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Show 11 THE GLASGOW AND I WESTERN EXPLORATION I COMPANY, LIMITED. IAmone the various companies opTt-Ing opTt-Ing In thla and neighboring 6tntes and maintaining their general offices In this city none are more formidable, none have HI been more active In tho development of T Western Interests than has been the Olaaroxv and Western Kxploratlon com-pnny. com-pnny. limited, the asset of the company without reference to those within the j State of Utah extending Into Nevada and 1 Idaho and through them Into one or more "j of ths camps of California From Its In- II crptlOll the company has prosecuted Its I developments along lines most elaborate. Ell Its dchtm-cmcnts reflected already In the I erection of a largo smelter and nnxlllriry j works at fJoleonda. Nov. at which plants ! the ores of the Adelaide group of mines In ' Hnmholt county, that Plate, the orea of I the Copper Canyon group and those of the Copper Pasln group In Lander coun- ty are being reduced The plants have b capacltv of one hundred and fifty tons of ore dally, the product consisting of a ; ccpper-bearlng mn'te which Is produced ! hy wet concentration. roasting and H emelMng. approximately 20 cvt tons of this copper matte has boon produced Tho I contents of this consisting of about elht H thousand five hundred tons of copper In HI addition to tho silver nml roM, the for-mer for-mer metal showing from three to fifteen I ',' ounces, tho latter from fO cents to 5.80 per ton '! In the mines of the company In Nevada i ' a very large tonnage of ore from which . these splendid results were derived la Hrv Tiow blocked out and awaiting reduction, HI are enormous tonnage of ore and while Hra i, the copper contents prepr,-idero t e. the sll- Wj! ver and gold Is sufficient at nil tlmea to Bg H materially add to the company's earn- Hm:j Intrs. Another proposition which has been Bf !' gUCC ass fully exploited by this company ta c contained In the St.-r croup of mines near ,! Cherry creek. Nev . this group having al- ready been productive of many millions K- y of dollars, wllh many assurances that ! the record of previous years Is to bo re- H produced. The metallic contents of this m, J ore consists of gold and silver with oon- Ev plderable lead and affords the company a jj J splendid margin T'pon this group tho tfi II company Is at present sinking tho shaft K'jj . from the aeven hundred level with an ul- 3 1 tlnate depth of ono thcns.and feet to be ' Us destination. This work Is being prose- Kg ci-ted tinder a contract which was awnrd- I ff about sixty days ago and active work KJi fi with a force of about fifty men Is now in H it progress. The property of the company at , Cherry creek is nw distant from rall-way rall-way communication about ono hundred Kl miles and It Is the policy of tho company Kjl to steadily open It un In anticipation of a Rj railway which shall bring the camp with- I in hailing distance If not Into actual En X touch with the market. Tho company Kf;' has also owned the Montreal group of B: Kj n ines In Beaver county this state, since H ;i its Inception and while in the attention Hrj t inquired by other Interests this asset has Kl rot been actively exploited, It Is undoubt- Br- 1 edly to bo made a very productive one. Hi t j From It has been forwarded to tho com- Hkl ' pr.ny's smelter at Golconda over threo HJ j finndred tons of ore, tho average of which Hi .3 J showed 10.3 per cor.t copper. M In gold HtA n and twelve ounces silver per ton, whllo Hl ! .! a consignment of forty-ono tons which Hf- wafl reduced at the smelter of Salt Lake li Valley the average reached 24,7 per cent Huf''1 copper, with J3 In gold and ten ounces Hh silver per ton. During tho past year the company has mndo not a few very Important developments develop-ments In Its various properties, the exploration ex-ploration department having shown Itself a most aggressive and most Intelligent one, and at the head of which Is not (I llitlo of the best experlc-nee In tho mining min-ing and metallurgy of Xht west. To facilitate the transportation of Its ore from the Adelaide group of mines In Hnmholt county. New. to the reduction works at Golconda. the company haB equipped Itself with n railroad twelve miles In length. This line also traverses tho Rock Creek group of mines owned by the same company and the output of which will bo affoided economical transportation trans-portation ovor this route. Tho company has under consideration the extension of this line of railway to a connection with the Copper Canyon group and Copper lla-sln lla-sln group of mines The smelter at Golconda. which was put up under the direct supervision of Otto Stallman. the eminent metallurgist hy whom the Anaconda plant was originally orig-inally designed will have been upon Its c. .mplef (on one of the most efficient In the State While Its work has been done with much Integrity, improvements and now devises looking to more economic reductions re-ductions have been added and In It today to-day will bo found much that Is new, much that Is Interstlnj to the Student of up-tO-date equipment. Mr Stallman has also served the comnany since Its organization as Its genoral manager and many of the things pledged by him when the powerful crowd behind the Glasgow and Western Explorati. n company gathered ga-thered around him have been redeemed. O rtalnfy the means placed at his disposal dispos-al have been e?onomlcnlly ond most Judiciously Ju-diciously applied to the development of Its enterprises and while dividends have not benn to flow there la much assnr-aneo assnr-aneo thnt that period will arrive In n short time Tho dovelopment of the properties and the campaign underground has been under un-der the supervision of Mr Joseph Far-ren. Far-ren. than whom there are no abler, than whom there are no more experienced miners In the country. Indeed he has devoted de-voted a llfo tlmo to the Industry' end to Ms credit are eom of these blge9t achievements In tho dlgplngs of tho VYeat. At the mines of tho Glasgow company he has all conditions will in hand and says he Is capable of supplying the plants with any tonnage that may be exacted of hlrn The veins that have responded to his Intelligent In-telligent touch are very large as are tho cro bodies and not one of the units In the company's estate but has shown remarkable remark-able Improvement under his direction. It is said of them that they are among the largest that have been opened up In the State of Nevada In recent years and with th m upon which to rely the financial future fu-ture of the company Is positively assured. In charge of the local offices and serving serv-ing them as the company's accountant and cashier. Is Mr. D Macpheron Boyd ond with thla staff the company Inaugurates Inaugu-rates the new year of Its operations In this country with every assurance that Its interest will be exploited to fullest and most intelligent extent. Under tho direction of this staff a large number of miners are employed and wherever tho company has Interests there is a scene of thrift above as well as underground |