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Show Strong Eastern Interests F'eg- ging Away on Deal While P tLe Slate Sleeps, jj FAMOUS OLD KJIMA v MAY ENTER MERGER i Conferences Being Jleld Hast, With Utah Mines the Snb- ij; jeef Matter, r ' One of the peculiar Incidents of tlti I i current quiet mining conditions of the i i . suite. Is tin: fact Unit one of the hie ' 1 deals In (ho history of I'tith Is being y rounded out: It Is working whllo tho 1 ntulo sleeps, and no ono seems to place J oven the snialk'.sl. degree of Interest In U- what should result In one more powerful mining organization for rial). Refer- 1 HIVV IH'IV l IllciUU lO I Mi; Jlk'UII.UIUlia J " . boinp conducted for ilio purpose of cOr- j' railing and bringing under one corporato roof .many, if not all. the meritorious mining propositions of Iho l.lttlc Cotton-1 uood or Alta section of the Wasatch range. There were several Items flying round Friday In regard to this deal. One was I i that "Uncle .lesse" Knight had b"cn :ip- i proached to ascerlaiu the probability of securing from liltn and associated Inter- ' cats the famous old ISsnina. mine of Alia, ; the mine with a production of millions , J behind it and a history that once spanned j ihe Atlantic, promising International ' complications with ICngland. Another rumor has It that a meeting l-f now being held In Boston, at which tin consolidation scheme is being , ihicshcd out. One result of this meet- i ing Is expected to bo a, proposition to i-- one or more- companies not heretofore 'ifr approached, regarding which hoiik very :fj Interosling leading may bo ready for I I F publication ai nny hour, f-'cveral coin- ! I j" panics are Known to be tied up, among f i which arc the Continental Alia, City ; ; Rucks, Prince and others, with the like- l .: Ilbood that the various Cohmibus coni- . Wj panics, some of the numerous Kiniitas : ij and ono or two substantial bites out of : lJ tho Big Cottonwood side, will be added ; i'S i to the. list before Ihe plans arc fully rfl matured'. I ' , Ono outcome of the plan will be the l driving of a long drain and operating : Jj tunnel into tho heart of the unsounded i r bills, bills whose sides have hardly boen Lj, tickled by the pick, solvlnc one of the El greatest difficulties with which the op- m i orators of I lie romp have struggled for : years past. There arc various reasons H why the. Columbus Consolidated uhould H go into tliis merger. Ii lias location. H ; territory, an ore production history, and H a very convenient power plant. Hi, That Hayden. .Stone & Co. are In some manner connected with this consollda- , tlon is taken for granted. That they Bi arc. is a matter of uncontradicted pub-llcnlion, pub-llcnlion, and It should be a. matter of K ( congratulation among all citizens of Utah moi that such prominent Interests arc cu- ': 1 dct,oring to bring forth a powerful now organization for development purposes. |