1110 Orand r ur LA i i i train the ore 0 being t k I to the tn th at the latter P plO 1 ic M OV 01 EMMA kIt U It i l i Nit tit experience the top wave I K h until the ot of of iti iii It bI 1 1 th which occurred In tn 1565 tho 1 L ly by t i U c IL II i father tat her of W WW AV W i i u ii i n if tf till city J 1 P III 1 Wood with I u II t hl wua a In Utah men on Ol i t flure mIning Jut but who pawed passed over the I H years ego ago After the disco dIao WIN nC r the tiie Emma lode a 1 short hort while M t R I and ond Woodman of d de III III II it in the ont th thy some rich surface di o mid nud made a shipment to the Selby ller near lilaI San Man Frau Fran dace Tho rho was wae hauled to lo th n irett nation on the Union east eui nf or Ogden The ore are or avi i M ii I 1 to the ton In III lead und sliver silver I hilt tIk it was wai not Infrequent to thud And oro Olf ilm il a n high iu a II 1000 to tho the ton I v wa i worth 1110 an alt In III e day days anti and the miner riu i I no for tor lu hill 1 l I i t It ran better than thon IO 10 tj b th ton ten FOIl FOIt In i 1 11 th i waa wU told sold or at u II l II i tnt int i i t in ii it to Pick ft r or of fur tir but before th ir v n made by b Meun C i Hm hh h m un nI 1 Woodman they took out outa a II ft IJ 1 ml i on The Tb mine on oen ont t r iff J MI tive for tor another year Ah WI s1 n in ft I property was wai wa sold to 10 toan ton an n 11 In irk fi i mi any the consideration L ii I a I ITh Mill 1 Th if h operated the them m nr it i t U hll rt time lime And after spend ig g n 1 n II t ini I IH I sum slim In equipment and 1 lit itt 1 t the ore body booT 1111 b tiun UlIn a and the ih mine WM was u doe clot ril rd r II down re In that condition for far fully 20 ZO years yean ea rl excepting for tor or the ot of an en occasional leaser leAler Almost contemporary with the was wai aa he lie 1 mine on the tue l ide hd de and which at al that time wen WAR by Nichola the builder of ot the tha W watch block now oc oci i S by the Kenyon hotel hotl and who aa the father of will Uro beck the mIning man men the sad gad Intel of whose who deuth leath de lh at Lima IAma Peru Perua raa rl a received In this city not long ego ago The Flagstaff was at alto also a prolific pro producer ducer In It Its Ha day dllY and like Ilk the tha I mma Into th the han hanas hands of f an In t Jh the North Star SIar the nod a the f other mines minas were Well found in their near neighborhood in In the number lumber being the Valejo CIl Ly Rooks of ot WRite Wale als Wellington Albion South Star Itar Nabob Savage a and McKay and anti and T Toledo ledo Frederick and Crown Prince Oxford oxton and Geneva Peruvian and many others other all of ot which have made more mort or less IBM III tine records record as al producers of metallic wealth tn In the year ar WO 1810 or Ul UTI Mown Moser and built a smelter meller nt itt It the mouth of or Little Cot ton wood canyon anon a afew afew few tew milt miles below Wasatch Title This plant a ant was wae run by b Archibald pun punter ter who is Ii I now living In New York and who since Ince its his hi assocIation 1 la Uon with the theIrly early Irly history of Little Cottonwood o od hue has developed Into Inlo a I novelist of national repute o OP or 0 ThIC THIa While there hero Is I no way was of ot fitting tU ot itt actual figures John 0 a Still the present postmaster at Alta Alts and SM who Is I In the bu bud l nets n there the tb following figures wipe were obtained on the camps output up to the present time Um The Th Flagstaff ValeJo and North forth Itar 1 nit The l he amma mma a OGO OO Vale and North Honk Itt Itar South Bout No Itar liar a Prince of Wales Wal Nabob Mabob N City CUr Rooks Rook to VIP and McKay and ahel Revolution Albion A I blott MO IGO 1011 Toledo Toldo 1 t IO Frederick and Crown CrowD w Oxford and end Geneva 00 Peruvian p II 10 0 w 00 wWW Columbus Columbu Co to WW Durin the present prent year rr the Con Contin tin has hai shipped out lilt quits quite I a largo Itro tonnage of low grails grade rad ort ore or from ro which a fair profit was wai wa derived NO DERI DEEP MINING DONIL DOHI Mining In Alta AlIt In the early days eta wee W I confined almost to the tu vu face deno deposits U It ft was wai huM heard of that any mine min was wa worked below the surface NO or feet TUB CONSOLIDATED It H takes tak time to 10 develop R a mine min Ill lug things thing thin oftentimes annot be d In a day dar or month but It usual usually Iy ly 11 takes years year t to put on the finishing touches and round out any aizy Dr This applies particularly to mitt min mining millIng ing and It II ll Ii I frequent that stock stockholders stockholders holders become becom impatient anti and complain because those who shoulder the of development are ar not making what occurs to them a satisfactory i showing allowing The Columbus Columbu Consolidated mine has bu been operated only A 1 little over two years yean but In that tune time It has hai h been transformed from a II crude prospect Into luto a mine min of or lather tather generou proportions So In many ways WRY the Columbus Columbu has lIu I Imade I made rather satisfactory uti factory advances IdYlliC and with the splendid equipment It tt now flow has hu the mine mitt Ii Is ready rad to enter upon Its money making career In th the mine mini are err morp than two mild of ot workings work In remitting consisting of 01 crosscuts drifts drift et tr and of ot this amount between 2000 and ami feet teet were driven during 11 the pro pr II ent year That Immense tonnages are arenow now new In ii 1 ft result of this Ihl work Ii is admitted and l It Is Ia I life tl to say that thO mill will 1 be out cut short hort of a sup ply Ny to o 0 keep It at t full lull capacity for tor fora tora a many tI rs to come An official o 0 Ute the company said aliI a few rew days dayi ago alO that the year probably has hal l en spent pent nt for develop ment mont pur O In providing antI and paying for n In the way wal of ot development the ihl most Important achievement of or the year yar was wa the completion of or tho the which bloh connects the lower lowr Columbus and How land huid tunnels l thus thui completing the lb eon con system This la Is 1200 test feet In length and was WR run through a 1 hard halll limestone formation The Tho task lalk was WI by b no meant means an easy laa one cite but It was nai Accomplished by the aid of at power drill and the vait ast ore are reserves ran can now no be b readily reached while the j l I cost of extraction lilt has been reduced to toa toa a 1 minimum The electric power plant tho con oon construction of ot which commenced about a ayar year yar ago ao was wall completed and ed In I commission several months arc ajo U It was wal put in III at nt a 1 cost approximating I and anti Is now supplying ISu the ny mine anti and mill with power In addition to this the company derives n revenue from front the sale Ille of light and power to other mines in III the district I The mill which went Into Inlo commis commission lion sion recently was we among the tin Improve monte ments made mad this Ihl year yar Tho The manage mint men I mAd made a II good move In buying th lh the equipment of ot the old Ti rara mill In which WAS operated for tor only a short hort time The machinery wa was pran new and It was obtained At al n a 1 figure which saved the company sever ver nl III thousands of at dollars lint Hut as 1111 n It stands tand the cost coat was U about Th The capacity of the plant Is Ii for tons Ions of ot ore are dally daily The equipment of ot If the mill mUl consuls of ot Jigs and Willi table and the ore are concentrates on the tile bills basle of ot 5 or C 6 Into one ona The rite impetus tui given to mining In Aba during the past few years yearn has hai been due ulue largely to the Ihl efforts of ot President and Ahll General Manager Jacobson of ot the Columbus ColumbuA Consolidated company Years ago aKO when hn the camp was In la Its Ito prime 1 rim Mr 11 Jacobson worked there hire Recalling the tact feet that thai operations durations In those days day were wele confined to the surface ores ore It occurred j to him hint that with the modern methods methode of ot mining anti and reduction low grada graula ores ors could be mined profitably bly bb hi Mr tr Jacobsons previous exper experience experience In the district gave him knowl knowledge knowledge edge of ot the formations and end the trend of ot the veins to so It was WI not nol a 11 mat matter mattel matter ter tel for tor him to 10 map out a 1 plan Illan of ot cam campaign which would bring ultimate re results reo reou suite u It II It 11 WAI a n big bl undertaking for Cor forone Corone forone one of ot limited It II means but bul endowed with plenty of at courage nl to went ahead Soon at af aftel atter tel ter a large group of claims which have haIl since been added to the Columbus Co Con 8 company was wag formed with witha a II capital of ot of A per nor vat val valus vatus us of at 1 each ench NT 11 L I flaw ri ML u L T H J 9 l Iff j JT 1 e 4 I Ii Ij II I EE i j I J Lx I i A C l u CoN Yh WU liT liT l I I I I The opening of or the mines has ha been under the superintendent of ot A O 0 JacobSon and much credit li is due tp p phim him for the present physical condi contU conditions hong t It 11 Is I expected the Columbus will soon enter the list lIt of dividend payer In Itu II ild sides Id i the shipment of ot concentrates toe tM markets marked will 11 be hll supplied u d with mUCh nigh grade shipping ore during durin the next year ear CONTINENTAL AlVA ALTA MINIM The Continental Alta mines at the hud of ot Cot Cottonwood ton wood canyon will cut an Important figure In the future metal mett output of ot the tile camp of ot Al Alta AlIa AlIa Ia ta For I or a IL little over oer n a year the Con Continental Continental Mines Smelting corporation hues lias lla been operating In tho district and ami the management announced to 10 share bare shareholders shareholders holders recently that fully worth of ot ore ort had been added to the miners minera reserves during the year eat or about as a much again as al was waa In sight Ight n the Grizzly and Regu Regulator lator groups were purchased and which willed now constitute oon the Utah properties of th the corporation This Thin Is II A t most moat gratifying exhibit While the ores ore are of a low tow grade It Ithai has hai been they can c n lit lie handled m kt a h meant big returns to the company colt With Ith this purpose In view General Manager Henry M 1 Crowther Is ii I pushing work vork us III rapidly as 01 possible lc On the construe construction tion of ot the fivemile tramway referred I Ito to in the Introduction and before win wilt winter i iter ter closes clo in on the camp It Is hoped the line will be practically completed The new n mill was enclosed sometime I ago alo anti and at this writing much of ot the machinery U Is I In place piece The Tue mill will be b operated by water power and It Itla itis I IIa la is expected that the earnings ot or the thu I company when the tramway and mill milt equipment Is U fully Installed will equal IWO GO per Ir day on Initial Installation and that 1000 per Ier day da will bo 10 installed later Uter It Is li expected that a W tO 40 pro product duct will be the result ot of concentrating six Ix tone long Into one on Figuring the production i tion lion of ot ore front from the tue mine min At torte tons a aday aday day diU the mines art are re prepared to kelp keep the mine min supplied for far forn fora n a 1 period of ot almost almot nyc five years yeats without further development WITH WITHA A contract was wai entered Into with tin the A corn com the HIM Con Colt piny pany pan not long tong ego alto whereby company compall has hll agreed to 10 fur lure furnish nish the smelters with 71 tons toni of ot or ore figured on un the low low average of at W II 23 to the due ton mean miane that tA t I com coIn patty pany will derive n rl venue vue to the time amount of The building of ot the bring about II a solution of or lh the ule trans transI problem fly the then Uon of tin the th mill on Tanners flat five 11 I miles mil below the thi mines the coat cost of ot freightage both ways will wilt bi be b out cut In 11 two A AS AJ a business buhl proposition the move was wai B a good one and the tha say sav saving I lug Ins enabled will soon make up for the I t tI cost of expensive tramway equip equipment I uncut ment The Continental company has bu acquired ed oil considerable new lIew territory during durIn dunn the year and has ha more than Iban trebled treble It since tho the original orl cash cath purchase The equity In n a group of 10 contiguous claims together with two mill sites with water power was wai 11 pur pun and und upon which the manage management ment mint now places lInen a value of OilIer Other territory was waR token taken In and at el together Manager Crowther has bill sue suc succeeded elded In grouping together a 1 property destined to become blOOm ont 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