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Show The Copper Pick again. "We visited the shop of Mr. S. L. Adams for the purpose of viewing (in connection with others,) the i finished Pick, made for ceremonial i purposes, to be ..used in breaking the ground for the railroad which is to run through this county; and we must say that it is a fine specimen speci-men of workmanship and also of three elements that abounds in this county. Mr. Adams found the mine, mined the ore and smol ted the same and produced the copper pick. The imitation steel points are made of silver, made at the Wool-ley. Wool-ley. Lund and Judd Mill, at Silver lleef. Each point contains the same amount of Silver that is con-' con-' tained in an American dollar. The body is made of the best bullion copper, being 93 per cent fine, from the first running from the rock. The handle is made from a native ash tree, and a first class specimen of ash, as its grain shows, and is as fine as Eastren second growth ash. The handle, pick and points are . the work of one man, and they certainly do credit to both man and county. The object of the Pick is to show that copper abounds in this region, and that with a railroad and cheap transportation we could soon be one of the most prosperous prosper-ous counties in the state; but fox want of transportation facilities tens of thousands of tons of copper, Silver, Lead and Iron ore are lying ly-ing dormant that might be utilized. We trust that ere long the projectors pro-jectors of the new line will announce an-nounce the hour when the. said pick shall rise and fall, to the completion com-pletion of its origin, after which it may be hung up and grace the walls of the chief depot, in Salt Lake City, state of Utah. |