Salt Lake Herald | 1907-07-14 | Page 27 | Salt Lakers Get into Contact Camp

SALT LAKERS GET INTO CONTACT CAMP Prominent Salt Lake operators have just organized too the Copper Shield Mining corn com vany pany under the laws of Nevada to operate In the Salmon River mining district bet better better ter known as C Contact In northern Elko county Nev The company Is capitalized for shares with shares in inthe Inthe the treasury Dr C L I Douglas is president president dent U U Biskey vice president J 3 A DeValley secretary and treasurer the oth other other er directors being C R and H M 11 ShIelds the latter the manager of the propertIes The now new company owns eleven claims and good ore has been opened up at vari various van vanOus ous points along the vein The ore car carries rles ries from 3 to 66 6 per cent copper together with some silver and gold old while the ledges which occur as fissures In the granite filled with a Quartz and porphyry gangue vary In thickness from ten to feet There Is II a flue fine spring of water on the property while the distance from the ground to Salmon river Is only one mile Here there Is water for power and milling purposes for any tonnage that may maybe maybe be developed There Is building accommodations for a good force of men and Man Manager ager ShieldS states that active operations will begin soon Contact Is looked upon as the next great copper camp to attain prominence and there Is every reason to believe that Its are not to be dIsappointed