Show IRON ORS ORES AR ARE IN HEAT GREAT DEMAND OW ON THE LOCH LOCAL MART MARKET For several eral years tho the local smelting companies have bae keen been provided pro liberally with a supply of iron ore from the tho Dr Dragon gon Iron properties of Tint Tintic c. c This mine is still shipping from front to tons of ore arc clail daily but the tho values in in iron iron ore arc arc are said to bo be depreciating materially mate mato materially ria and the smelting companies are scouring the country as a result for a largo large deposit of If a high grade crado iron iron ore are It is said that liberal offers have havo been made to an any of tho the field engineers who can find a larJ large tonna tonnage e of this oro ore that will carry as much as fiO GO O per por cent iron but up to to the tho present time timo nothing noth nothing ing ine has b been boen en found that will vilI take the tho pa place e of the Dra Dragon on product so that tho the smelting companies have havo to content themselves with whatever tho the market affords For several so years the tho United States Smelting company compan has bas depended largely ely elyon on shipments of iron tron oro ore from its mines at Eureka Nc Nay Since Sinco the tho Palisade railroad was wn washed out several oral months ago ao its mines at Eureka havo have boon been closed down and the railroad company claims that thero there is not Dot sufficient revenue rove reve nue nime to be made from the lino line to warrant warrant war war- rant rebuilding it With this oro supply supply sup sup- supply ply shut hut off oft tho timo smelting company compan is casting about for ore oro Of this within a n short distance from tho the local plant as tho the transportation rates are arc too high to permit a n lon long haul being made mado on so 60 base basc a product It is is understood that special induce induce- wilt will 10 bo made to mine mme owners of to ship heavily as soon toon as tho the branch line from Caliente is opened up for or transportation There is said to bea be bo boa bea a a consi considerable crabl tonnage of ore are from irom that camp that makes an ideal fluxing fluxing- proposition prop proposition and this will in a largo larce measure I relieve relic the local ocal smelting situation |