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Show RAWLINS MERCHANTS TO PROSPECT FOR COPPER Special to The Tribune. RAWLINS, Wyo.. June 5. A movement move-ment Is on foot In Rawlins to organize a development, association for tho purpose pur-pose of prospecting the hills north of this city, which have recently been attracting at-tracting considerable attention. The organization Is to be composed of about twenty-live of the business men of Rawlins, who will contribute a certain amount of money each month to defray tlxe expenses of sinking holes to And out if thero Is mineral In any great quantities. quan-tities. Within five miles of this city there are a number of prospects which show evidence of copper and mining men believe that the large flat at the north edge of town Is underlayed with a great body of ore. at Jnmes Gurdoras, a Greek laborer at Wamsuttcr, while laying rails the end of ono was allowed to drop and mashed his hand. O 6 u E. R. Wynn leaves heo for Lander to accept a position on the Mountaineer. He is a brother of the editor of that paper. Mrs. Cora V. Wesley has purchased pur-chased the old Pilot plant at Thermop-olls. Thermop-olls. which was formerly owned by E. T. Payson, and wjll conduct both publications. |