Show mym tw ATLA CITY may 04 1872 editor dese deseret I 1 iveli news daar deai sir sire through the kindness of at A holsted hoisted superintendent of the vallejo mine I 1 had the honor of visiting his works in the above named mine yesterday morning the vallejo is situated a little west of north from alta something over half a mile dis fantl tant and about one thousand feet greater in altitude it is five hundred feet from the flagstaff and sixteen hundred feet from the emma almost in 8 as direct line jine between the two and undoubtedly as good as aa either when properly developed the owners of this mine as well as many others bere here have to work under many disadvantages in getting their ore from the mine to where teams can get gob it this is accomplished complis hed by taking say three to four sacks at a time fastening them together and drawing them the entire distance which is a very tedious job mr holstead hols hois tead informs me they intend building a substantial tramway from the mine mino or mouth ot of the tunnel to the main road leading from alta to central this his will be a wire or rope tramway and will in most places be from twenty five to th thirty lity feet from the tilo ground in order to tb avoid the deep snow during winter of course this will be an expensive undertaking but evidently will p ty ly in a short time for its erection by being more convenient and much less jess ex pensive expensive in the tion of ore after preparing ourselves with light ed candies candles we proceeded to the interior five hundred reet feet from the mouth of the tunnel brought us to what is ca called the west drift here we found an immense amount of ore in fact on either side above and below is one solid mass of mineral with all the varieties of color one que call cari wed weli imagine the light spots of galena interspersed here and there sparkle like so many gems from the tunnel there is a shaft leading to the upper wot woi ks by numerous windings ladders lae lat iders shelves ac we at length reach this large and extensive excavation where in almost every direction are been seen solid walls of miner 1 and great stacks of ore already sacked for shipping from this there 1 is ca a shaft to the surface known as the old south star shaft there Is ia an excellent draft passing from thit thin th shaft above 8 to the tunnel below the emma flagstaff wellington titus highland chief lexington davenport ohio enterprise bruner bruder Il illinois linos south star and several others are preparing ing to ship their accumulated ore at an early day borne of the millas have shipped considerable during the winter especially the emma all ali aud nud d flagstaff several new buildings re 1 I 1 in the course coune of erection among w which 01 c h is the deseret telegraph companas comp anys new office everything looks favorable for a lively summer in mining affair affairs the howland HowIand tunnel company have hipe been progressing rapidly considering the inclemency of the weather sinea hinea they commenced their work ss arce aree arcel ai I 1 six weeks ago other tunnel bite bitel i ara being located and worked in almost every df direction weather er mild wild grid and pleasant snow melting malting exceedingly fast fact yours youra trul truly SA S A W nearly the same bame materi materials abi are used in the manufacture of bf sugar bugar of lead aa a of vinegar v |