Show CONNORS CREEK COUNTRY I L Mr L G Hardy Tells How Prosperity i Prosper-ity Is Retarded In the District A car of ore from the Jennie mine located on Connors creek in Idaho is at the smelters Superintendent L G Hardy who came down to look after its sade says it will bring values of 40 in gold and 50 per cent lead The ore from the Jennie is hauled by team from the mine to Kelton a distance dis-tance of about 55 miles i The Jennie is the only mine now II working in the Connors Creek country I coun-try at present said Mr Hardy yesterday yester-day There are plenty of good prospects bu the trouble is they are owned by farmers who are too poor to develop i them themselves and they are not inclined i in-clined to let any one else do so for a certain inteIest I If any one talks to them with the I object of buying mining properties it is not unusual to be confronted with a proposition for a large amount of cash money down even if t he property being be-ing considered hasnt a pound of ore insight in-sight This is the very thing that is retarding re-tarding the development of the country coun-try The owners of theclaims seem to I think that if they give up any interest I in order to get a property developed the result would be that they would < eventually be frozen out i Mr Hardy believes that as soon ad these claim holders esther sell out at reasonable prices or else allow capital to develop their prospects for them tlhe country will enjoy an era of prosperity |