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Show LEASE PORTION OF IDAHO METALS MINE A portion of th" Idaho Metals company com-pany property, formerly the Empire Copper company of Muckay, Idaho, considered tho biggi-ni copooi mine in the state, luis been leased to Harry P. Hunter and company, and is now operating. op-erating. Tho lease is for a period of two ye..rs and covers a portion of tho property heretofore ni.ver leased. It Is located In the Cossak tunnel. A number of Ogden men are Interested Inter-ested In this mine, It Is stated. The Cossak tunnel is 600 feet bolow tho lowest oro producing level of tho proprtv. giving a depth of 1500 feet. Twele years ago this tunnel was driven driv-en by the company as a working level to tap the mine at depth and now covers cov-ers a distance of over a mile. Tho work of developing tho tunnel has been undertaken by various managements, manage-ments, .nn |