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Show INYO COUNTY COPPER DEPOSITS ABE GREAT Long Neglected Resources Lately Late-ly Interesting Investors by Their Great Richness. 1 Inyo county, Calffornln, continues to respond re-spond to tho very limited extent of prospecting pros-pecting work bolii done with results most encouraging In character. Aside from tho great silver, gold and lend wealth with which the properties In the vicinity of Owens lake abound, there are copper discoveries dis-coveries becoming known that bid fair to develop Into an enormous source of ultimate ulti-mate lncomo to those owning properties there. A. J. Dnvls. tho well-known local mining man, received n letter Thursday from a man who has been going over the field for him. and the fncts disclosed arc most Interesting Experts Pleased With District. West of Owens lake, about half way between tho lake nnd the county line, and forty-five miles from Kecler. there are several groups of copper propositions whose fine showings crcnte surprise In all who have seen them that they have been so long neglected by the Investing world. The. region Is easy of approach, and has been examined by several experts, ex-perts, who have reported very favorably upon the district. Among these Is Prof. Crosby of the Boston Institute of Tcch-nlcology, Tcch-nlcology, who examined the camp nnd reported re-ported tho results of his laborB to the California State Board of Mining, nnd his verdict was to tho effect that he never saw a moro promising region. Working- Conditions Are Good. Mr. Davis Is In receipt of numerous copper cop-per samples from this new region which he Is having assayed, and he has every confidence In the grout values of these, although they come from surface crop-plngs, crop-plngs, the development work In the district dis-trict being vory limited Timber Is reported re-ported In abundance, and the numerous canyons provide a supply of water tho year round that will permit the operation opera-tion of mills Without Interruption Smelter Is Booming Things. Tho building of the smelter at Keolcr Is doing wonders for Inyo county. Prospectors Pros-pectors aro rushing In to take advantage of tho mineral ground, and from the many outfits thnt aro arriving on the scene It Is evident that this summer will see a great amount of telling nctlvitv In Inyo |