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jvj main provisions cif tbe law.rf.-FROfl THE COPPER COUNTRY.Niff S*od Valuable DereiapneotiAlmo»t Dally. -West Superior, Wig., May Id-Par-: ties from ail oyer nho country are oow pioepectlng for copper oa the DouglasRanre ana every'week reports of finding well defined veins are brought-|d~ to the city. ’Work; on the various mines Is being pushed vlecrotialv. Secretary Wgod ward of thT^JortllWTi^ consln Capper-Mining Company is now in Uoetou being called there by thevsiera' repl^seatatf re.4 of'the’cotopanr- He sends word home that thedevelopment of tho company’s property will be prosecuted _on_a much larger scale than was at first projected^ favorable showing, of tlie cross cutting .has caused' this change In policy- of thcRostoo people interested ‘ There Is no lack of funds behind the company now,” aaya Mr. Woodward, “and just as soon as the machinery can be secured work will be taken upon a large scale.” ’__ Captain Thomas of the Fond du Lac state® that tblt;V vela on that location between twenty and -thirty- feet wWadd that fC~varr^fer^Iiuli'a8 tbe shaft is deepened. It is the Intention of the Superior Bos too CopperMining Company to begin work on tbe Stuart and Parker shaft, the work to be continued in connection with operations on the Fond du Lac.Manager Van Vleek of the Percival Copper Mining Oompaoy has orderedmachinery,* engine, hoisting apparatus, etc.,the order to be filled by the 30th of the month and the machinery to be delivered „on the ground. Two shafts bay ©already been sunk on the prpmirty and with drifting add crossputtings makes a showing that” whenconsidered with reference to the rockand the width of the vela U one of the best in the Lake Superior Copper\ Copper towns!tea are being planned rOTvfeyeral location* on the range. One towns!te has now been organized andJs'known as the Copper King r.ownsltCx^ompaay. Miners’ stores, and other necessary build ins will be erected just Uxsoon as a few Jegal formalities can be observed.The rush to the gold fields of Western Ontario has commenced and prospectors and miners from all over thexcountry are now in the.city preparaJthc boattofyto makings start_over^fie tKat11 nc- Reports from the mine^Jn thego]d districts are very c/icoufauin^aod manace^ slate that a number. ofnig mining plants are being nerotia-cd for*
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Eau Claire Evening Free Press
Eau Claire, Wisconsin, US
Wed, May 10, 1899
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