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Show I ; HEAVY IRON ORES I 0UT0FM0DENA HL (Special to The Tribune.) H. MODENA, Feb. 27. A number of Salt HI j Lake capitalists are expected to reach Mcdena within a few days to examine ' H J ir.to the merits of the Desert "Wonder H 1 group of mining claims, one-half mile fl 'vest of here. This property abounds in per cent hgmatlte iron ores, carrying ilso some precious metal values. Prospectors are becoming active In J'ac vicinity of Sand Springs and Bullion fl canyon, come miles cast of Modcna, HI , whore some high-grade copper, gold fl ' 'nd sliver ores have recently been fl found at the surface. Modena and tho country west is- being almost dally flj prospected by come one, and it is ex- pected lljat the territory from here to k y later In the season will be monu- flj ' mentcd. M : A Party of prospnetors, including J. ; . 1. Denham of Prescott, Ariz., the vet- oran prospector of the Mohave desert Bj rouiury, passed through here yesterday Bflj route to the Indian Peak country, HI ' twenty miles northwest of ModennI, I fullX equipped for an active campaign pfli ' of Prospecting in that vicinity, Tho surface copper indications in that section sec-tion have proved alluring to prospectors for a numbor of years, and somo work In tho way of development has been done there. Thus far no one with sufficient suf-ficient means has invaded that field, but Mr. Denham thinks that after reporting re-porting his observations of tho field he will be able to induco capitalists to take hold of ground already known to him there. |