The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1913-09-09
BOOSTS CONTACT
Minnesota Attorney Tells Salt Lakers
About the Copper Camp.

Attorney Sam G. Anderson Jr., of |
Hutchinson, Mimi, was in Salt Lake a
short time ago and was shown around |
the city by A. ]. Tarbet, well known |
mining man. He then went to Contact, |
New, with the intention of investing.
The following extracts are from his
letter dated August 16, to Mr.. Tarbet: |
I'VE went to Contact by stage; stay
ed there three days and came out by
auto. | made two trips over the Con-
tact Copper and was much surprised
and gratified at the showing The first
trip made on foot with miner nam
ed Martin. He gave much valuable in
formation generally. We spent the
noon hour with Henry Logan at his
Heavens Heights The second day
in camp in company with Mr.. Marshall !
| went over the Delano properties and
up to the Brooklyn. From the Delano
they are taking ore across to Roger
son shipping it to the smelter, and |
netting from $50 to s35 ton Part |
of the ore was taken out of 150-foot |
shaft and the balance from an open
hole on the hillside not more than
six feet deep. Marshall had four men
at work and the shipment of ore about |
three tons daily, was only incidental
to the development work.
"The day before we left, at the bot
tom of the 150-foot shaft crossing the
main ledge a vein was tapped carry
ing 70 per cent copper. I cite the De-
lano situation not as being unusual, |
but as typical of the camp. did not
see any property that did not look to
me as though there was ore in sight
that would pay to freight to Rogerson
On both the Blue Rock and the Lucille
there is ore enough in sight to make
certain that the properties are paying
propositions and the possibilities, stag
ed for the imagination. On both
groups ore can be mined and shipped
just as it is being done on the Delano.
'The second day IN camp Mr.. Nc
Ardle took me over his properties, in
GLIDING the Ivy Wilson and Salt Lake
groups. These and the Contact Co.
properties are located on the largest
bikes in camp. They should be of
great value even if the railroad never
came to Contact.
1.-THE Ivy Wilson group was espec-
tally interesting by reason of the Won
derfully artistic dumps and cleancut
tunnels. Had not Mr.. McArdle been a
miner he would have made great
landscape gardener. The ore on the
Ivy Wilson dumps had been carefully
sorted and it was startling in the rich
ness and amount that was on the
dumps and uncovered.
II went over to the Salt Lake group
There is a large body of monozonite.
There is $50 feet in sight and at a
depth of 40 feet it gives promise of
being a wonderful low grade PROPOSE
ton. They are also doing things at
the Zetta Blanchard where there is
ore approaching native copper. A for
tune is blocked out there and assur-
ance of real mine.
Eve passed over the Copper Shield
and it compared favorably with any,
thing we saw. In fact, everything in
camp looks good-far better than I
had anticipated
"It seemed to me what the camp
needs more than all is a good press
agent. The right kind of publicity
will make it one of the most talked-of
camps in America, and make certain
of the immediate building of a rail
road The whole proposition can
stand any kind of test. Just the Sal
man river irrigation tract will make
this necessary. The topography re-
quires that the road must go through
Contact.
.McArdle made good point when he
said the best thing that could happen
to Contact would be for all hands tc
give up counting on a road. They
would they go to freighting and such
a showing would be made that the rail-
road companies would stampede tC
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