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Show UTE COPPER OiS A LARGEJCREAfiE Thomas Veir and X. .1. Catrow Form New Company tor Bingham ( amp. TAKES IN THE OLD WINAMUCK GROUP Company Secures a Splendid Group of Noted Topper Mining Properties. After scvpthI months of bard cn deavor, during which time .1 vast. amount oi detail gathered and placed in onii r. Thomas Weir and X. J, Catrow, tlu- latter of Ohio, have succeeded suc-ceeded in rounding np a splendid acreage- of mineralized territory in the camp of Bingham. Utah. The raceesfl of tlif-r two investors was not. in ib ape for pi:hh- knowledge until Wednesday, on which date the articles of incorpor ation of tin- ('to 'ojor company wrro Wed, Thomas Weir and .V J. (.'a-trow, (.'a-trow, it will be recalled, were the pri c ijial owners of the Ohio, Copper property prop-erty in thr Bingham camp when that group bad been broughl to such a state of perfection that E Augustus rTeinze :. 1 . 1 M -I;.-- si:me lo his long list of copper cop-per holdings. At the time of gathering in 'he Ohio 1 opper group iusi year, Mr. Weir also iiri'd the Wiiiaim.clv romi ui Ring b, Since that time lie has been at work ((uietlv -e:ur!!ig titjes to additional addi-tional properties, including the Mo hawk, until the Ufce Copper company sis g out 1 pon its career (he owner of between 225 and 230 acres of p?it-ertfiJ p?it-ertfiJ ro;;nd. Tin- mm puny owns in 1 addition to the od Winamyck group, a long line of properties stretching out to the boundary iini of the Bingham-Butte Bingham-Butte compaiiy, the organization thai recpntlj acquired t ii Copper Mill properties. prop-erties. The Ute Copper company is capitalized for 600,000 shares, of a par value of 15 each, being incorporat-od incorporat-od tinder uie lav. a or the .State of No- vada. Mr. Weir slated to The Tribune yes- 1 tcrday that he did flot wnnt to say ' innrli obout the company At lliis time, ai he preferred for developments to speak fr themselves, (t will talce sev- j eral months for the company to get I tfrell Into the known resources of Ens propertv. nnd while stating that he did not desire to make anv predic- Hons regarding the future, Mr. Woir Baid t tal bo would not hive taken hold of the proposition had it not presented to iiini a satisfactory phase as far as j o? and ore developments are con-I oerned. Ever Bine last March, the rwnors have been adding to the Win. ajnuck propertj a complete mining plant, apd everything is arranged for 1 active '.r!v as ioon as the logical inn-nit inn-nit nf arrives. This equipment consists of fcomprj r. d Ilia, electrical power, and the necessary buildings. ' 1 One oi th valuable assets of 'nc rte. Coppei company will be the old Win-amuck Win-amuck concentrating plant ai Bingham, Bing-ham, which baa daily capacity of 200 iocs of ore. This plan) at the present tin-- is being operated by the Ohio ' Copper company tender lease given , some timi ago i' Sir. Weir, the lease 10 rim until the DOW plant of the Ohio ' t,j;iier company is completed. The Ohio planl should be ready for dpora-li.n dpora-li.n ; 1 l this season. Ir is in the Win amuck mill thai practically all the teat! wire made by the Heinle inter .ins: 7r:..r to rln- purchase of the Ohio Copper property, and Ihis plant ; under the management of Mr. Weif, l and the rarefnJ sujpcrihtendenoy of Mr! Ziegler, came very close to perfection h in the saving of metallic values. The lay ct the ground within the ' 1 1 Copper Ifnoi presents .m ideal tun- ik hug propo it ion The Im-.-er tunnel ' in 1 arly timer, tvjis driven in for 900 1 feet, and recent investigation, has dis-J 1 closed Thai, thi". v. orking was badlv iu Ii need of new timbers and general re- h pair. This work of repair about nal'" done, and lnr- or six weeks will be required yet before all this prelim inftry work is accomplished. From and after 1 ha 1 time, however, the tunnel; to be known hereafter as the weir tun- j nel. will be ruahod ahead a fast as! modern appliances can do the work This tunnel will giP g tremendous - vertical depth upon the Mimintii The Winamuek 1 among the most in terestiug of "tali mining groups. Its existence dates from 1886, making it the oldest or the second oldest, properdin properd-in the State ol Utah. It has produced generous!; from the upper levels, but never before the mine's history have all conditions for mining and marketing market-ing resources been so satisfactory as at the present time. With depths the group is certain to reward its owners, as all big Bingham mines hav done and are now doing. The upper levHs as was niitiir.il with all Bingham groups, including the Utah ConeoRdat-ed. ConeoRdat-ed. was productive of th precious metals, met-als, with no idea of looking for cop-per cop-per until later years. The United Stat 06 geological investigations in the Winamuek proved the existence of 4M per cenl 1 Qjpper ore. and thr (Jte 1 oppei company will without anv doubt assume first importance as 4 producer of that metal. When the history of thr Bingham Camp is compiled, Thomas Weir will nave many oi i);. lirsr pago devoied to hit, energies and his successes there. His judgment lian been shown to be correct on nor.- thai e occasion, and thai be has anbthSr red metal snccees in the Uts Copper property, no one1 doubts who bat followed him durins the many years he baa operated in Utah minis, Tlie names of the incorporators of 1 the company, all of whom ure di rhetors, rhe-tors, are as follows. Thomas Weir. Newton J. Catrow, John Weir, Jr Jpbn M. Burt, Henry Catrow. |