Show TALKS WITH TRAVELERS Arthur E Snow mining engineer returned re-turned yesterday from Mohave county > Ariz where he was engaged In the work of surveying a now mlnlhg district near tho Grand Canyon of tho Colorado Tho I district which Is located forty miles wrt of the CoconIno properties comprises about twenty claims belonging to Victor E Hunt lcltr of this city and contains rich deposits of copper quarlzllu The ore lies In horizontal strata which havo been exnoscd by tho erosion oC the streams tributary to tho Colorado and assays from I to 15 per cent pure copper Although the presence of copper oro In I this neighborhood has been known for some time It has boon considered valuable val-uable only slnco the discovery of the Nelll process of reduction There Is plenty oC water near the claims for this process and tho most serious problem In development develop-ment Is that of transportation n tho nearest railroad point Is 13 miles distant dis-tant Mr Snow Is confident however that u rich mining camp will bo built up in tho district S S 0 W R Underwood 253 v Fourth East street returned yesterday from a trip through the Green River oil country Ho made careful observations the geological geologi-cal formations In the district and believes that the potict Is favorable for tho onenlnK ot a hov oil field in Utah Whether oil can bo found In paying quantities Is a matter that can hu dc toimined only by drill said Mr Under wood The surface Indications however how-ever arc undoubtedly favorable Tho presence of oil springs Is by no means 0 certain sign as this mlpht easily bo caused by water passing through beds of asplmltum The geological formations however point to tho probablo existence of oil bodies and tho presence of gas Is I another favorable Indication I a 0 0 I Mr and Mrs W R Klvett of Bolso j Ida mo In Salt Lake L meet their two j I sons who will arrive front Denver today Tho boys have been attending Jarvls Hal Military academy whIch was destroyed de-stroyed by lire a few days ago and the lads had a narrow escape from the con lagratlon Tho tire occurred at night and Walter tho older 10 years of age was awakened by tho smoke and commotion In the building Ills llrst thought was of his brother Edwin who lo S years old and with great presence o mind ho rushed across tho hall to Edwins room and awakened him tho two barely bolug ablo to muku theIr escape In their nightclothes night-clothes Mr Klvett Is secretary of the Idaho Lumber Dealers association and In speaking ot his efforts to perfect a simi lar organization here as reported by a local punur here a few clays ago said aro Tho reporter misunderstood nje and ap oiled an Interview relative to the lumber association to Utah Instead of Idaho I had just ranched tho city and had not wren or talked with a lumberman here T have no Interest In an association In Utah further than for tho moral support I I would give tho Idaho organization The Eastern States and most of tho Vest have such organizations and Utah Is en Joying tho influence of tho other organ I izations One of the principles 0 tho as soclatlons Is that the retailer shall not bo subjected to competition with the parties from whom ho buys plrtes blY i c 0 C Charles Cramp of Phladclphia who Is Interested In coal deponltfl at Sunnyslde Is making a short stop In SuIt Lake Mr Cramp is 1 of tho fatally that own tho vast shipbuilding establishment In Philadelphia Phil-adelphia Ilo has visited Utah and Salt Lako numerous times before und has I traveled In mosb foreign land Said ho last night For n healthy climate and Kood hiving Salt Lake equals any placo on earth In speaking of his travels Mr Cramp referred to 1 trip to Africa a few year I ftgo and said That Is a grand place to study animal life When tho great sor Denth boa constrictors got hungry thcv stretch out on the ground In the oresi and lie perfectly folnc this attltudu they closely resemble tho trunk of n dead l tree Tho monkeys who aro both ob serving and Inquisitive observe his snake Still and want to know whether bo Is dead I or not They link themselves together ant reach down from ovorhanKlnr blanches and cautiously investigate Tho snake kcops quiet and soon the monkeys s get bold and play tilonj whut they sup pose to bo an Inanimate form but all of a sudden n twist of tho serpents al tall I encircles 11 monkey who lurnlahcs a meal lor Its cuntor |