The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1909-07-27
CONTACTGROUND
UNDER BOND
PROPERTIES ARE SHOWING UP
A BETTER GRADE OF ORE AT
DEPTH-NEW TOWN OF EAST
CONTACT AND NEWSPAPER.

CONTACT, New, July 26.-Con-
tact, while over the state line in Ne
vada, about 20 miles, is a more di-
rectly tributary to Idaho for supplies
Nevada. A ~tri-weekly automobile
stage line has been organized be-
tween here and Twin Falls, which is
doing a large passenger and express
business. From present indications
it will be necessary to add a second
machine before many months to take
care of the increasing business and
the large numbers of people that are
iocking to the camp.
Mineral has been known to exist
here in paying quantities for years,
but owing to the distance it was
necessary to freign. the ore to a rail-
road point and the expense connect
ed with this haul ($12 per toni also
the low and f1uctuating prices of cop
per, extensive development work has
been retarded, but with the prospect
of the railroad that is now under
construction from Twin Falls south
through. the Salmon river project and
its ultimate extension to a connec-
ton with the main line of the South
ern Pacific system at a point be-
tween Wells and Cobre, the camp
has taken on new life. The survey
for this line passes through this dis
trict. The Short Line railroad had
careful examinations of this district
made and after satisfying themselves
of the extent and richness of the
section is now completing a final
survey for their line.
The principal mineral found
throughout this section is copper.
Ore has been shipped from this dis
trict that averages as high as 32 per
cent copper and $32 in gold to the
ton in car load lots. These were not
! picked samples, but there are thous-
ands of tons just as good ON h
dumps and in sight at the present
! time. a~'r- l.1Dt0iDa
Included in the more extensively
developed properties and the APP
proximate work done on each are:
Brooklyn group, On which there is a
shaft 200 feet in depth. This is one
of the most promising properties In
the camp and increases the value as
depth is attained. On the Palo Alto
a shaft has been sunk to a depth of
900 feet, and one of about the same
| depth is, on the Blue Bird. The old
| Carpenter mine has reached a depth
4 of over 200 feet, as has also the
shaft on the Yellow Girl.
The vein matter on all of these
properties has increased with deptn
in both quantity and richness and IN
all of them there is a good ore show
ing in the bottom of the shaft.
The mineralized section known to
exist in this locality is about Is by
25 miles in extent. The old camp
originally gained its name from the
formation found, it being a contact
between granite and quartzite. The
lodges vary from three to 100 feet
in width and in many places n 10
~calities are we'll defined n marked
on the surface from the groupings
and can be followed for miles. In
the ganite formation the veins are
marked by ~upheavals of porphyry
dykes, but no marked displacements
are encountered after the surface
disturbance are overcome, all show
ing good indications with depth.
The direction of the copper veins
is about % degrees northeast, whlle
the lead bearing veins run almost at
right angles to them or at an angle
of 55 degrees northwest.
Men of means and with wide ex-
p~erience in copper mining are now
in Contact figuring upon plans for
the construction. and operation OF a
smelter and other reduction works
for the treatment of the ores and
minerals of the district. With the
coming of the railroad, coal, coke
and other supplies can be laid down
in Contact with a shorter haul and
at less expense than at any other
camp in the state.
The new town of East Contact is
but. two months old, but it is a typi-
cal mining camp and reminds n OF
the early days. There are now be-
tween 40 and so tents and houses
with additions being made every day.
The population is a cosmopolitan
one, nearly every race and ma
tionality having a representation,
among whom everyone is a hail fel-
low we'll met and everything goes.
Business of all kinds Is represent
ed. There are severa | tsocks OF
goods better than are ordinarily
found in a new mining camp this
distance from a railroad, and last but
not least is "The Contact News" a
weekly paper devoted to Contact and
the surrounding district the first
issue which will appear this week.
TRJUNPH OF RLERIOT.