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Show DESERET MOUNTAIN ' 10 Si THIS WEEK i New Equipment on the Ground; Ore Is High Grade Copper. 1 According to information received yes- 1 terday from D. H. McPherson. superintendent superin-tendent of the Deseret Mountain Mines company, operating In the West Tintic district, the mine is about to enter the list of active shippers. I An officer of the company explained yesterday that It had not been planned to begin shipping ore until the new machine ma-chine was set up and the air drills working, but when the teams arrived at the mine with the engines It was deemed advisable to utilize them for hauling ore on the return trip, so a car was ordered and Is now being loaded. Superintendent McPherson, mining engineer. en-gineer. In a letter, says: "The teams are returning loaded with ore, of which we have forty tons of 10 per cent copper In the bin. and may raise this up to fifty tons, aa we are hoisting fine ore every day. "The mine is in excellent condition and prospects for the future are very bright." There Is a great amount of activity on the part of owners of ground adjoining the Deseret Mountain. This activity has become greatly augmented since the Deseret Des-eret Mountain ore body has shown such improvement with the vigorous activities activi-ties during the last year of development work. The Lusero property, working a good force of miners near by, reports a showing very similar ti that of Deseret Mountain at its earlier stages. Many other adjolningi properties report 'both activity and good results. |