The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-03-03
A GREAT BONANZA PROPERTY.
An Aggregation of Magnificent Pro.
ducers in One Group.

An Aggregation of Magnificent Pro-
ducers in One Group.
Every old timer in Utah has heard of
the grand old producers of Ophir dis
trict. and outside of the state this
prolific camp has a historic reputation
among mining men. At one time,
when silver held its own at par or
stood above the dollar mark, and lead
was quoted at So or $500, Ophir sup
piled the ''sinews of war for more than
one individual wherewith to pose as a
bonanza king, and a dozen fortunes or
more have been made from its mines
in the past, and at that time no ac-
count was taken of the gold contained
in the ores found in this district.
There are a goodly number of mines
at Ophir that have made great rec
ords, but none more so than the mines
of Lion Hill, which, although they
have been worked for twenty years or
more, have really been only scratched,
and developments so far would indi-
cate that this famous old hill was
nothing but one mass of mineral, which
only waits for the electrical touchz0f
capital and labor to make it yield
many millions in the future where in
the past it has produced but one.
The mines of Lion Hill consist of the
Northern Light, the Monarch Nos. L.
and 8, the Empire, Winter Quarters
and Last Chance properties, ali pat
ented with the exception of the Chance
and each of these mines can show up
shipping bills and Sampling receipts in
quantities sufficient to prove the asser-
ton made above that this group COM
priseS "a great bonanza property
Some years ago these mines were
worked largely on the lease system,
and in doing SO nothing but high grade
silver ore was taken out and shipped,
as the gold contained in the ores, run
ming from 81 to SO to the ton, was not
taken into consideration, and in gather
ing data regarding the ore extracted
we find that in the Monarchs and
Winter Quarters lodes, Lawrence &
Cliff, during their lease, took out and
shipped the precious metals to the
value of about 100000; that Marcus
DAILY Of mining fame took out 100000;
that the Brims followed with some
thing like 100000 in ore values; that
the Tolman tunnel yielded about S25.-
GOO, while other leasers are charged
up with about 100000. The Northern
Light, adjoining, has something like a
million to its credit, while the other
properties on the hill have made a
most CItOlldDle SHOWING
Those who are unacquainted with the
underground workings of great min
ing property would hardly believe the
statement that in the Lion Hill mines
the extent of the underground work
fngs would exceed three mines in the
aggregate. but The Herald is informed
that such is the case, and vet
the deepest workings are hard
ly more thar 800 feet below
the surface; and it is estimated that
the running of these tunnels, drifts.
inclines, wines and upraises AVE
blocked out a million tons Of ore that
contain values of from % to $50 ounces
silver and from Sc to SIS in gold to the
ton, while there also exists large bod
les of high grade silver ore which will
run from 100 to 500 ounces; and it is
stated that the average shipments
made in the past would rarely call be-
low $50 ounces in silver and IS in gold
to the ton.
1t is claimed by many that Lion Hill
is the mother of the mineral zone in
Ophir and Camp Floyd districts Ger
tain 1t is, however, that both north and