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Show , CAPT. STERN ARRIVES. " s Equipment of the Britannia Moving Forward Rapidly. Capt. Henry Stern, one of the founders of the Tlntlc Mining and Development company, whose assets embrace not only large areas of mineral-bearing ground at Tlntlc, but the Yampa mines and smelter at Bingham, camo down from tho north yesterday, and will devoto ten dav.s to his organization's Interests In this" field. Of tho Britannia copper mines out of Vancouver, B. C. from which ho has Just returned, after conferring with George H. Roblnton, tho originator of that stupendous undertaking, Capt Stern says that In their equipment excellent progress lo being made, with tho active production of concentrates to begin In March next When ho 16ft the big mill at which 300 tons will bo reduced dally waa under cover, while tho stringing of wire from tho tramway. thro9 and one-half one-half miles In length, had begun, with op-orations op-orations within the mines to be resumed In a short tlmo. Mr. Robinson, who Is giving his undivided attention to thft campaign of equipment, will return to Salt Lake about January 1, Manager Kelloy of the Yampa reports the material for the second furnace, with which its smelter Is to be equipped, now on tho way from Chicago, with olhor material ma-terial now arriving on tho ground, and with everything moving to an early completion. com-pletion. With present equipment ho is reducing 160 tons of ore dally, whllo the inliffs are capable of supplying almost any volume. With Capt. Stern he will loave for the plant and properties tomorrow. |