Salt Lake Telegram | 1916-03-02 | Page 6 | Large Copper Deposit Located in Vicinity of Milford

lARGE COPPER DEPOSIT DEPOSE LOCATED IN IM VICINITY OF OFA MilfORD MILFURD S A A deal which promises tl to d develop delop elop a copper shipper shipper In Inthe n the vicinity of fI 1 Milford Miford ford Utah Is reported by y E. E C. C Dart a Fortuna For Fortuna For For- Fortuna tuna operator who ho has been visiting the western part part of Beaver Bea county Dart of five says sas that the tho Humboldt group claims situated five miles west of of Milford Milford Mil- Mil ford has Just been bonded bomled to C C. E. E Whalen and associates for tor and that the new owners arc getting petting ready to make regular shipments of copper ore That these will portlY shortly follow Collow is amply promised says Dart b by the amount of copper ore showing and developed at various places on the property A foot shaft exposes exposes a a good body of ot copper ore which decreases In value part way down the the shaft and again Increases Increases' until the shaft bottom makes makess a splendid show- show Ing log Other openings and cut cuts expose a foot five-foot body of copper ore On undeveloped undeveloped undeveloped un un- un- un developed parts of of the ground are some of the most prominent copper copper outcrops In the county Ore Is projected out of ot the ground In large masses that will show average assays running from 3 to better than 10 per cent copper and anci encouraging values In gold Mr Dart is of the opinIon opinion opinion ion that there Is several thousand dollars' dollars worth of ore ore above the surface of the ground that can be mined sorted out and shipped at a good commercial profit The new operators expect to make their first shipment In a short time Local operators are expecting to Investigate in investigate investigate In- In this deposit early next week Overtures have been made mane to them to take an interest and they propose to have an engineer Inspect the ground and make a report The existence of the deposit Is only known to a few tew of the people In Milford as It was not known until recently the value of ot the outcrop The original owners are not not miners and andare andare andare are willing to make a transfer on easy S terms