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Show HOBBLE CREEK HAS BIG COPPER MINE Cokeville, Wyo.. July 13 E. A. Trumbull, state geologist. returned this week from the Wyoming Milling Mining company's copper mine on Hobble creek, where he went Monday Mon-day morning to make observations as to the character of the country as a mineral-bearing district. This was his first trip to the copper mine and he was much impressed with the country as a mineral section There are from 12.00n to 14,000 more tons of ore on the dump and In sight than the company had figured on. according accord-ing to Mr Trumbull From the natural nat-ural facilities in the near vicinity of the mine Its future seems very' bright, although the company will have to do a great deal more development work, or complete that which is un der way, before installing a stamp mill, as the indications are that the body of ore is so large that they will have to do the work before they can accurately figure on the size of a mill it will take to properly handle the output of the mine Mr. Trumbull says that the ore in the mine Indicates Indi-cates that it is a big deposit rather than a lead and that the deposit seems to cover a largp area Work was started on a tunnel of the mine several years ago but it was dropped Mr. Trumbull also brought out the fact that a large body of ore was contained in the mine This was something new. it being supposed that the whole body was carbonate, and as sulphate ore is more easllv treated It will not take so much capital to put the mine on a working basis. The road leading to the mine is being put in shape for travel and it is thought that by September it will be In good shape, so that the mine will be in easy ac cess of Cokeville. If this mine con tlnues to look as good as It does now , and it will if work is pushed on it. it will mean a great deal to Cokeville and the surrounding country |