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Show FlSSlIES Good Springs Enterprise Mining Min-ing Along Swiftly; Graders Are Jit Work. FOUNDATIONS SOON WILL BE COMPLETED Building of Plant Stimulates r Activity in the District, Long Dormant. s James Konnolly, ono of tho heat known mining: men In this State, has arrived from Good Springs for a few days' rct from tho .strenuous actlvltleH of that booming nmelter point, Mr. Konnolly Btntcd Thursday that tho graders aro at work on the foundations for tho buildings build-ings thnt will composo tho large smelting plant at Good Springs, whoro ICO tons each of lead and copper ores can bo hnndled dally. Hurried to Completion. From tho manner in which tho organizers organ-izers of tho Good Sprlnta smelter have gone to work upon the plant, led by that Indefatlgahlo builder, Joseph Dedrlchs, It is evident that tho plant will be hurried to completion In record-breaking time. Nothing has so stirred tho district In years as the building of tho plant, and more business than can well be handled will be waiting for the furnaces when they aro ready to be blown In. Senson of Activity. Mr. Kennelly stated further that tho properties of the district were showing up remarkably well under development work, an enormous amount of which Is being done. Properties that have boon Idle practically for years, owing to tho lack of proper facilities for handling the ore, aro being cleaned up for tho rush aeason ro surely dawning. Largo Silver Values. On properties In which ho Is Interested the resources arc being closely Investigated Investi-gated and tho owners havo every confidence confi-dence that their ground will prove all that could be desired. Largo bodies of sliver ore havo been uncovered and explored, ex-plored, some of tho ore running up to 100 ounces In silver per ton. whllo enormous tonnages will nverago from 40 to 48 ounces In that metal. Mr. Konnolly has cvory conlldcnco that Good Springs will bo ono of the banner districts In the State before the close of the present year. |