Show NEW MINING FIELD POSSIBLE IN STATE Creek Waters May Be Used to Precipitate Ores Opening of a new Utah mining field was made possible Friday according to State Engineer T. T H H. Humpherys when the attorney general ruled d that creek waters may be appropriated top to p precipitate ore re by the leaching process Deputy Attorney General S. S D. D Huffaker issued this ruling 2 after ter Mr Humpherys reported he had received an application from persons seeking to appropriate water In Bingham creek to precipitate the copper in solution solution so so- lution there A few weeks ago the attorney general gen eral cral decided the state engineer could not sanction on appropriation of Great Salt LaI Lake e waters for a similar purpose purpose pur pur- pose because the water was over overstate overstate overstate state land In the c case e of of- creeks however Mr Huffaker ruled that thai Utah statutes per per- mit beneficial use of water for mining mining min mm- ing purposes including the cyanide process |