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Show Mineral Mountain and Little Butt companies, operating In the same district. dis-trict. They include John S. Booker, J. H. Merrill. Leon Mlsslen aud John Dean of Blackfoot, Idaho, Lamar Nelson of Ogden, and Thomas C. Clegg of Salt Iake. With their new acquisition, these people control virtually vir-tually all of the mineral ground adjacent ad-jacent to the property of the Salt Lake Copper company, which is controlled con-trolled bv the Lewlshons of New York. CONTROL OF lilli Control of the old Teeoma Mines company, which owns a valuable mine In Tecoma district, on the Southern Pacific railroad, near the Utah N'ovada state lino, has been taken tak-en over by Salt Lake and Idaho men, , who are confident that tho district has a great future. The mine has worked the last 30 years, and has produced. It Is said, close to $1,000,-000. $1,000,-000. The new owners expect to make It even more productive In the future. fu-ture. Control of the properly was liMd by A. A- Mule ot Tecoma. and the law firm of Stephens & Smith of Salt Iake. Prank B. Stephens remains with tbe company, and Is one of its directors. The deal was made by i.ie Thomas G. Cb'gg brokerage bouse, upon recommendation of W. H. Harmon, Har-mon, a Leadvlllo mining engineer, who will become the company's mine manager. These who have Juet acquired control con-trol of the Tecoma company are the controlling Interests In Iron Mr,, |