The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-12-27
UNWATERING THE MINES
IN STOCKTON DISTRICT
Owners of Property Awaiting Completion of Great
Honerine Tunnel
qphr the Scene of Much Active Work and Large Shipments Being
\ hiade-Work in Dry Canyon

IN the meantime an up-to-date mill
ing plant, capable of treating between
goo and 400 tons of ore per day. has
been under construction. and. barring
unforeseen delays, il will be in opera
ton inside OF sixty days 1t viii be
run on such ores as need treatment
from the upper workings until the
sulphide bodies below have been
reached, and when once it is in full
operation, the company viii begin the
making OF money very rapidly.
In addition TO the mill the company
has erected machine shops, store
houses and other structures for the
conduct of its business, and during the
year to come the townsite of Buhl,
below the entrance to the tunnel. viii
become the main town Of the camp.
Up to the present time the company,
comprising only a very few operators.
including +. II. Bull. p. L. Kimberley,
Willard F. Snyder. C. H. Scheu, W. G..
Filler and J. r. Walker has spent more
than $3.50 900 in the HOnerine enter
prise, and it is good to know that their
perseverance and pluck are sure Of
substantial and lasting reward.
At ophir and Dry Canyon.
Separate districts in themselves, but
so closely attached to Stockton that
they belong TO the latter camp as much
as do the individual districts surround
ing Park City. Ophir and Dry canyon
deserve a word Of mention. The for
mer has witnessed a season Of unusual
activity, and while Senator w. A.
Clark's Ophir Hill property has been
the principal producer, good work has
been done in other properties, and the
future of the district holds out much of
promise. Being an individual propo-
sition, little is given out regarding the
operations Of the Ophir Hill, though
the fact that its enlarged mill has been
steadily pounding away during the year
emphasizes the fact that the property
Is one of the best low grade money
makers in Utah.
Stimulated by the success there being
attained by its neighbors, the Montana
Consolidated on one side and the Ophir
Queen on the other have been steadily
prosecuting development work during
the year. Splendid showings have been
made in each, and the coming twelve
months are counted upon to bring both
Of them into the shipping lists.
Western Exploration Company.
The Western Exploration company
has Joined St. Louis operators in the
same camp and the expectation is that
they. too, viii be heard from during
1904, though they are conducting Oper-
atoms without any blowing Of trum-
pets.
The old Chloride Point property. on
Lion hill has been contributing Occa-
sional shipments Of rich ore during the
year. and other properties have been
under development with most encour-
aging results.
In Dry canyon, between Ophir and
Stockton. the new company, which ac-
Quired the old Mono bonanza, has been
doing good work in opening the old
mine at greater depth, and the pros
poets for it's re-entering the lists OF
big producers in the not distant future
are said to be most bright.
PrOspectors and claim owners have
been doing more or less work all
through the camps constituting the
Stockton region, and things viii be
humming all along the line within an
other twelve months.