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Show IB DISTRICT 10 HAVE EIECTH5 POWER Operators in Section Have Suh-mitted Suh-mitted Bids for Privileges of Control. The camp of Wonder. Ncv., promises to agtiln come to tho front as tlio center cen-ter of a producing section by reason of the fact that electric power for the operation opera-tion of tho' district's mines, mills and plants is practically assured, according to lato information from camp. Tho power for generating the electric current Is to bo taken from the groat Irrigation Irriga-tion canal of tho Truckec-Carson reclamation recla-mation project, and several bids for the privileges of the proposition have been received and opened, the namo of the successful bidder to bo announced from Washington, D. C , whero all papers and facts In the matter havo been sent for final action. Advices from Tonopah arc to tho effect that J. B. Daniel, general manager of the Nevada Wonder Mining company, so far as predictions go, will bo tho successful contestant. Mr. Daniel filed two bids, covering different phases or tho question, ques-tion, ho being very desirous of landing tho contracts for his company. Tho bids submitted were various in character, somo being for straight out-and-out horsepower, horse-power, some for second feet, and some baped on tho number of kilowatts contracted con-tracted for. In view of the different phases of the case, tho services of an oxpert are required to pass Judgment on the best of the propositions, and until tho authorities In charge -at Washington settle the question the aspiring contestants contest-ants are kept in suspense. Tho assurance is given, however, that no matter which company handles the proposition the plant will be Installed quickly, and that In the near future the mining game in the half-forgotten camp of Wonder will be revolutionized, It is the intention to build a power line from Fallon to Wonder to make the necessarv connection for the furnishing of "julco" In any quantity desired. |