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Show I Mammoth Plant to Begin on Active Reduction Next MANAGING DIRECTOR IS BACK FROM THE WEST Ore Bodies Have Continued to Increase and Group Among I The actlvo reduction of oro at the new furnaces with which tho United States company's Mammoth group of copper-bearing- mines In Shasta county. California, Califor-nia, havo been equipped, will Dcgin noxt weclc, aald Managing Director A. F. Holden. who returned from tho "West during dur-ing tho day. Before that tlmo the lone tramway over which the ores of tho bonanza bo-nanza are to bo passed to tho bins of tho plant will havo boon completed, whilo tho units of tho smelter havo all been tried ovit and are ready to respond to cory requirement. Already custom ores havo begun to arrlvo on tho ground, tho surface Improvements arc all practically completed, and under tho management of Fredorlck Lyon everything will start off under tho most favorable auspices. Of the oro bodies In tho Mammoth group. Mr. lloldon says they have developed with every volley of Bhots that havo boon poured into them and that the tonnage compares favorably with tho largest In tho land. With tho manner In which resources re-sources of tho company l this Stato are behaving he Is aqually well pleased, while every condition at this hour Is favorablo to the most sanguine expectations and tho record for tho year promises not a few surprises. His attention called to a report from Boston that a factional light was on between be-tween the big interests of the United States company and that for tho mastery they were embracing every share of stock offered In the pit. Mr. Holden said If there was anything but tranquility between be-tween them he had not been advised of It. Uo will remain at the general -offices of tho company in this city indefinitely, and will this week begin a pllgrlmago through tho company's system of mines. |