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Show DISTRICT WEST OF TiPJTSG IS ACTIVE Prospects Good for Bringing Bring-ing in a Number of s Shippers. Within the next few years some big mines are expected in the mineral section sec-tion wont of Tin tic, which takes in the unorganized districts known as West Tin tic, Eric k son and Doner et mountain, moun-tain, says the Eureka ( Kcporter. Already Al-ready three properties are shipping ore and a fourth one is about ready to start hauling. The Scotia mine, on which the Chief Consolidated has a lease and from which the company has shipped a lure amount of I pad-silver ore, is located there. Extensive work has been done on this ground, and while no lare and permanent ore deposits have been found considerable ore has been taken from smaller oro bodies. The effort of the Chief Consolidated to find where this ore makes to depth and. where values are concentrated nas been unsuccessful, but tho work is still in progress. Ore alreadiy f or warded to the smelter, whilo it will by no means reimburse the company for the heavy expenditures expendi-tures on this ground, will nevertheless lighten tho burden. That the Ueseret Twines company property, located 'farther to the west, and near Deseret mountain. Salt Lake parties havo been at work, for some months. They are loading their first consignment of two carloads of ore. This ore is a high-grade copper product and it is being sent to the railroad at Sugarville. .lake Turner of Salt Lake, who is in charge of the work, has so-cured so-cured a traction engine to do tho hauling haul-ing and local mining men say there is a large amount of ore available and the Doserot Mines promises to be a regular regu-lar shipper. Another mine m this section, now sending out its first lot of ore, is the Lucky Shepherd, owned by Heber City business men. This ground was located several years ago after sheepmen had discovered ore almost at tho grass roots. A shaft is being sunk to develop the vein which carried lead and silver. B. y. Fleiner of Eureka and associates asso-ciates are the owners of the Blaine ground, from which some excellent lead-silver lead-silver ore is now being mined, and enough of this ore to load a railroad car is now on the dump awaiting shipment. ship-ment. Mr. Fleiner seut a bunch of men and some supplies out to the mine on Thursday, and it is his intention to go there next week and arrange for the transportation of the ore. Sugarville will be the shipping point. The StautYenberg ground and the Copper Jack, adjoining, are also very promising properties. The Copper Jack is inactive, but a campaign of work is in progress on the Stauffenberg property. prop-erty. Copper ore has been developed m both of these properties and the Stauffenberg Stauf-fenberg brothers expect to be ablo to commence shipping in the near future. |