Show NOTES FROM CONTACT NEVADA by H M shields contact is experiencing a decided revival of interest in mining the high price of copper has stimulated the industry to an extent almost unbelievable in the past two months properties which have lain dormant or on which only assessment work or work for patenting has been done are now being developed by owners or leasers leaders lea sers and the road to rogerson idaho the nearest shipping point is lined with ore haulers the delano group owned by the seattle contact mining company is the principal producer having shipped twenty cars in the past two months smelter settlements for or one car of forty three tons brought a check for 2885 which is about an average of the ore shipped so far As broken in the mine the product averages 17 per cent copper with good silver values the large dump averages 7 per cent copper and is being shipped also marshall casey churchill and moody officers and main owners of the company are in camp to size up the situa tion and decide on a plan for future operation which it is said will be on an extensive scale and will include a mill to reduce the large reserves of 2 to 5 per cent copper ores just the kind of plant which will give the best results has not been determined but as soon as this is done it is understood construction will begin the company also plans the immediate installation of a gasoline engine for hoisting purposes eastman and walters are shipping from their lease on nevada M M P companas Comp anys ground and have four feet of good ore in the face of the tunnel they had two cars ready for market at last accounts but were unable to get teams to haul it to the railroad mcardle and associates have shipped one carload and have another ready to ship from the ivy wilson claim W A southard has shipped one car from the palo alto claim of the nevada M M P companas Comp anys ground and will soon have another george J lewis and M F hicky are taking out ore for shipments from the lewis group W A ring has a lease on the boston group and says he will ship shortly J F klitz has a carload of lead carbonate ore ready for shipment from his claims on noll creek about twelve miles south of town in the lime belt this ore besides good values in lead and silver carries about 50 in gold and some copper mr klitz says it will net him about per ton M P F hicky has a lead claim at the north end of the district also in the lime which carries as high as 80 per cent lead and very highe high silver values mr hicky will either lease or work the property himself the contact copper company will begin operations shortly on its blue rock group and expects to ship this is only a small part of the activity expected when the season is a little farther advanced as some large deals are maturing which are expected to bring in eastern investors with unlimited capital |