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Show OLD MILLS DISAPPEARING. Some Plants That Disappointed Investor, In-vestor, if Not the Originators. The plant which was some time ago put up In Dry canyon, Tooele county, for the purpose of reducing the ores on the old Mono dump, on which the projectors pro-jectors had obtained an option, is to be removed to ;me point where the resources re-sources are more permanent, according to advices from Stockton. Just why, in the absence of water and a larger ton-hage ton-hage of ore, It was ever constructed Is a mystery which remains unfathomed. At all events, it came to grief after about $15,000 had been expended, passed Into the hands. of R M. Edmunds, who represented the creditors and claims amounting to less than ?1000, and he Is now about to take such steps as are necesmry to-realt'e on the machinery. Over on Lion hill are a couple of more mills, which were erected without apparent ap-parent justification at a cost of over $100,000, and the junk dealer is manifesting mani-festing a nuaplclous interest In those. Then, there Is the big plant on the Overland Over-land group of "locations" at Sunshine, on which the second-hand dealer Is waiting, and with all of them In the warehouse the price of mills In 1904 ought to be reduced. |