Show r MINES AND MINING NEWS CONTACT IS 1 4 COMING TO FRONT Promise of Railroad Is Stirring Mine Owners to Renewed Energy 1 Contact the rich copper camp In th the thC extreme northeastern corner of ot Nevada appears about about to take Its Us proper on the map Judging from the following which appears In the Reno Rono Journal The Twin Falls Fals railroad to connect atWells at atWells Wells Is assured and this In ta turn i Is bringing capital to the a. a assistance of or ormine mine developers at Contact Contact has remarkable showings an and Is la sufficiently sufficient sufficient- ly y prospected to enforce the conclusion that with cheap freights and machinery to operate economically that the district dis dis- dis- dis will become ono one of oC the vests'S Im Important Important important Im- Im copper centers This statement will carry carn the reader render Into such sections as EI Ely 1 antI and m m. where the red metal diggers rule and surprise e ethe the world orl with their thell enormous production production production tion of ot one of or tho most important In Industrial Industrial In- In metals of or the day For years ears the prospectors prospector have hl hauled over not too good a wagon road for sixty miles the higher grade ore and maintained themselves In a grub stake This of or the better ore shows vs largo large dumps at tho different workings of ot the lower JOl grade r de ore oro and In I Instances reveals re great bodies of ot concentrating concentrating con can I ores ores- The assurance of ot the Twin Falls railroad Is the means mean of ot I having ha miners actively at work provIng proving pro ing Inc up Even now shipments of or high grade rade copper ar arl are being made irrespective tive live of ot the long wagon haul The Bonanza mine operated ted under Minneapolis capitalization is steadily developing copper oro ore reserves of ot the commercial sort ort The owners of or the old Delano group roup are arc shipping their better belter grade grado ralo ore and the balance goes oes on the tho ore dump The Thelast Thelast Thelast last car shipped gave a return of ot one ty-one per een cent t copper The rhe Zelta Blanchard Bianchard group SToUP has extensive ex- ex e workings s and anti large bodies o of copper ore blocked Recent work demonstrated dem dern- their copper body over er thirty feet vl wide c. c carrying carrying- ln good average a values vat val alUes ues lies In regular contact dependable le-d le ledge o determination Tho The are ca canting caMing tin a t great reat fortune ahead with cheaper fa- fa to handle and operate Rich Copp Copper r Ore The Prophet tunnel on the Hanks flanks Leach property has a 1 large bod body of or ore It H Is a rich prospect under the new ne situation sit sit- nation for a a. cheap cheal haul to the railroad During assessment work a arge large rge tonnage tonnage tonnage ton ton- nage of ot ore averaging over ten per cent copper was TaS placed paced on the dump The Hanks Leach lAach Is one of ot the big lG copper showings of Contact The Camp Bird group belongs to the porphyry copper class and below the tho porphyry r coping shows the sulphide 0 ore rc The Apex company compan an Oakland or organization or- or are driving a long lont tunnel 10 to undercut their ore on the contact The Apex people will push work on a l largo large r scale cale and open their ore since the railroad railroad rail raU- road is as assured The OConnell O'Connell property on the Trout has been worked continuously continuous continuous- ly h for tOle the past year car m and has a n. wonderful wonder wonder- ful exposed showing of ot the red metal rock Tho of ot Seattle arc are he- he hind bind this enterprise The Contact M. M M. M P. P Co a a. Tacoma Tacoma Ta- Ta coma group of capitalists are arc Intelligently Intelli Intelli- Intelligently gently developing developIng- their large mineral area In the district The Florence group under the management man a ement of or Martin HIckey ono one of or theold the theold theold old guard mine operators is being being- man man-I de developed do- do eloped and good results are fire attained |