The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-01-01

fplendid campaign of DEVELOPMENT and
improvement has characterized opera-
mons al the famous old camp of Alta.
~ Little Cottonwood district. during
the year Notwithstanding the fact
tnat the year was an extremely hard
Apiie III which to raise money for min
IhS enterprises of any description and
nearly anywhere, there was no halt
caheo at Alta Companies that were
pegSlng away during 1903 continued
steadily throughout the year lust
closed, while new cOrDoratio en-
tered the field and the larger operating
companies made extensive surface inn
provements and added tremendously to
the ore reserves in their mines The
Town itself has taken on new life and
many new buildings have been erected
during the year. Deals of more than
ordinary magnitude have been pending
for some time and, with the clearing
ND of titles and other matters of de-
tail. great deal more money Will be
thrown into this district, which mas pro-
duced its millions without the ground
having been hardly more than
S'scratched.'
over the divide to the south Of Alta
Is the American Fork district and over
The hill TO the north is Big Cotton
wood. The districts are so close to-
gether that many of the properties run
out of one into the other and their in
terests are nearly so identical that il
viii be proper to consider each under
the caption given this review with AL
"a, as its name suggests. a place al the
top OF the many propositions of ex-
Feeding merit that are receiving special
attention it Will not be possible to deal
with more than a few in the manner
that they deserve. but il can be truth
fully said that no districts i'm this en-
tire western country are freer from
the wildcat" promoter than are the
Eottonwoods in American Fork Il
IL a fssf-D ar,cfff
manipulated in either of them, it is be-
ing worked With a secrecy that has
defied detection up to the present time
Local capital is as much in evidence in
these camps as is the money of the
eastern investor and in perfect har-
tnony and accord the different combin-
htiOns are working to the end that great
To- mines shall result.
Approaches Dividend Period
The Columbus Consolidated Mining
company. mentioned first because lit
has practically reached the goal for
which ii has been steadily steering
during the past three years. is now at
the turning point in it's career. 1t has
Its mines we'll opened. its new mill in
operation. and. barring unforeseen and
unexpected difficulties. il should enter
the list of the states dividend-payers
q during the year which opens today
During the year the company has bl1iIt
Hnd equipped a splendid electric power
plant at a point three miles down the
canyon from its mines and mill This
plant is operated by water power and
Is made to supply not only all the light
md power required by the Columbus.
but II also furnishes power TO two or
three of its neighbOrs at modest cost
and thus reduces the power item of
expense to itself to minimum
For several months prior TO the COM
l,Ietion of the company's new mill.
hTrH has ol.r.Tfr 20
tons of ore or more per day no attempt
was made 10 market ore from the mine
only as ii occurred in doing necessary
development work in certain portions
OF the mine The main object OF the
management was to connect the mine
with the mill through the Rowland
tunnel which was run for that specific
purpose. The mill was ready 10 go into
commission early in November and the
Rowland tunnel was finished a few
days later. Mule trains now carry the
ores direct from the mine loading sta
fionG to the receiving bins on the low
pr side of the plant, where il is handy
for teams to draw up under the chutee.
The Columbus is now a spIendidIy
equipped property, the company's man
Hgement is uD-tO-date clean and hon
est. There is a world of ore already
exposed IN the mine and during the
coming year its reserves win be ma
terially added TO. for Manager Tony
bfNOs7pH Autly appreciates the neceS-
Sity Of keeping development work we'll
II advance Of ore extraction
Another Successful Property.
OF no less Importance has been the
operations Of the CONFERENCE.-The conf
pauy- Under the experienced and in
telligent direction of henry NJ. Crow
Their. the general manager, tremendous
Strides have been made both in the
opening Up of the mines and their
ca3 moving, dressing and marketing of
pres. During the last ninety days he
has accomplished as much along the
lines mentioned as many companies
with less energetic men at the helm
Nould accomplish in a year With de-
Velopment being crowded in the prop
erty ne has made the mine at the same
time pay not little of the cost OF Op-
Grating il, while he has applied some
thing like 100000 to surface improve
mentS.
portion of this money has been
used i'm the building of an up-to-date
concentrating plant, which derives It's
power direct from mammoth Peltou
wheels operated by a 4.000-foot water
line laid with fourteen inch pipe, the
first and only mill in the state To be
operated by water power direct Talk
about cheap power, Why, if IL were
not FOR the fact that the bearings in
the Pelton wheels viii have to be oiled
occasionally and SOMEONE viii neces-
tarily have To looF -fler il. it would
tot cost the compat.y anything for
power
States Longest Aerial Tramway
The longest aerial tramway in the
state. covering the five miles of dis
tance between mines and mill-the
same kind of tramway as that en-
piOyed in carrying ores and cOncen-
tTaIes from the Silver King mines at
Park City-is now nearing completion
and has cost considerable money. It
Includes tremendously heavy terminal
stations, where the carrying buckets
ere automatically loaded and dumped
sIXty-two supporting towers en- route
and all the parapheTnalia necessary to
make il as complete as possible While
tie first cost Of this plact is large, it
viii more than pay for itself in the
first year of its operation and at the
same time insure a steady stream of
ore for the mill in all kinds of weather,
something that would be impossible
with teams during some of the winter
months when heavy snOwstOrms were