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Show CONTACf Gilll IS BEING TAKEN UP BY " SOU; CAPITALISTS W. T. JacArdle. mm of the pioneers of, the rtmp of Contact, has Just com out , from the copper dialing a. H ays there Is a rvMwal of Interest In that section wtildi looks mora prom taint than am thin thev have ever before experienced. A number of operators r coins Into the district and fwtveral sales haa been reported re-ported to eastern people. A deal has Just been eoed fr the tOelano croup of rlalma. and the purrhae-era purrhae-era ara eastern pt-npte who are prepared to put up a considerable amount of m"ney for development and e(ulpmnt. Tlie hava bought a power atte in Box canyon, and ara making- arrang-menta to r-ut In a big dam. -.him will site them hoiee-power. hoiee-power. .Plans have been completed fr this work and the dam la U 11.' feel htgh. The agent for these people claims that they will la'er construct a smelting plant cloa to the ramp, and that they will also b prepared to handle custom ores. Hvral men ara in the camp tying up every piece of available mining propetty. Mr WlNlU MMx,m .. h u mi I) f Mr. Entvre at Twin Falls, who is preparing to go Into Contact to Improve some prop, ertles that h and sev'ltcs own. Mr-" Mr-" Kntym is barked ny Oklahoma Tnilfallsts and they propose to get their property Mi shape for production by the time the tall, road extension la made Into that sort Ion. Klnce MrBntyre reached Twin Falls, he haa been apnrnached by the eastern people for an option on his holdings, but as he la tied up with his southern associates asso-ciates It la hardly probable that a deal will be conaiiHiated. Thla cauii has been held hack for lark of proper transportation The renewal of actlvtty In that section suggests that the railroad people have decided to close the thirty-mil gap between the camp and Twin Fails. If this be true It will doubtless doubt-less give the ramp free access to the outside world by the end of the summer months, and make another big mining fl-td tributary to thla market. The t:n!td States company la prepared to open up its properties aa soon aa the rsll-road rsll-road Is completed and a number of operators op-erators have promised to resume development. |