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Show CAPITALISTS PAY VISIT TO MINES EXTENSIVE OPERATIONS MAY RESULT That metallurgist have been suc-cerul suc-cerul In perfecting a desirable process proc-ess for tho treatment of the Immense bodies of copper ore of the Hlg Indian Mining company was Indicated this week whan Colonel C K. Looso or Provo, the well known mining man and clilif owner In tho Hlg Indian company, vlslhd tho property together toge-ther with two or the foremost capitalists capi-talists or the country, sa Moab'H Tl'.te of last Prlday. With Colonel I.oo were U U Nunu, presldont of tho Tellurldo Power company and President Johnson of the National Insurance In-surance compan), whoso home Is at Chicago. William llarpsburg of Pro-vo, Pro-vo, an engineer, also accompanied the party Colonel Loose visited Dig Indian In Septombor and at that time stated that metallurgist were making chemical chem-ical experiments to determine and perfect the most dislrablo process for treatment of the Hlg Indian oro bodies. lie stated that until such n process wa dlscovtred work at the mine would proceed In n steady and conservative manner The Illtr Indian properties have long been noted for the Immense bodies of low grade topper top-per oro they contain, nnd their remoteness re-moteness from a railroad made It Imperative Im-perative that the metal be extraitvd before shipment. That un eeonomltnl und suuvessrul stern or trentlng the oro hu been worked out Is Indicated by this week's visit of the financier and the Interest being shown in the property . Work on the mine lias been going forward on a tonservutivo scale for the past several months undei John 11, Hkewes, loial manager of tho company. com-pany. Colonel 1.000 and party arrived In Moah Tuesday, und after a brief stop here left for the Hlg Indian. They were accompanied by T. Q. Wlmmer of areen Itlver. They returned to Moah Thursday afternoon and stopped for lunch before be-fore going on to Thompsons. Colonel Ioose had very little to say regarding the trip, but extensive operations at Hlg Indian as u result of the visit are looked for. |