Show 1100 la plata is daily growing in popular ity and importance IT 17 WILL DAT DAY SUPPORT the various claims are being fur ledfor for all they are worth sappl are us daily seat ip up brig boden and bis his friends were in town yesterday they are elated over the stake made by them in finding opening and an J selling their interest at in the sandown Son down they are having a good time celebrating their lucky find bat but they will go back to la plata on monday and get to work again the stage service between ogden 1 and d la plata is now most excellent I 1 prominent among those who run with regularity and precision is the line owned and operated by charles E lame layne it was the first line stalled started of those still in ia existence and ia Is in every way what the requirements of ogden and la plata demand mayor W H turner 0 J pattee J D hurd and major E A littlefield left the city yesterday morning for a two days daya prospecting tour in weber canyon ar LA PLATA CITY sept 12 1891 aby br special Cour lerl to tare STANDARD la plata is moving along nicely Everyday every day adds new encouragement to mining interests te rests the hills in every direction are filled with prospectors there are a class of men here bore now who understand mining and realize that there is mineral here this as a pointer is one of the most encouraging features of the camp one that insures the future of la plata mining district none but good prospectors and energetic men fill the hills and they are devoting every day to de or prospecting eing the formation in aaion of the d district croope is brict is is uncertain so that close and careful prospecting is nece necessary 1 sary to chow show mineral where float ia found A trip around the countr country 7 for twenty miles distant will convince the most unscrupulous man that the boys are here for bp business siness and to make a showing by actual work leadville with all its established propositions was not made in a day or a month nor waa was it really a leadville until two years after its first boom we do not look for a second leadville here but we do look for mines the extent and value of which have not been developed but which show enough in eight to assure assur ous us that the mines mines are here and that it will take time and development to make la plata a full fledged mining camp in every direction from la plata for twenty miles distant can be lound tents and the sounds of blasts can be beara beard indicating that no time is being lost by the miners and prospectors of thia this district ta to prove its richness the thundering g blasts night and day aa as the vibrato vibrate down bear gulch canyon like an august thunderbolt I 1 is a proof that la Ls plata sundown Bun down la b belle alle ogden queen north pole mountain view and bully boy bay are not idle win truly la plata is a full fledged mining camp since it has been ridden of jim crow mining experts alfalfa miners and two by four business men the camp is dull businessmen business men are doing a good cash business and wh when an everything is considered la IA plata plat as a young ung and undeveloped mining camp 10 fa a a all 11 r right I 1 g lit every ery blast in the dormant ground means a foot of development making the camp more valuable and permanent STATUS of LA PLATA FLATA nothing has been definitely settled an a to the workings of la plata mine the owners will be called together at logan on tuesday and a regime instituted at that meeting arrangements will be made tor for final operations on the sundown as well as the other mines belonging to them they have secured all the ground they need will smart secretary of the company came up from logan last mat night and checked out over as their first monthly payment at noon today thomas harrison foreman and mr smart left camp by the logan stage to be on hand band for foi their first annual ME meeting e ting it is understood that they are to push work on L li lt t plata all winter and also to open the sundown ground in two places howard westover who is interested as a shareholder in the bullion beck la plata company went to ogden den yeat yesterday erday and will be at the meeting it is not definitely known what wha t the they w will ill conclude t to 0 do but TUB STANDARD man is informed that work will go ahead and provisions be made for winter on a far from small scale the mines are looking fine today to day and they have plenty of ore in sight eight ready for shipment when the roads open A As yet at la plata baa boa no outlet or afen ofen inlet let and could not chip ship ore in any quantity 9 TUB TIIE LINE the force at the mine are in camp today to day packing over provisions for winter supplies and are not losing any time in their work they await patiently the completion of the middle fork road before they can ship mineral to any advantage LA PROSPECTS the boys at la belle mine are anxiously looking for the return of superintendent mckenna before they can go ahead with the cevelo development ment of this property the shaft w will IT I 1 11 admit of no work only in the mornings and consequently they can only work on halt half time they have a fine showing of four feet of mineral in the bottom of the shaft and cannot turn a wheel until they have the blower placed in the mine G R P |