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Show SOUTHERN UTAH MIES. Salt Lake Herald. Colonel II. L. Pickett and Hon. M. M. Miller of this city, who have just returned re-turned from a visit to St. George and the "Dixie" country, in the southern portion of the state, brought back with them some very fine samples of copper ore from this region of wonderful wonder-ful mineral possibilities. According to these gentlemen, a great deal of interest is being taken at the present time in the splendid copper deposits of this section, among the number num-ber being the Apex copper mine, twenty twen-ty miles south of St. George, which is owned by Postmaster Pymm of that place and his associates, the property now being worked under lease by Samuel Sam-uel L. Adams and son, it being understood under-stood that these gentlemen will have a smelter in operation on the ground within two or three weeks. The mine is a shipper, and during the visit of Messrs. Pickett and Miller to that section sec-tion a consignment of twenty tons of high-grade copper ore from this ground was forwarded to the Salt Lake market, mar-ket, mining men who have visited the mine being of the opinion that it is destined to open out into a big producer. pro-ducer. Another mine of promise in that southern country is the Grand Gulch, which is locatod eight miles south of St. George, and which is owned by Jennings and others, the intention being be-ing to inaugurate work at an early day in its operation, with shipments soon to follow. Many years ago the Grand Gulch was owned and worked by Samuel L. Adams and his partners,, and is now regarded as one o the coming big copper cop-per producers of the south. Colonel Pickett and Mr. Miller, in relating their experiences during their southern trip, spoke in the highest terms of St. George, of its climate and of its hospitable and thrifty people. It was here that the first postotlice ever built in the State was erected, and favorable fa-vorable comment was made regarding the fact that it had been ably presided over for a period of thirty-live years by-Mr. by-Mr. John Pymm, either as postmaster or deputy, who is now in his eighty-fourth eighty-fourth year, but si ill halo and vigorous: and he points with commendable pride to the fact I hat no other man in Utah has served the government for so long a period. St. George, ever thrifty and progressive, progres-sive, is rejoicing over t he fact, that al last, after a wait of over fourty years, transportation .facilities are being obtained, ob-tained, as the Utah r Pacific railroad, being headed for the roast, is now within with-in sixty miles of that place, the construction con-struction of the mad through thai region re-gion being sure lo r.-sult in increased activity in the various milling camps along its mute. |