The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-01-01
DULUTH OPERATOR
ON 0PHIR CAMP
Uphir Tunnel Man Enthusiastic
Over Conditions.
BUCKHORN'S GREAT SHOWING
WALKED FOR 100 FEET INTO
SOLID ORE.

With a wisdom born of experience in
the business, Richard ScheII. mining
operator and business man of Duluth.
Mimi, has just completed an exam
mation Of the Ophir Tunnel company's
property and workings. at Ophir. Mr..
ScheH came out To size up the promo
. sition because he had already put some
money into it and was inclined TO go
deeper into his own pocket. and at the
same time give friends and associates
his views on the merits of the propo-
sition- Having been interested in the
iron and copper mining business all
his life, with interests in Michigan.
minnesota AMI Arizona. Mr.. Schell's
judgment knowledge of formation. ore
occurrence and the business possibili-
ties OF mining enterprises lend weight
10 MS utteranCeS- For these reasons
his opinion Of the camp of Ophir and
It's mines viii De of exceeding interest
not only TO those who are backing the
Ophlr tunnel enterprise, but to the min
ing world in general.
Il have spent the better part of a
week at camp" said Mr.. ScheH yesteT-
day, previous 20 his departure for home
and am pleased 10 say that any
doubts which 4 might previously have
entertained concerning the value Of the
Ophir tunnel enterprise have been en-
tirely removed by my Investigations.
leave firm IN the conviction that the
company has the key which is bound
TO unlock The gateway and reveal the
wealth Of the lodges Of this district as
could no other undertaking.
Sizes Up Buckhorn.
Through the courtesy of Manager :.
NJ. Levy and other officials of the Buck
horn company I was permitted 10 make
a thorough inspection OF the workings
and note the richness and size of the
various veins now being mined i'm that
property This inspection, together
with a, study of the surface and geOl g
teal structure of the district. has left
no doubt in my mind that the 500 acres
of ground belonging to the Ophir Tun-
mel company could not have been better
located The projected course of the
tunnel. which is already in a distance
of about 600 feet, is ideal. It is follow
ing the main contact of the district,
and viii, before it has been extended
1000 of the 200 feet it must go to
reach the limits of the cOmpany's ter
ritory, cut or intercept not less than
six cross assures. Four or five of these
assures are now being explored and
mined in the PuckhOrn company's bo-
nanZa to the west of US. They all run
into Ophir Tunnel ground and, with
the great additional depth that will
there be obtained, should find ire
mendOuSly 'arye ore bodies of ore. As
Surance in this respect is made dOubly
sure because the tunnel is being driven
in the contact, and it is a matter of
history in every district where con-
facts are cut at intervals by crO5s-fs-
sures. that the greatest bodies of ore
occur at or near ;heSe junctures. The
first fissure Cine Fiske) should be
struck in the tunnel within the next 200
feet, basing calculations on the dip Cf
the vein, as exposed I'm old upper work
ings from which q great deal of money
was taken, according To report, in the
early days. After leaving this assure
the tunnels course is headed directly
for the lodges which run out Of the
Buckhorn The first of these should be
reached before tie 1.0OO-fOOt mark In
the tunnel is T.osted. and from there on
veins of splendid strength and richness
will be cut with increasing frequency.
There is no doubt of this. The PROPOSE
ton is made As plain as day in the
four separate tunnel workings of the
Buckhorn, which is now a bonanza
mine.
Walked 100 Feet Through Ore
In going through that property with
Manager Levy 1 began in the first or
upper tunnel. From that we passed
down through TO the others and took
in the various lodges and the workings
in them as we went. The amount of ore
exposed was really astounding on
the lower tunnel level I walked for
over 100 feet GETAWAY through
body Of galena OEe which was exposed
in top, bottom and sides of the drift.
with a full face of IL in front and
nothing TO indicate. anywhere. what its
limits might he. II was a sight good
for sore eyes and. when I stopped to
consider that the same ledge would be
reached by The OphiT tunnel without
doubt, no longer had any misgiv-
ings-"
Possibilities Of Camp Weighed.
Mr.. Schen looked into every feature
OF the camps possibilities during his
visit, and reached the conclusion that.
with such splendid mines as the Buck
horn and Senator w. A. Clark's Ophir
Hill bonanza skirting the boundary
lines of the ODhir Tunnel company's
pounding away. where electric power
and light is enjoyed and with a pros
peCt of a branch line from the san
Pedro being built into the camp from
the main line during the coming sea
son, he was compelled to draw the con
clusion that Ophir was one Of the best
camps in the country TO tie to.
Il believe" SAID he, at parting, that
OphhT is destined to become one of the
greatest producing camps in your state
and. without desiring TO detract a par
gicle from the alue Of other properties,
] am convinced acat the Ophir Tunnel
company Will develop greater bodies Of
ore than half of the great mines of the
state can boast, within the next few
years. The opening of these bodies Will
commence in q few months and viii be
repeated at intervals of every few
hundred feet until the limits Of the
company's property, 900 feet long and
at a depth of 800 to 1900 feet, has been
reached
Utah Stocks in Boston.
James \. Pollock Co, bankers and
brokers. yesterday received over their
private wire from Paine Weber & Co.
one of their Boston correspondents, the
foIfcNs5v,rr conner market comment and