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Show . deep" greek shows Frank L. Wilson, Mine Operator, Op-erator, Back From Extended Ex-tended Stay in Camp. RUSHING NEW LINE Thirty-five Miles of Grade Completed, With Fourteen Miles Track Laid. '"I am ronviiu'crl that thf cnminc of spring will bring the Df.fp f'ri'fli country coun-try a boom that will maln the entire west nit up firul takf. notice," nalrt Frank I,. Wilson ydHtenlay upon his return from a two wcfiku' visit In the region, looking look-ing nftfr his own proportirn, hut also taking time to makft an inspection of general conditions and progress Mr. Wllfinn Is Herretary-treasurer and general manager of the ivemlnole Copper company, which lias extensive holdings in thti t'lit'mn district, while ho and his brother, Clyde H. Wilson, have properties in other districts of the. same section of country. Taking Out Tungsten. At. the Seminole Copper, said Mr. Wilson, Wil-son, the present activity was most dl- ! reeled to putting up numerous buildings for the winter, so that the work might not be later interrupted. He adder thaL on the Clifton Copper Belt properly the miners were taking out a Rood grade, of j tungsten from near the surface, the vein being now about two and one-half feet wide. The town of Cold Hill, as It is generally i known, or Coodwin, as It is officially called, said Mr. Wilson, is one of the real live camps of the west. More prospectors and prospective investors are coming in by every stage, the two hotels are always al-ways crowded and work on ;wiother large hotel a now under way. Good Work on Road. Mr. Wilson said that he was confident that the new railroad from Wendover into C.ulil Hill would be completed by early spring. If not sooner. Thirty-five miles of the grade, south from Wendover is completed, with grading crews at work at intervals on the remainder of the line. Fourteen miles of the track Is now down, with progress being made nt the rate of about one mile per day. Mr. Wilson said that he had heard it staled on good authority that as soon as the road into Cold Hill is completed the company would undertake the laying of a branch from Krlckson's ranch west into the Ferber district, a distance of only fifteen miles, and a country rich in copper deposits. The Seminole Copper and the asso-chiieci asso-chiieci company will, said Mr. Wilson, begin early in the spring the construction construc-tion of a mill for the treatment of the ; tungsten, bismut h, molybdenite and the other rare metals that abound in Peep 'reek. They expect to have the plant in commission early next autumn. |