Show around the state it has been estimated that the vast pot ash beds which extend from kosmo utah to the green river in wyoming contain sufficient supply to last the entire united states for years A most promising strike has been made in the louise mine in the alta district recently workmen uncovered a foot of solid silver lead ore in a hitherto virgin territory and about feet east of where the contact was first encountered the michigan colorado mining company is actively at work developing its may copper property four and a half miles south of the big indian mine near moab N J christensen who is in charge of the work expects very shortly to have the mine in the producing class the utah metal company incorporated under the laws of maine with a capital stock of is one of the new companies to exploit the resources of the state the company has secured the old lion hill property in the ophir district and already has commenced development of the claims so large a showing has been made in the quinn group of claims in the bingham district that the bingham garfield railroad has decided to put in a spur to the property nine feet of 9 per cent copper ore has been opened by the leasers leaders of the claims which lie adjacent to the utah apex property that the uranium and vanadium deposits of the bromley ridge section of grand county near moab will be opened up is probable david taylor connected with the consolidated ores company a denver organization was a recent visitor to that section where his company contemplates development of its extensive holdings japanese experts connected with the largest copper organization in japan who w to 0 visit spent part of the past month on a the principal iron regions of this country declared that the iron deposits of the state sta of th of utah far surpass the deposits mineral in any other locality in the world wor both in extent of deposit and in 1 I value of ore recently an deal was important mining cottonwood nood consummated when the big cotton Cotto of 0 tile control coalition company acquired cot copper king and empire claims in big 1319 total ft a conwood canyon giving the company of sixty one claims the comp company ailY proceed pr tunnel gi ed to let a contract for feet of hold driving which will connect its older clai cla clavins lIns ings with the ore bodies of newer nenver 1800 the work now being done on the foot level of the ontario mine in tw the far 01 city district has uncovered an excel body that bids fair to rival the ex showing made on the 1700 at which point fifty mine cars per day of 50 ore for a period of six weeks was the result more than fifty fifty feet has already been driven in the new find and the face of ane drift is still in solid ore encouraging reports of progress at the beaver copper property in the beaver lake district have been made by A J mcmullen Alu ilen superintendent while at work on a drift from the main shaft at a depth of feet a very rich vein or of silver lead sul aphides from four to eight inches in width has been encountered the di direction ruction that the vein is making is towards the wasatch fissure and interesting developments are expected in the near future |