The Placer herald., 1870-04-23
Ophir Correspondence.


columns Of your paper to give your readers
an idea Of what is now going on IN the
Ophr Quar'z mining district
The owner Of the St. Patrick mine has
finished bis levels and is pow preparing to
what can be seen judge it is very rich and
will undoubtedly exceed all reasonable eX
peclaions in yield. Work has again been
commenced On the Norfolk ledge under the
supervision of James Barron, and The ore is
locking well. Some two years pgo this
! Company bad some qnsrz worked al oan
Francesca which paid SSS per ton. They
now lave n shalt some sixty feet deep and
intend o sink to the depth Of one hundred
feet run le,, and make working test.
The oaneis Of the Cornicopla ledge, Geo.
McCornbs aud t. S mons, are having some
ore worked at the present ume At TIE Ophlr
water m II. he yieI i not yet known but
heretofore it has paid from sl6 to SlS per
ton, aud this ore looks as Well as any OF The
previous crusbinga. TINS ledge is about
two feet thick aud PROMISES well.
The Good Friday s siIl paving, With
aauerng prospects ir ll'e future. Your
friend Jacob Cowan SAYS that he has now
eler prospect than when be made The last
Sc 600 crushing, and has ont several tons
that will pay over 500 per ton.
W. g. Greene is quietly progressing with
bis mne-has taken cut many thousand
dollars with hand moltAr, aud now has
over one hundred tons Of ri,II quartz at the
surface which he viii soon have milled
This is Tie most sys'elua icaIy and quietly
worked mine in the district.
Swetzy Il PuH are having one hUrdfsd
tons Of quarJz crushed at The Empire Mills
and the copper plates Io'k as though it
would pay from SIS to 500 per ten. 1T
averaged over $50 per tor, Ep. HERALDl
! This cain is located on Dutch raviue, and
the owuers have bad crushed some four
hundred tens from their mioe which
paid from $40 to $50 per ton. They have
ore at water level that will pay $50 per ton,
end 10 one month from now will have au-
other hundred tons mil,ed which will prove
that they do not over esrmate the ore
There are at the present time, at the EN-
pire mill several lots of ole belonging to
different parties whi,b will lie worked dur
ing the coming week-you will hear the
result
A. b. Scott, Ex Supervisor Of Placer i.
now delivering $50 tons al he Empire mil
to be worked. Last January Le had crush
ing at the abose mill aud The ore yielded
SO per ton. This claim is located on Dutct
ravine. Preparations are going on for ex
tensive prospecting this Spring, and all are
sanguine of success. We now have a great
many prospectois from Grass Valley aud all
Of them are well pIrased With the appear.
ance of Ibings and say they will 'camp'
here rather lban go to White Pioe or San
Diego, Several are preparing to bring teir
families, which locks well aud shows conf
dence. Our district is large enough 70,
hundreds more and we invite them to come
and see what our district contains, feeling Q
assured they will stay when they come
PRospECroR.
.his letter was unasodably crowded out
last week. Ed HERALD
Go FROM HOME TO GET NEws--The Gras,
Valley Union OF Yesterday says:
MORE AUBURN QUARrz. - Free Austin
Yesterday showed Us some quartz, gold an,
sul phuret bearing. which came from The
Ophr district, in Placer county We uu'
dels and that on Wednesday last, one mar
on Austin's ledge took out $50 in an bour
The ledge is situated between Opbir ano
Newcastle, south Of Auburn ravine
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