Show A Vernal Deal The discovery of rich copper ore in the Split mountains near Island Park has created considerable excitement among local prospectors It has lately dcvel opend that some of our Vernal mci chanls were in with Milton Ijyon the discoverer of the new bonanza During the fore part of the week the group of claims were bonded to Lorenzo Hatch at 2fi000 for sixty days by lion liar den Reunion Stanley Ashton Peter Jensen and Mlltnn Lyon JSsirly Thursday Thurs-day morning Hatch started for > Salt hake feeling confident that he could dispose of the properly at a good figure Fifty thousand dollars Is the prlco set upon the properly I by the oxvnors The commission that Mr Hatch xvlll receive in case of a sale bus not been divulged as yet Though this discovery Is nexv it is one of tho best In Ulntah county as the cropplngs arc very large and the few feet of development work already done shows that there Is a strong xxcll dofincd vein and the I ore appears to be much richer In the bottom of the shaft than the cropplugs are Any sample of the I ore heated In a blacksmiths force Invariably gives a nice nugget of pure coppor It Is Immaterial to the owners xvhcther they sell noxv or not as the value Is certainly there and the chances arc that u little more dsXelopmcnt work xvould materially increase the value of time properly Vernal Express |