Show COPPER RESOURCES the tremendous increase in the demand for copper of late is one of the sensations of the day in financial circles and has caused an upheaval in the numerous mining camps of the west and this is especially so in utah where after mining so many years for gold silver and lead it has been found that deposits of the red metal are to be found in nearly every district and mining camp in the state and in such quantity and of such quality as to attach the attention of the investor the big mining operator and even the representatives of the big trusts and far reaching combines only two sections ol of the united states have been noted for their production of copper two localities widely separated the lake lak e superior country and butte montana and for many years it has looked as if these two copper producing regions would pass on into history without the appearance of any rival which could in any way diminish their fame and lustre the unexpected has happened however and it is utah now which presents alluring fields for the copier copper operator investor and manipulator and in the busy mart of boston the great copper centre of this continent the copper mines of utah are now talked of than are the producers of lake superior or of montana and for the reason that this metal is being found in utah camps in greater quantity and the ore is of higher than in any other li portion of the country so far as discovered the copper craze in this state began with the uncovering of mammoth bodies of this metal in the highland boy mine in the old reliable camp of bingham originally the highland boy was worked for its low grade ores but as depth was attained and the workings began to penetrate into the zone the oxidized gold ores be began bean an to change and copper came in and in bodies of such immensity that one might well be charged with telling fairy tales should he attempt to tell of the tonnage blocked out in the highland boy mine at the present time or of the many feet of ore through which cross cuts have been run in this mine without disclosing both foot and hanging banging wal walls Is and it is no cause of wonder to the initiated that the company has closed down its gold mill and is now building a mammo mammoth th smelter on the banks of the jordan for the treatment of its copper ores the company however although its holdings are large does not own all of the copper coppen properties of merit or promise in bingham as on the same zone and on the same belt there are many other mines which in time will well swell the number of copper p producers of the state and which will belai helpio giving af utah ah the prestige of being the greatest producer of the red metal in the union in addition to which nearly every minin the camp in its output carries good percentages es in this metal the congor being 6 essentially gentit ly a copper producing wine mine while the red wing and other markham gulch properties carry in their ores high percentages ages in copper in other properties in the state and in numerous canyons and on many mountain sides splendid ledges of copper bearing ore have also been found beaver county is prolific in her deposits of copper and in rocky district in this richly mineralized section a mine has been discovered and is being worked which bids fair to become a formidable rival to the highland boy mine of bingham this property is the montreal owned by the glasgow western mining company of this city and while the ore deposits are something gigantic in their proportions proportion pro portio ns yet the mineral is is of such high grade that it has been shipped by the carload to the companas comp anys nevada smelter for reduction adjoining the montreal is the marguerite group recently incorporated upon by the copper ranch mining company of this city and boston and from all information obtainable it is more than likely that in time this will develop into one of the big copper producers of the state and judging from the generous manner with which dame nature has enriched this locality the indications are that other bonanzas of this cha character will be found in this section and over into beaver lake district where on what is believed to bean be an extension of the great copper zone are located the copper mountain the beaver lake copper and other prospects of merit and promise sufficient to justify the expenditure of considerable time and money in their development in the la salle mountains in southeastern utah the supply of copper bearing ores is seemingly inexhaustible and it is said that the big indian owned by salt lake provo and moab parties is nothing more or less than a mountain of copper copper in sandstone being a freak of nature as unaccountable as it is rare and yet this ore can be worked either by wet or dry concentration and it is believed at a handsome profit the big indian however is not the only copper mine or prospect of note in that locality for they are numerous the great ledge extending through the country for miles and on into paradox valley colorado where prospects of eighteen months acro ago are now big producing and paying mines important discoveries have also been made in uintah county not far from vernal while in emery county it is claimed that very promising copper properties have been found of late considerable excitement having been caused in mining circles during the past two weeks by reported finds of copper bearing ore in the buckskin mountains and in salt valley in southwestern utah the turning of the tide to copper and the consequent discovery of so many mines bearing this metal may be considered as something n g truly marvelous but it is no more so than the finding of splendid bodies of high grade copper ore in in some of the old producers of the state as it is a well known fact that since the demand for copper has increased so radically the horn silver of frisco the centennial eureka eurelea the ajax the mammoth the grand central and the star consolidated of tintic gintic have uncovered fine deposits of this character of mineral from which quite heavy shipments have been made surely as a copper producing state I 1 tah is strictly in it and will soon have the distinction of leading the van in its output of the metal |