Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-12-15

The most promising property In
Statelne, judging by the high gold as.
says Is the Johnny mine which is
principally owned by Frank Wilson, W.
J. Dooley and c. o. Newell The prop
crty has been developed by a shaft 10
feet deep and about 500 or 800 feet Of
other workings which have disclosed
some very high grade ore assaying as
high as $500 per ton IN gold and silver
the principal values being gold. one
strange thing about the Johnny Is the
fact that II showed but few indica-
tons OF It's riches on the surface. IL
was al one time supposed 10 be practlc-
ally worthless Values OF only a few
dollars per ton were obtained near the
surface. and further than doing the
necessary assessment no special atten-
ton was paid % the claims until the
third year after work was started. At
that time the shaft reached the depth
OF 81 feet and encountered a very rich
streak Of ore carrying phenomenal
values Work was continued in the
shaft until the depth Of 100 feet was
attained, Here water was encountered
which. at the depth Of a little over 10
feet forced the company 10 shut down
until such time as a pump could be
secured. The management Is also put
ting In a steam hoist and II Is expected
that everything will be In readiness 10
resume before the end Of December.
The company has done nothing but de-
velop the property the ore milled be-
ing extracted I'm running the drifts II
Is estimated that there IS now $3.50 600
worth ore I'm sight The company has
taken out about $4,000 In development
work during the past year.
The water question has heretofore
been considered a serious one In the
Stateline district but the flow NJ the
Johnny VIII be utilized shortly I'm run
ming a large mill at the mine During
the past year the company has been
operating a small stamp mill about one
mile from the mine, with which II has
more than paid IFS way from the ore
taken out In development The condi-
ton Of the Johnny and other Stateline
properties lead 20 the conclusion that
II Will before long, rank as one OF the
most important camps in the State.
THE OPH1R
a great deal Of work has been done
at the Ophir during the past year which
Some very important developments
have already been made this year which
must be reassuring 10 those who have
tied their faith 10 Stateline. An i'm.
portant strike was made on the west
drift from the 100 level, where body
Of high grade silver ore was opened
up. This has now widened out 10 thlr-
teen feet. A small shipment Of assert
Cd ore from this find netted the COM
pany $500 per ton.
The mine is being opened up by an
incline shaft on the vein. During the
year the company has timbered and
Strengthened up the old incline shaft
and sunk L from the depth OF 265 feet
10 its present depth Of 300 feet. II is the
intention to continue sinking 200 feet
further The company has done. al
together about 600 feet Of work this
year. Drifts have been run on the
vein every 100 feet, the drift from the
bottom Of the shaft being some 1872 feet
west and 100 feet east. Some good ore
has been encountered on the 300 level
and It looks as II the Ophir, with more
development, will disclose a big mine
The company is now figuring on the |
erection Of a mill next season, having |
a capacity OF from fifty TO one hundred |
tons per day. IL will probably be a |
cyanide plant. No water has yet been |
found In the shaft with which 10 run |
a mill but the management is develop |
ing water elsewhere The officers are |
Hamilton Ctrhart, Of Detroit, Mich. |
president: f. g. Andrews. OF the same |
place, vice president. and NJ. L. Efilng- |
er, secretary