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Show Platinum In Th La Sas, 8ome ore taken out of the La Sal distriot last fall was analyzed at jDeover this winter and fouud to ran about $50 a ton in platinum. This is the first knowledge that that rare mineral existed In this district. Platinum is on the same footing in value as gold and its use in eleotrio appliances is increasing. We failed to learn in what part ef the distriot this ore came from but the parties will be in in the early spring and earry on some extensive development work oa the lead. A few tbeatand dollars distributed distribu-ted among oitiiens of this valley for copper properties would put this valley on a boom basis. A copper mine is rarely a poer man's property. proper-ty. It is a class of mineral that requires a large amount of capital to put on a paying basis. Large amount of development work must be dene to assure a body of ore to justify the erection of a reduction plant. It is rare that much ore is found of sufficient richness to bear the expense of shipment long distances. dis-tances. Once a property in a district dis-trict is developed to a paying point is means a rush of business for that seotion in all branches. It is such arising out of copper districts to the south that Moab has beeu languishing languish-ing for for a number of years. Mow that copper has taken great advances advan-ces in price it ought to hurry on the boomiog times hoped for. Mrs. F. S. Hatch, a sister of John aid Malt Martin ef Little Valley died very suddenly lost Tuesday morning at the home of her brother John Martin. She complained of being unwell early in the morning and her brother rode to Moab ana called Dr. Williams who started for there at once, but t was met on the trail an hour and fesi) before taaohing lha place .and. informed that the lady bad died. Death is supposed to haye result from internal bermorage or heart failure. Mrs. Batch leaves a husband and one son of her immediate imme-diate family. C. E. Walton Jr., postmaster of Monticello and George Adams of Verdue, are Moab visitors this week. Mr. Adams west on to Salt Lake City today. Mr. Walton says that the lour mill at Monticello is running run-ning steadily and turning out a high grade of flour and has wheat enough on hand to ran steadily another an-other month. James Stark, Henry Helyoak, Lon Neff and I. E. Caldwell have been supeeaed to appear before the federal grand jury at Ogdea on next Monday, en the conntesfuii. money case against D, T. Allison. Tet Taylor has his billiard reom fitted np in the upper story of the May building and he has now one of the neatest and most conplete places to be found in the inter mountain country. |