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Show ating a big milling plant and property on the old Comstock lode. The Highland Boy, or Utah Consolidated, mining properties prop-erties here have been one of the most highly productive properties in camp and have paid out millions mil-lions of dollars in dividends. It is understood that the company has still a large area of un-prospected un-prospected ground that may be regarded as excellent territory. Highland Boy Mine . Officials Will Decide on Future A decision as to the future course, to be pursued by the above mining company will be expected this week at the annual meeting of the company in New York. A settlement has yet to be made of its indebtedness of approximately $1,300,000 for the judgment won from it by the Utah Apex Mining Company in apex litigation over disputed ore bodies. The decision to be made by the directors of the company undoubtedly will be as to wheth er the company will levy an assessment as-sessment against the stock to liquidate the apex litigation judgment judg-ment sum, or proceed with liquidation liqui-dation of its assets to pay as far as-possible the amount involved,. Since the company is incorporated, incorpora-ted, for only a small number of shares, the judgment that was secured represents close to $1.00 a share on the capital stock. A. S. Winther, formerly mine superintendent of this property, was recently transferred by R. H. Channing, president of the company,, to Virginia City, Nevada, Ne-vada, to take charge, as superintendent, superin-tendent, of the Metals Exploration Explora-tion Company, which are oper- |