Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1874-02-01
THE OPH!R NINE.

We are Somewhat incliEel 10 thir K
that the cause Of the marked decline II
stocks. Yesterday, is TO be found III the
Dnhir mine. For some time clCst stocks
have Appeared to vibrate IN sympathy
with the Ophir therefore at this time We
naturally look i'll that direction io- auSht
"a reclrd t. the present some" hat sud
den and un. xptcted fall in prices nearly
al along the line We are OF the opln-
ION thai the news which caused the dc
cline went out from the Ophlr. The
next thing is to ascertain what WAS the
i,rnhabIe nature of this news. We are
inclined to thil X We may be ableto throw
some light upon it. therefore We will lay
before our readers such facts as We have
been able to ascertain, when they may
form their own opinions. In order tLat
We NAV be understood, We Will give
hasty glance a: the lower levels, more
nar ticularly the 1850. At the 15U0-f0ot
level a drift has been run to the eastward
\ distance Of 325 feet. Here. at the end
Of this drift, shaft has been sunk to tie
,'ep.h of 900 feet to the l1U0-foot Level.
The hoisting from this last named shaft
IS dc-s b. means Of puiiy connexions
from the bottom Of the main shaft: bit
this it is foreign to our present purpose
- explain. At distance Of 100 fer:
..as. Of the main shaft. on The I5H0-fuot
-,yel. A drift runs sputhward from tna
drift 1925 +, ct in length runipG between
the man shaft ana that leading Gown to
the l7Oo-foot level. This drift s,,utL-
ward is atout 400 feet IN length AID
l4aches close down to the line Of the Cal
II, rnia. At the south end a considerable
body Of low grade ore was found. From
MS point vas started what Is called the
: utiwes. drift. through it really rUns
,.irecJlv west In going a short distance
l thin clay wall was passed through,
.Een a body OF oIe several feet III width,
rssavirg about Sd was passed through.
Continuing west the diff passcd through
-.ho1it forty feet of solid porphvry, when
vein. Of clay was cut, anl beyond this
was found Il body of very rich ore about
twelve feet in width Il was this strike
which first sent the stock up to 500.
The strike was within about forty feet
oi the line oi the California, and the
body appearing TO bear in that direction.
that stock went up. 1t was now con.
GUIDED to select some point from which
+, raise I. shaft to the 1300-foot level. and
t,ola which also to start a Wine for the
l.G0-tont level. The point chosen vas
I n the main south drift a short distance
north Of where the first deposit Cf orc
uas ercounter-d. Here they began the
work Of opening G,.t a station II feet III
wldth They had gone in but aboHt six
faet when. most unexpectedly. they I'll
,.oun;tred body of very rich ore. Thus
.,t,ain sent q stock j.p and with it most
ottor stocks. Continuing west (tl.e ata-
.ian w&s opeiiC,i On i.a west side Of .iie
,i,it. north auI sou;i. 3liftl they found
lie bs lv OF or to betwelye feet in width
Il was,opened out the full 6iitl Of lie
station giving a breast twelve feet IN
width 4 rise vas here begun IN the
direction ofthe l300-foot level and ai-o
i winze toward the 170J-fcot level In
sinking this v1nze they socn found the
bottom in porphyry and a scare ens1ed
the scare we imagine which is pow
etfecting the stocA market. For this
scare there would TN to be no good
reason. All the orsjs there that is
showed by the vein, bBt The ore body
(an unusual feature at this depth on the
Comstock) pitches TO the west, notwith-
standing that the main vein pitches east.
This being the case it was nat at all
strange that the vertical winze soon
passed through body of ore pitching
din ectly away from it. This striking of
porphyry would seem to have frightened
the Ophir people and through them
dealers in general. When the situation
shall be better understood we shall
doubtless see the Ophir stock recover its
late Dosition on the list Of Comstock
mines.-Enterprise.