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Show Activity in Copper Promised at Sinbad N Purchasers of Hatch Properties Ex- . pect to Begin Operations This '. Spring: Good Showing-. i Special to Tho Tribune. I BASIN, La Sal Mountains. Feb. 12. , , Tho sal'o of tlio Hutch copper properties j m Sinbad, on tho north slopo of the La I Snl range, Is ono of tho moat important deals yet mndo In this county. Some of ! tho richest mining men In Chicago aro Interested. 'According to the contracts nnd agreements agree-ments thev are to start operations on March 1. Their llrst contract will bo for tho building of largo and commodloua houses at the mine; and also tho con-1 con-1 i structlon of a wagon road out, via Cas- I rleton. to tho Grand vnlley, for Immedl- ' ato shipments of ore. They will then I .start a svstem of devclopmont on tho property which In all will cover an cx-l cx-l ponso of about 575,000. It Is said that j thev also proposo tho erection of re- V I vjluc'tlon works at some point on tho Grand ' river, near tho proposed town of Ra- j dium. ( The report of tho examining expert In- dlcaics that enough oro Is In .sight to i keep a large spiolter In operation for an , Indefinite period. It is said that they havo fullv twenty feet of an oro body ' cropping but for over 2000 feet along tho ?audstono blnfT on tho Sinbad mesa. The r . I Sinbad property Is identically tho same ' I us that of tho Big Indian and La Sal- I Paradox companv's mines, and is equally as Important, only the Sinbad property lino tho advantage of being moro con-i con-i vonlcnt to a market. i The negotiations pending on thn sale of th "Welsh-Iofftus uranium-radium prop-Ttv prop-Ttv are gradually drawing to a close. A company Is being organized with a capl- , tal of five million dollars to operate exclusivity In this country, with the view of developing somo of these rare mineral propositions, and the Vlsh-l.ofrtus Vlsh-l.ofrtus properly Is the base and foundation foun-dation of their proposed operations. Tho numerous uranium properties that are now being opened ats mere prospects must oventunllv pass Into tho hands of a com- mill irmi. iiiio vufii"i, iv . i for opening and marketing the products. In time all these preliminaries will be fleeted and Grand Volley, near Radium A and Richardson, made the reduction olnt. The Idea of shipping the ores to a foreign market is erroncouB. as tho chemicals chem-icals can be shipped In -here a great deal cheaper than tho ores can be shipped nut, and there is no end to power along I he Grand river for this purpose. Tho roming season promises to solve many y ijuesllons that have been a quandary in the past regarding this special Industry of mining In this section. ' Miners' and Gold basins promise to wit ness unusual activity the coming sum-1 sum-1 mer. Several good companies are being j organised and have gone so far as to ! make their contracts for mlno and mill machinery. Tho Grouse Mountain com- i' nanv is certain to start operations on Rae'ln crook, as soon as practicable, on their cvanlde mill Manager William R. Wheat has instructions to prepare for such work. This, as proposed, will be i strlctlv a custom mill, thereby affording those "who have milling ore a chance to j ijillze something from their properties. I Power drills are tn be Installed In sev eral properties nnd work pushed ahead on some of the prospect tunnels now started. Gold hill and Mineral mountain will bo tho centers of the principal part of operations. Gold hill in known for its rich deposits and veins of gold quartz, while Mineral mountain has large veins of auriferous copper ores. The Grand Vallev and La Sal Tolephonc rompanv has started work on tho line, fjom Cisco, via Richardson. Castlcton, Rasln. and to Gold basin, a distance of about fifty miles. It is proposed to have thle line completed and in operation for surlng business. It ia proposed to extend j the line from Miners' basin Into Beaver basin, and from Gold basin to tho Paradox-La Sal mines on the cast side of the ''ABpostofncc Is to bo established at Gold basin, on the 1st of May. to be known as Edna, with John Clark ad postmaster. |