Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-09-28
MUCH ACTIVITY N
0PHIR DISTRICT
several New Companies Being Formed
And Big Consolidation Deal l.
Being Closed.

the Ophir district in Tooelo county
| recently and besides work which VIII be
! started on number OF large properties
q number of new properties are to be
| opened up and a big consolidation deal
| IL now under way. Within the next 90
days things will be under full Roadway
and considerable shipping is expected.
a strong Boston crowd has taken
over the Lion Hill Consolidated proper
- and has also secured a bond and
lease on the Buffalo Consolidated Min
ing company. This company Is now be-
Ing financed. II VIII not only take over
the properties but an active campaign Of
development will be started that should
soon place the company in the produc-
ing class.
u. w Clark. as president and direc-
tor, George 81 clair and w. j. Dooley.
~ directors, and l.. G. Roeber. as secre-
tary OF the Lion tlill company have
called a meeting of the stockholders
for oct II. AZ 50 west Third South
street, for the purpose of considering
the action of the board OF directors.
\ resolution was passed on Sept. 3, sell
ing an the property OF the corporation
to the Lion Hin Consolidated Mines a
Maine corporation. The sale IS TO be
made by an exchange OF stock The
stockholders will also be called upon
the sale and execute such deeds AS are
necessary.
Tho Lion I'M property is Incorporated
for 81 100000. with shares at 81 each.
In the treasury are $4,000 shares of
the stock. The company has shipped
enough to pay for development work
during the past three years and has
also been able to pay something on its
Indebtedness, which according to a
statement issued In 1909, amounted To
$4,000, due in June. 1911
EQUIPMENT AT MINE.
The Lion Hill Is equipped with a
boarding house. ore houses, blacksmith
shop and tools. In the property are
about 10000 feet OF shafts, wines, tun-
nels. crosscuts and raises,
The properties which are part of the
Lion Hin have been shippers for the
past 80 years and the old properties
have produced upwards OF s.. 100000 The
ore runs from I to 80 per cent lead,
81 so to 7O4 ounces In silver and from
81 20 TO $500 in gold
The Buffalo Consolidated property
consists OF five claims. adjoining the
Lion Hin Half the stock Of the
company Is now in the treasury. The
president and general manager of the
Is Samuel j. Pollock, while |
George w. f. Dorsey Is the vice presi-
dent. Considerable ore has been taken
out Of the property and some OF this
"a per cent lead and So cents in gold. |
The Buffalo Consolidated took over the |
old Hercules property.
The tunnel on the Buffalo will be used |
by the new company in its development |
plan. The tunnel Is now in distance |
Of between 500 and 800 feet, BY the
extension Of this tunnel a distance of |
about $50 feet the old Chloride Point |
vein win be encoun tered. This will be
several hundred feet distant from
where II has been opened I'm the
Point claim. The vein viii |
be cut in the Northern Light ground |
and at depth Of $50 feet greater than |
at any other point along the vein. The |
Chloride Point vein has been very con-
slstent for 1900 feet along the strike, |
II was from these two properties that !
the greatest mineral wealth was taken /
N the early days Of the district,
CLARK IN CHARGE.
II W. Clark. who has charge OF SEN
itor W A. C1ark's Ophir HIN mines,
viii be the consulting engineer for the
new company. The consolidation VIII ]
AXE over about $40 acres OF excellent
mineral land The Buffalo tunnel comes
n from the opposite side OF the range
rom the LION Hin A pipe line for
he furnishing OF compressed air from
he Ophlr Hills plant TO the Buffalo
unnel, a distance OF 1900 feet Is now
leing put In.
1t Is also understood that another
company Is shortly to be Incorporated
md take over the Sunset group OF rs
'isims, consisting Of 500 acres. The
ground IL veyy promising
The Illinois group OF claims adjoln
ng the Lion Hin property has recently
,een made the basis of corporation
inown as the Illinois King Mining COM
,Rny of which Patrick Ryan Is presi-
lent. O. w Powers, vice president and
Thomas Marloneaux, secretary and
treasurer. The company intends start
ne DEVELOPMENT work at once