Show TURNING HIS ATTENTION TO MINING IN UTAH after clear channg in half a million dollars 1 rs from his ely mining holdings thoma thomas i rockhill Ruc khill a it pioneer of this country end a an of the mexican war wat is extending the hasa hase of ilia his operatis to utah in company with the nelson brothers of cherry cr creel ee rockhill spent tin th mt three weeks at price in the eastern eastern part of utah where the nelsons and rockhill located a large group of copper claims that have silver vat ue in addition says the ely nev expositor of last week weel the nelsons were rabla rab d in that part of utah and knowing the immensity of the copper deposits depo I 1 8 in that region imparted their knowledge to rockhill with the result that the veteran mine owner decided to make an investigation Inesti gation that he waa nas pleased yah with the result resul j of bh trip may bo be gleaned from the fact that he has become interested in a fat huge ge ti act of mineral bearing i territory f that section cockbill Rock bill will make arrangement arran arrangements gemen ta to haa hi newly acquired holding properly and systematically developed that portion of utah I 1 is thinly populated and the mina al of the country are still a matter r of conjecture he ile is associated with newton boyd and william H bray of ely in a promising group of well developed copper mines about eight mile miles from battle mountain |