The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-02-26
CONTACT CAMP IS
LOOKING BRIGHT
Good Copper Values Found at
Surface Extend to Bottom
of Holes.
TIMBER AND FUEL ARE
SCARCE AND COSTLY
Deals Are Pending and Much
Work Will Be Done Next
Summer.

With extensive development work go
ing on and plans being made on large
scale for the spring, Contact. the new
Nevada copper camp, presents a very
active appearance according to A. II.
White, who returned from there Satur-
day after spending six months attend
Ing to development work on properties
in which he is interested.
while there Is no boom In Contact,
said Mr.. White, Saturday, there Is
good deal OF activity and indications are
there will be a very active campaign this
spring. There has been development
work going on for a long time past and
some fine veins OF copper have oeen
zone sale OF recent date is worthy OF
mention. That was the sale by Morris
Milveyhill Of twenty-five claims TO Mr..
clates. The price paid for the ground
has not been made public, but II Is un-
derstood that q good amount was put up
In advance OF the closing OF the deai. s
Ing development work and seem TO be
well pleased with the showings. The
former owners sunk number OF shafts
Ample means have been raised. 1t Is said,
for development work along practical
lines.
Ore Near Surface.
Logan and De Shields have sunk nifty
u. .
shaft OF good ore. which they have had
all the way down. They have an eNcep-
tionally good property and are highly
elated over the showing which has been
made on their ground.
"The Contact Copper company prop
erty has carried on some interesting work
recently, which has brought out the re-
markable values OF the camp. In one
place there was a little surface showing
OF porphyry and work was begun there.
Five feet down a f1ve-foot ledge WAS
-. 80
cent copper and about six ounces silver.
Two thirds OF this ledge went better than
20 per cent copper. This work was on
the Blue Rock claim, adjoining the pat
ented Pool group.
ION the Lucy group Of claims a double
compartment shaft has been sunk and
timbered 10 feet and good ore has been
found all the way down to the bot
tom Of the shaft
"The Copper Shield property put down
o shaft forty feet and all the way down
better than 90 per cent copper and some
values in silver. a crosscut was made
on the same vein in a different place
distance OF 1s2 feet and the whole vein
OF porphyry showed good values In cop
per.
Lumber and Fuel Scarce.
The camp is handicapped by a lack
OF fuel and lumber for timbering. be-
must be hauled thirty-eight miles from
the nearest railroad station. Lumber
costs are heavy after that product is
hauled 10 the camp. The lack OF trans
portatlon. OF course. has held the camp
back.
There are number OF large sales
pending and cash has been offered on
two properties. but up to the time ] left
the two parties had not gotten together
on the propositions.
"A letter has been received by the
Contact Commercial club from a news
paper man stating that ne is going TO
establish a newspaper there in the near
future. Advices from the east and 9TH
er parts of the country are To the effect
tact as soon as the weather breaks. TO
make examinations OF properties. Two
stores have been established already and
a building is going up for third. All
In all IL looks though Contact would
have a decidedly active campaign this
spring."