Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1915-03-22
PROSPECTS BRIGHT
FOR CONTACT
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trtct was good only for range purpos.
es-for millions Of tons Of the metal
have been blocked out and the very
near future will witness great plants
reducing IL to the native product. A
weird, mystic. pathetic tale migE. be
woven in and about the birth Of this
camp. the struggle and hardships of
those p~rospectors whose implicit faith
prompted them in the beginning Of an
undertaking which forty years later
was to be crowned with success. But
the story is q familiar one; it has
been experienced in nearly every min
ing camp in the world.
Lack OF transportation has been the
greatest factor in retarding the de-
velopment of Contact district. Thirty
six miles to Rogerson, Idaho, and fifty
six to Wells, Nevada, are the distanc-
es one must travel to real rail facil.
tiles, and while considerable ore has
been freighted out Of the district and
shipped TO shelters at a fair return,
the margin Of profit has not been such
as to encourage to any extent the de-
velopment OF the Immense mineral
area of the Contact district. All
these years Contact has beer asking
for q ~railroad-yes, begging for a
means of transrortaticn-surveys
have been made, staked and restaked
but Contact Is still asking, still beg
gang Tor a railroad; and Contact will
persist until this hoped-for boon shall
have been realized.
Without o railroad untold mineral
wealth has lain dormant In this dis
trtct-waiting, ever waiting the time
when & process Of reducing the ores
would be perfected that would enable
the operators TO handle them at a
proht. eliminate the necessity Of rail
transportation and the terrific cost
OF erecting and operating shelters.
That time has arrived.
The teaching process perfected by
Mr.. @. 3. Sherwood Of Butte, Mont,
viii be employed to ssd4ce the ores
OF Contact to natiya copper, and no
enc Will cay that cstiys copper may
net be freighted out OF the district
ny motor trucks at a fair profit, par
ticulRrly when the teaching process
win reduce the ores at q cost Of about
0 cents per pound. while the reduction
cost by 6melters is something like 10
cents.
One year ago Mr.. c. L. Eastman
became interested in Contact and un-
dertoob 20 fnauce certain properties
OF the camp, and it is due to his un-
firing efforts In this direction that
Contact today ia enabled to proclaim
for itself n place In the mining world.
Through Hr. Bastmsn's ability to IN
tsreat eastern capital, finances were
raised sufficient to prove the ore
bodies. Mr. Sherwood wes brought to
Contact and a torcs of men was en-.
ploysd drilling and tesung the ore at
depth. Tho mineral proved readily
Adaptable Tor leac6ing aud 6y. nDIion
tons wega blocked ont Then came
the Btobtem OF q teaching plant, but
1T ressRined Only for a feferabts re-
port from Mr.. Sherwood TO assure its
erection. since tho necessary oapitaa
already had been raised. -he lumber
with which to build this plant has been
ordered, and thirty cars viii shortly
be rolling iuto Robertson. Idaho. the
material having been purchased in ia.
coma, Wash.
This plant will be erected by the
Nevada Copper Mining, Milling G.
Power company, whose holdings. en-
brace fifty-one claims. Of which Henrs
Smith is the manager. This company
also owns the Contact townsite, and lie
preparing shortly TO put the same on
the market, probably about May 10.
A 1otation plant Is planned for an.
other property and will probably be
completed about the same time as
the teaching plan. with these plants
I'm operation, no doubt exists that
many others of a like character will
soon dot the hills OF the entire dis.
trict, for there N many undsyeioped
holdings which give every promise o.
being tho equal and even better thar
any so far opened up. and there are
many that have advanced d the stage
As dsyelc mont guaranteeing ultimate
Essssnss In their operation.
Eg4fs Contact Of the future will be a
very different Contact from the past
II !s just awakening from It's forty
years OF MISUNDERSTANDING TO 1
bright, prosperous, glorious good
psornipg."