Show ACTIVITY AT CONTACT times twin falls idaho contact city nev another strike 0 considerable importance was made yester day in the shaft being sunk on the antelop claim consisting of about four feet of ver ven high grade copper ore giving good values value in gold and silver also this is the see sec ond strike the operators of this property have made during the past month th antelope is destined to be one of the lar larg producers of the camp situated as it ii is only six hundred hundred feet from the townsite a now platted it will be a very valuable as set to the city the new contact city is a scene of much activity some thirty odd lots have been put in readiness for the building of va various business houses and residence man many business men of twin falls ely and elko are engaging in business here eldridge kent and company of twin falls are on their way in with a general 1 merchandise st store ore they intend using a large tent for their store until they can f get the material in for their store building and get same completed L S pratt proprietor of the palace saloon in twin falls is engaging in a similar business here he intends building a two story building as soon as he can get the material in the the townsite company will have their office in readiness for business in a day or so they will have plenty of the purest spring water piped from springs near the city limits to all parts of the townsite as soon as they can get in the pipe and material for reservoirs they have let contracts for grubbing and otherwise improving several of the city streets i I 1 ground has been set aside for the city school house by the townsite company and it is understood that the school house will be built as soon as the necessary steps can be taken to get the district organized three freight teams arrived yesterday from twin falls loaded with lumber tents and provisions for the new eldorado mr A schlock of hou houghton aton mich formerly engaged in the butcher business there will open a shop here in the next few days it is claimed that he is a first class butcher and an expert meat cutter contact citizens wish him every success st patricks day was observed here if in a manner characteristic of all boom towns and mining camps |