Show THE MINE st george advocate after exactly one month spent at the mine col H L pickett of the havanic was in tb the e eity city last saturday en route to salt batse la k e with a thorough mining engineer the colonel has been going over the ground va very Y carefully and in detail to ascertain the le feasibility of constructing a wagon road to a connection with the dark clark road through the meadow valley wash a as soon as the proposed railroad connection is made he has also beer been looking up the cost and practicability of erecting a smelter within a few miles of the mine to treat his own ores and it is not at all impossible that the latter plan will be determined upon there is no question as to the quality or extent of the havanic ore deposits but except the red metal is commanding an unusual price the long haul baul by wagons strips all the profit from the shipments if the colonel should decide to erect a smelter of his own near the mine there being an abundance of water within seven miles it will mean the building up of another important industry tributary con to this place and would furnish employment to a great many idle men the result of his investigations will be awaited with suspense during durina his recent stay at the mine mr pickett has been doing duty as water boy and roustabout roust about for the camp and has sue C eded in getting a healthy color into his face he looked as rugged as a utah lumberman and said he never felt better in his life |