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Show ?M COPPER ORE NEAR WHITEBflCKS Important Strike Is Made on Former 1 intali Reserve Arousing Interest. Special to The Trlbuno WHITKROt KH. Utah, Nov. V-A rich (Vpnslt ijf copper has been recently discovered dis-covered near the, mouth of WhltercH-ks canyon, eight miles north of the Uintah Indian agency, and there Is a good di-al of voltem-Mii among mining men. as It is considered one of the i" u nnds yet made on the former I 'Intah reservation. Fine Surface Showing. Surface ore runs rIkiuI y per cent cop-pi cop-pi r, and carries: a iitti- gold. The leitar-has leitar-has been prospected for 1000 feel and for this dlstanoe the "lead" is well defined Tho original discovery was made by "Pick" Miirdock, a halfbroi-d, who Iimh llvf-d hero and prospei liil on the reservation reserva-tion for years. New Company Formed. Adjoi-ent locations have been made by several other partlee. a company known as the Ute Copper Mining company, has l"- n formed, nnd is pushing development work rapidly on Hvi claims, which are apparently ap-parently entirely Underlaid with high-grade high-grade copper ore Outlook Is Bright. It Is the opinion of mining men In this section that this is destined to ho onei of the most Important mining camps In istern Utah, nnd that bi the near future |