Show LA PLATA MINES The La Plata and Sundown Mining Min-ing Companies Consolidate The NeW Road to Logan Completed Strikes Heported Daily Gold Finds General Bich Copper Ore Coal Discovered Loa Utah Sept 2LSpeclal telegram tele-gram to TnE HERALD The LaPlata and Sundown Mining companies consolidated on Saturday The directors are Moses Thatcher John W Thatcher A E Hyde L D Haynes and H Graeble of Butte I G W Thatcher is president Moses Thatcher treasurer L D Haines Tie president and R W Sloan secretary The capital stock is 1000000 Work will be prosecuted vigorously at once A hoisting engine is being ordered and ore shipments by way of Logan where the companys offices are located will be continued all winter The mines are looking better every day A new road from Logan to La Plata was finished last Thursday The distance now is twentyfive miles and the trip can be made in about three hours It is seven miles shorter to rail than any road Ogden can build New buid strikes are reported re-ported daily in Logan and Blacksmith Fork canons assays showing gold silver siver and copper the copper running SO per cent One assay from La Plata not of selected ore shows i8S in gold 39 per cent lead and three ounces of silver The find is bona fide Gold finds are now more eonem than palena Logan is steadily improving confidence con-fidence is felt and the most unbelieving are now yielding Coal also is found in six different places in the valley and while the quality cannot be determined samples are brought in thatburn readily |