The record-union., 1897-06-25

shines. BY repeated experiments with
screens having different sized meshes
the right size was discovered, and there
has been no trouble since. The ore,
though declared base by different sci
entif1c men, proves to be not base at
all.
The shaft is down 800 feet, from
which level the ore for the 1O-stamp
mill is mined The ledge averages
three feet and half in width. The
| rock contains from to 5 per cent.
sulphurets, which is shipped to the
Selby Smelling Works for reduction.
The mill is run by water power. john
ston's concentrators are used here, and
give first-class satisfaction. The claim
is $500 feet long. Recently E. A. Wilt
see, late of South Africa, bought one
half OF the mine from Mr.. Reed. The
new company is erecting large and
| line new pumping and hosting plant.
about 100 feet east of the present
working shaft. There is a three-com-
partment shaft, 412x4 feet each, al
ready down 80 feet. II is perpendicular
and will be sunk 500 feet before run
ming any drifts The sinking will be
done with power drills. There will be
a double hoist The machinery at first
will be run by steam power All mod
ern improvements, including safety
cages, will be utilized This new shaft
will be midway between the two shafts
on the property One-half mile east
! of shaft No 1-where the mill is situ-
ated that crushes the ore now being
Worked-is another, called No. :. This
part of the mine has been worked to
a depth of seventy feet through a tun-
mel for a distance of 500 feet. At this
point there is new 10-stamp mill,
with attachments all complete for ten
more. The ore from the new shaft
viii be transported to this mill by
means of a tramway, where it will be
worked. This will give two openings
in the mine, and milling will be carried
on at both points.
The company has a comfortable
surface plant, including a boarding
/ house, lodging-houses, office and neces-
sary shops and outbuildings.
The success Of the Gold BlOssom-for
/ it is an assured success-has stimulated
| prospecting in the vicinity, and some
encouraging developments have already
| been made. Ophfr bids fair to be a
lively camp again by next season.
|
have seen, where a whole district has
! been brought out by the developments
of one company, guided by experienced
| miners with modern ideas.
There are numerous mines in Ophir
| district that have been worked more or
less extensively. One called the Green
mine, located one mile northeast of
! Ophir, is declared by good judges to be
! e e-;-+o
and Systematically worked. 1t is re-
ported that out of one crushing $4,000
was realized. 1t is now being operated
| by j. T. Smith, late of Ell Dorado Coun
ty, and who has the record of develop
ing and selling more mines in Green
wood district than all other operators
combined
| Another ledge called the Bellevue,
owned by Ophir and Auburn parties,
has a series of stringers, which will
probably unite with depth. The string
ers vary from six inches to one foot. 1t
is asserted that the rock worked from
/ this claim up to 1884 yielded from $50
to 500 per ton, but the country rock is
so hard and the flow of water was 50
| strong that the owners had not sufii
Gent means. to go ahead.
The Crater mine has been worked at
different times since 1862. The rock
paid from the surface down to the 800
foot level-the pay chute then running
| through the boundary line to the east
ern extension. AS the two claims have
not been consolidated the mine, as a
| consequence, has lain idle. The yield
from the property while worked was
100000.