The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-12-30

when once they got below the grass
roots they would soon encounter dirt
that would repay them for their expen-
diture of time. energy and n
Values of trifing mount only were
obtained at first in the Johnny.
It's owners did the usual assessment
work in order to hold the prospect. but
they did no development of consequence
until the third year. By that time the
shaft WAS down twenty-Seven feet and
there an extraordinarily rich streak
of ore was encountered Encouraged
by this showing work was prosecuted
with more vigor, At a depth Of 16l feet
water was encountered in the shaft.
New Machinery.
This necessitated a shutdown in or
der that a pump of sufficient capacity
to drain the mine might be secured.
The machinery is rapidly being IN
stalled and within a short time the
flow Will be taken care of in good
shape. a steam hoist is also being
put in and by the middle of January 1t
is thought active operations VIII De re
sumed in the workings.
Nothing has been done by the man
agement except to develop the prop
crty, the milling ore to run a small
plant being extracted in course of eX-
pIOratiOn. Tt has been estimated that
at least $3.50, coo worth of ore is in
sight. About S25. 600 was spent during
1900 in Improvements. Since the first
work was done in the Stateline district
the WaIteT question has been d serious
menace. The Johnny, however, viii
use the water from its shaft to run a
large mill which is shortly TO be erect
ed at the mine.
Much work has been done at the
Ophir during the year now so nearly
ended and the indications are that the
campaign of the first year of the new
/ century VIII be most vigorously Waged.
Some assorted ore vas shipped from
the Ophir during the last few months
that netted the company $500 per on.
| This came from an important strike on
the west drift from the 100 level, where
a body of hign-grade silver ore was
disclosed. This was widened until now
II shows a width of thirteen feet.
An incline shaft is being run on the
vein to open the mine. The company
numbered n Strengthened up the Did
Iincline Shaft during the yea and push
2 ed it from 265 feet 10 300 feet in depth.
Further sinking will be made until a
depth of 800 feet is reached. In the sea
son of 1900 nearly 1000 feet of devel-
ODment work was done. Stations 100
feet apart have been cut i'm the shaft
and drifts run from them. From the
bottom of the shaft the drift is now +63
feet west and 100 feet east.
Ophir's Promise.
On every level ore has been encoun-
tered in high value and paying eLan-
cities n the OphiT owners calm with
all confidence that they have the max
ing of q great property in their hands.
Figures are being solicited for The on
struction of a mill which Will have a
capacity of from fifty to one hundred
sons per day. A cyanide plant VIII
likely be installed. No waleer has been
found in the shaft. but water with
which to run the mill is being devel-
Oped elsewhere.
The officers of the company are Ham
lion CaThart of Detroit, Mich, freSi-
dent; F. &. Andrews of De-r1It, vice
president, n NJ. L. Ellington, score
tary.
on the Sulphide group, which is
oWred chiefly by Senator McGraw OF
Detroit and other Michigan capitalists.
five men are at work. This group tCins
the Ophir and there are indications
that it carries the same general charac-
ger OF ore. The shaft is down 13d feet
and e~ighty-SiX feet crosS-cut which
mas opened up some nice milling ore
has been run.
There are fOur claims in the Marga-
ret group which joins the johnny on
the west. Here an OF the
Johnny vein occurs. A Shaft already
sixty feet deep is being sunk by lie
C0-A 4+IACAC OAS II ELD1=-C4- NlFi
be run to inteTsect the vein which
Shows promising surface -ropp4LAs
and seems to be of considerable extent.
Some o feet of good milling ore was
cut in the SHAFT.
On The W8llowvale claims, whtah lie
northwest of the Johnny, several men
are at work running a runnaI. IN is IN
about goo feet and some Iarga bodies
OF good milling ore are said 10 have
been discovered.
The Creole started work recently
Win d force of men who VIII CON-
piets the assessment labor. The Bl:rro
group of five claims has soma high
values in a cross-cut from the shaft.
the latter being Down 100 fees.
Gold quartz is being taken out OF the
Aggie D.. owned by John Erickson and
Kice Brothers of Stateline. They have
their shaft sunk to $50 feet ana drift
ing is now going on.