Show GRANITE CONTACT LOOKS GOOD TO COLLETT It E I Collell formerly of Rhyollte hut uow of Spanish Fork Utah has been III Rhyollte nnd adjacent camps for two weeks on mining business In which he Is associated with prominent men of his homo state I Mr Collett Is a heavy stockholder in the Granite Contact Mines company operating nt Skldoo and during the past week mado n trip to tho Contact property with a view of securing a lease on n block of ground If possible Ho reports tho prospects as even brighter than ho had anticipated re luming more enthusiastic than ever Much of tils time slnco coming back bus been spent In panning and assaying assay-ing tho samples taken from the six main veins on the Contact ground Ho cannot hope to got more than one lease from the Contact at present and what Is puzzling him Is to decide the particular spot upon which to ask for a lease He was showing the various pnnnlngs to his friends and concluded each one was better than the preceding one Other parties arc looking for leasing ground on the Skidoo and Contact properties nnd It i is understood that both companies will consider lenses after reserving some of the main veins for tholr own operations Many mining min-ing men who have visited the Emigrant Springs or Skidoo section have pronounced pro-nounced It a good leasing camp The Contact has high grade sliver us well ns gold veins some of the silver ore running as high as 400 ounces to tho ton ncross 18 Inches To the east of them Is the old Garibaldi silver mine which shipped silver ore to Los Angeles many years ago on pack nnl main rho road from Rhyollto to Skidoo is nearing completion and Mr Collet says It Is already In pretty fair shape with good accommodations at Stovepipe Stove-pipe Ills company recently received n proposition from prominent Salt Lake mining men who bad visited Ernl I grant to take the balance of the treasury treas-ury stock at a handsome figure and I remove the stock from tho market The proposition Is under consideration As soon as the weather settles down alit a-lit tho company proposes to Increase Its force of men Rhyolito Herald December 28 |