Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-05-10
THE oPHrR NINE.


that has not brought to the BuLLE.
TIN office letters Of inquiry from
stockholders in the Comfort Con
solidated Company regarding the
Ophir mill and mine. Five BuLLE-
TIN subscribers and stockholders in
the ophir, residing in Long Island
City, n. Y, write under date OF
April 20, as follows:
| Would you kindly let us hear
through your paper what is being
done at the Ophir mine, as we have
not seen anything about it in your
paper for some time. The stock
holders in this section are getting
anxious and any news from the
Ophir mine will be very thankfully
received by your subscribers in
Long Island City"
Another letter from two New
York City stockholders in the Ophir
mine, dated the oath of April, says:
"As extracts from yonr paper,
praising the Ophir property were
shown US it largely influenced our
purchase of the stock, and with a
view of being kept posted on matters
pertaining to the mine we subscribed
for the BULLETIN. Seeing nothing
of importance in your paper Of late
regarding this property, we have
concluded to write and ask you to
tell us how deep the new three-com-
partment shaft is now sunk, if the
mill is running, and any other infor-
nation that stockholders would
naturally like to know"
The BULLETIN reiterates every
word it has ever said in praise of
the ophir mine. 1t is well defined
ledge, Of good width and rich ore,
and il is the belief Of all mining
men here that with proper manage
ment it would prove one OF the best
paying mines in Idaho.
For all the BULLETIN knows, it
may be paying dividends now, but
we cannot learn that such is the
case---or any other fact about the
mine. We have repeatedly solicited
information for publication-hoping
to get figures of clean-ups from the
mill, intentions and plans for future
operations in shaft and mine, etc,
but for reasons best known TO
the managers they are very close
mouthed.
The editor of the BULLETIN re-
sided in Nevada mining districts
for years. There mining superin-
tendents generally talked freely to
newspaper men and gave any infor-
NATION that would be Of interest to
stockholders living at distance.
Here it is different. Too many of
them try to look wise and remain
silent.
For the information of our east
ern subscribers who are stockhold-
ers in the Comfort Con-, we will
say that the BULLETIN has refrained
from making any statement regard
ing the Ophir mine simply because
it could say nothing favorable of
the management. But as letters
are coming to us so numerously
asking for information we will now
give them all the points we have
been enabled TO pick up from men
who have recently visited the prop
erty.
The three-compartment shaft was
abandoned several months ago, at
a depth of about $50 feet. 1t is
now half full of water.
Twelve or fourteen men are en-
ployed in the mine and mill.
Ore is being raised by hand wind
lass from the lowest level and the
mill is run only during daylight.
How long water will last to keep
stamps dropping during this length
of time is difficult to say.
We can not learn definitely when
work will be resumed on the new
shaft, nor can we intimate when the
mine will be placed in proper shape
to make its stockholders wealthy
It will of course require a great
deal Of dead work and an outlay of
considerable money to do so. But
the ore is there in large quantities
and rich in gold.
We desire to impress on mining
men the importance of giving pub
licity of their operations through the
local papers to the extent that
stockholders in their respective
companies may know something
about their investment. To refuse
to do so not only gives the mine
"black eve but also the district in
which il is located.
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