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Show Mining JVTotes. Frank L. Wilson, general manager of the Copper Cop-per Belt and Lucy L. companies' properties in the Clifton district, returned recently from an eastern trip to find the properties in first class working shape. He states that the work of developing de-veloping the holdings will now be pushed more vigorously than ever. The shafts are encountering encounter-ing 'bre bodies in both properties, and samples from the Copper Belt show good percentages in copper and gold and a fair amount of platinum. From the Lucy L. there is a report of the discovery dis-covery of some of the richest ore yet encountered in the district, and Mr. Wilson finds the outlook out-look to be generally very promising. t t 5 The Annie Laurie has been closed down temporarily tem-porarily by order of general Manager Charles I. Rader. This moVe became necessary on account of contemplated improvements in the mill, which are now in progress. This leaves the camp looking look-ing rather lonesome as there were about 200 men on the payrolls of the company. Only a few men will be retained at the mine until the improvements im-provements are completed, only a sufficient force in fact to keep the mine in repair. The work of repairing will be attended to very thoroughly and the active operations at the mine may be at a standstill for some weeks to come. tv W A similar move has been made at the properties prop-erties of the Carisa Mining company, where only a suflicient force will be retained to run one Burleigh Bur-leigh shift. The order closing the mine, however, does not effected the force, as work was being Idone by leasers. From the 250 to the 500 foot level operations will continue in stoping on the rich copper ore body. v Mammoth Mining stock showed increased strength during the week, as a result of the statement state-ment that the company was shipping some low grade ore to the smelters with a view to determining deter-mining whether it could be handled at a fair profit. prof-it. The property carries an immense tonnage of low grade ore and if satisfactory arrangements for the smelting can be made with the American company, the affairs of the property should shortly short-ly be on a lucrative basis. In the past the smelting smelt-ing charges for this class of low grade have amounted to approximately what the ore is worth. i 5 5 It looks as if in the near future there would be considerable movement in the American Fork district, where in the past immense amounts of ore have been yielded. The camp is probably a continuation of the ore zorfe which has unloaded its immense stores of wealth at Park City. Some of the properties of the district which have not been worked for years are now undergoing vigorous vigor-ous developments, and there is every prospect of quite a boom being started in that section with handsome results to the active operators. At the present time there are thirteen companies at work in American Fork canyon. & D. C. Jackling, general manager of the Utah Copper company, who arrived in the city recently, recent-ly, stated that plans for the erection of the company's com-pany's mill at Bingham were practically completed complet-ed and contracts will be awarded in the very near future. The company's local offices will be located locat-ed in the McCornick block, but most of the company's com-pany's business will be transacted from the Bingham Bing-ham end until the completion of the mill. |