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Show LOCAL MAN CLAIMS HE AND ASSOCIATES ' OWN JIMP. CAVE J J .. Tlmpanogoj Cave does not belong to tho U. S. Government nor to the Commercial Clubs' nor to the Utah Outdoor Association, but belongs to EdlCuimor of this city "and three others. Such was tho declaration made by Mr'j Culrner Wednesday. Ho Bays ho lias recorded mining location notices, which tako in all the land up tho vide of tho mountain where the caves are 'located, and also clear across the creek including the camp. Ing ground. Those mining locations were made In 19 JO. Thoy are recorded in the county recorder's office at Provo sfed read: "This claim Is locatod about-three-fourths of a mllo above the upper up-per power plant." The mon who cla'im to have located the ground knew that tho mountain above contained some caves, and. working on "this theory, they think that the minerals that have been washod from the caves will 15o found under them. For the past five weeks, they,have boon working- this year's assessment, -and they declare that on Saturday night they openod up. another pave.Mbut instead of containing crystatitestas thp'Tlrap. cave iloes. It contains ore rich with minerals- . This la about 400 feet fowor down tho .mountain than the Timpauogos Cavo and Is called "Tho .loy Group." Tho men who own the mlno say i that, they, will hulld, cabins down at I tho'Vamp in' the near 'future Thoy say that If they wanted to, they cohld koop people oft their grounds, nnd ?rora'tho cave,' but that ..they do not expect To do-thls nt'preuoutl The mon'' whoso names appear nn tho locntlons oro B. T. Culmer, ono-thltd ono-thltd Interest; S K. Snyder, one flfthj Don Markmnn, onollfth; nnd Dr. David Andrew, onofourth. Markmnn lives In Nevada and tho other two live in Salt Lake. Tho proposition has been put to Dana Parkinson, Supervisor of tho Wasatch Forest, and an Investigation, Is being maijo, It Is understood. |