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Show Postponement of Relocating Mining Claims. It is known that a bill is uclorf Congress looking to the postponement postpone-ment for a year of the lime whcn: mining claims, on which work is not being done, shall be open to relocation; reloca-tion; or, in other wordo, until June 10, 1870, instead of June 10 of the present year. Messrs. Bennett & Whitney telegraphed to Washington to learn if the bill had passed, and yesterday received the following reply, which will he read with interest inter-est by all engaged in any way in mining matters: Washington, D. C, May i. 1 Bennett &, Whitney, Salt Lake: Not yet , a change for its passage ; very uncertain, but probable. Saml. A. MEnairv, |