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Show COPPER BELT BE IS RUSK ROAD Shipments of High-grade Ore to Begin Soon as Highway Is Built. A''orriin to word received vesterduy y ('. A. Terry, .Jr., secretary and treasurer treas-urer of the Copper Belt Mining company, com-pany, operating in the Vernal district of I'inta county, work is liein rushed on the new road from Linwood to the mine. The message came from James K. Kl-der, Kl-der, superintendent of the property, who also stated that he believed the road could he completed within ten days. The road under construction from Linwood to the property is only fifteen miles in length and it has been only the lack of a road that has delayed shipments from the mine. The superintendent further says that he is pushing the development work and that three cars of ore will be ready for shipment by the time tho road is completed. com-pleted. The ore carries copper and silver sil-ver and average values, according to unpicked sampling show 13.b"7 per cent copper, 4 ounces silver per ton, enough to insure a handsome profit, even should the metal market show some decline, which is held unlikely. I'nder its incorporation, the company holds sixteen claims, but has recently acquired six additional claims, all favorably fa-vorably located in this district. Secretary Terry said that an offer of $ 100,0(10 made a few days ago by eastern capitalists for tho holdings had been turned down by the board of directors. |