Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-12-14

/ pany owns some attractive and no
doubt valuable mining properties but
they were never developed TO the point
where they needed n tramway. but
that was no blunder ON the part of
the present management. The length
OF the tramway IS about five miles
DRAINAGE OF DISTRICT.
Ih9 drainage OF tho great zone ypor
Nhioh VIE principal msnos oe H.
are situated o. one az a. -Nlta
1.l''u mas boon brought up FOR consi5-
elulloh lately and the PRINCIPAL p,i.tr.
sVlhplhea no the camp win pr,hobi,,
yviu ln carrying out tho proieot sn..
pllilpus Consolidated has alrend,.
,,,,i,g H'ls amount of money 20 b.
apnhed 10 this purpose. Tho tvrrot
viii be about 1000 feet An ien,.,s '' l,,'i
would TAP the ore bodies OF inc Comm
nus consolidated between 400 ANA -ao
Leu oeloW the present lowest worki,,s,e
hc restoration OF the railr1nd oueratei
many years ago between Rinrhan
~, W., w ana Wasatch is one of The
oss,plllles OF the near future. The
Iuddped was leased by the Rio Gronds
western Railroad company tho o,vner
=" private syndicate which has failed
lo reconstruct the line I'm a,,rordancs
WIN The agreement. The lease win
ne forfeited soon. however. as a copse-
quence OF this. 10 the producers OF the
camp are hopeful that ADEQUATE rsN
focilitlea viii be among tho nrobabiii-
ties of the new year. The merger ~
some OF the leading mines OF tho cernp
is now being considered but Il ia SAFE
20 say u VIII not be accomplished he
fore 1898.
BACK IN THE SIXTIES.
The discovery of mineral az Ana
u"lea 1Nck To the .ear 1868 Nvhan
General Connor's troops were stationed
90 Fort Douglas I'm this wear sal h,s-
tnil Ieleals. a party of soldiers peue-
lfated Little Cottonwood CANYON ana
near the divide OF the Wpsatcb mo,,n-
tains made the strike which resulted
IN the first rush for the district ana
the establishment OF Alta. Following
The hrst discovery, excitement ran
hisn ana enormous capital was invested
IN the new Eldorado. The real boom.
however came with the discovery OF
the Emma lode. ON which is located the
famous Emma mine This was Ina 1g6g
hN capt II. II. Chisholm and Col o. u
thishulm, Who began active work on
the property and from the phenomenal
~ rich ore bodies realized more than
$oooOo 00. Later, the ore body was lost
bN displacement through "a fault. the
property became entangled i'm series
Of litigation ana the property was
closed down. Adjoining the Emma
and even more famous as producer.
was the old Flagstaff mine. with
recorded production of s. 900 600 This
property is located on the famous En-
ma lode and its history Is almost iden-
teal with that OF the Emma mine,
Like the latter Sc too. passed TO an
English syndicate. which transfer
seemed TO mark It's decline ana aban-
donmeut. Although millions Of dollars
are purported TO have been taken from
this property I'm those early days the
Engllshmen who purchased Il. realized
but little or nothing from their invest
| ment. 1t was no fault Of the property,
however. but their loss was due large
~ 90 the trickery and unfaithfuluess OF
the engineers and managers who had
charge IL Is estimated that the total
production Of Alta has been somewhere
around S54.O00OO0
In the carly EOS Alta was quite n
prosperous mining camp and at ono
time the town contained a population
Of something like 5000 persons. Alta
is located about 20 miles from salt
Lake city. and at an altitude OF about
5000 feet.