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Show DUGWAY COPPER TO RESUME WORK New Claim Appears to Have Immense CVein of High Grade Ore. After an idleness of 'several months the Dusway Copper Mining & Smelting company is planning to resume, work on its property in the Dugway district. The company has been carrying on development develop-ment work for several years, having sunk a shaft to a depth of 330 feet and drifted several hundred feet on the 100-foot. 200-foot and 300-foot levels. During the development work some hi-jh grade ore was encountered and an immense body of low grade copper, which could not be handled profitably be--au.se of the poor transportation facilities. fa-cilities. VTork was suspended on the Surplus claim, where the shaft was sunk, last spring. Sine? then the company has acquired another claim and has discovered what appears to be an immense vein of high prade copper ore. A little prospect vork was done in an attempt to determine deter-mine the length and permanency of the vein and the results have satisfied the management that enough high grade ore can be mined to make the work profitable. profit-able. Assays of the new ore encountered encoun-tered 'gave returns running up to 2.03 ounces silver and 20.27 per cent copper. The company owns six patented and two unpatented claims, on which is a ; irood bunk and hoarding house and the necessary machinery with which to conduct con-duct the work. |