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Show New Company To Develop Manganese Deposits Near Virgin The Kolob Manganese company, with R. II. Abbot, engineer, us production pro-duction manager, hus been organised organi-sed for the purpose of developing mining prox-rty neur Virgin in Washington county, and shipping ulgh grade ore. The ore will be ihlpiied to Cedar by truck where it will be loaded for shipment by rail to refinement plants. A raid to the property has been approved by the grazing division and will be constructed at the expense' of the government. Work Is already underway on the grazing division section of the road, and Washington Washing-ton county equipment Ls working on the roud leading to the vicinity, so .hat shipment will not be held up because of inaccessibility. It Ls hoped hop-ed that the shipment of ore will start within a very few weeks. Headquarters of the company will be In Cedar City, unci in so far u.s passible, employees will be selected from southern Utah men, company officials announce. The officials also al-so announce that when the mine reaches production capacity It will provide southern Utah's biggest payroll. |