Show COPPER BUTTE LOOKING GOOD stockholders ottom optimistic As to future of property the shareholders of the copper butte mining company the majority of whom live here in richfield are feeling mighty optimistic these days over the prospects of a brighter day in the near future with the price of copper looking up and their property opening up better every d day ay the copper butte people have reason to feel good the copper butte has passed sa safely fe beyond the experimental stage and is entitled to the rank of an established mine there is no longer a question as to the quality of the ore or to the quantity these matters appear to have been settled long since in the minds mind s of those who were directly connected with the property it has simply been a question of demand and price they have in an abundance of low grade ore that will yield good returns and there is said to be enough very high grade ore in sight to warrant the supposition that something big is lable to be developed as work progresses wm johntson and D P jensen directors and heavy stockholders in the company left here saturday afternoon on the nelly bly flyer for an inspection trip of the property they de trained at bellknap station at and went overland via deer creek reaching their destination one hour later with a well developed appetite for supper which was served in due time in a la johnston hotel style the next day was spent in examining the property especially over feet of tunnel incline and shaft workings astren bous day was put in and full particulars of their findings will be revealed at a meeting of the directors to be held in the near future |