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Show STOCKTON WRITTEN UP By tho Dally Press In Very Extensive i and Flattering Style. J The Salt Lake Tribune. i The unwntrrlng of lto long sub- - merged ledges, the liberation of long f. Imprisoned ore bodlcn and the restora- jj tlon of Stockton to a productiveness op , oven greater thnn that of patriarchal SiJLw,, i . days, was nn. undertaking to which all jj'T--- '" VMsewshWdlnfite(a-rri9OTr!rtiTlnvhll(f the task Is yet unfinished, the pace at jg which It Is progressing foretells Its I ' consummation nt nn early day. It was M with tho advent of the Klmberly-Jl Klmberly-Jl Snyder, ciowd nml Hb exlinustlcfH re- II Hourccs that the reclamation of the M camp which had. at one period In Its 1 career, been at the head of the proccs-I proccs-I slon, wns In reality begun, for while mining tlteie hnd never been nbandoned. nil attempts to tap the volume of wealth that lungulrhed below the wnter level had proved unprofitable. The pieFence of enormous bodies of ore within the channels of the Honcrlne group, chnmiPls thnt had been followed down to the level of a j-ea hubterra, .mil of which many had knowledge, tendered It the most seductive of the defiant propisltlons In camp, and It wns tli! over which the new ciowd raised Its colors. That the piopeitles 1 werp yet a courcc of great wealth, not- l withstanding the many millions that hnd been derived from them, was vetl- J fled after n campaign of pxplorntoty Sj work below the horizon to which the , wntcrs lose. '- 8TAUTKD A TUNNEL. - , The expei.o of pumping, however, was enormouH, and to overcome' this Sj - tho long tunnel through which the zone wns to be unwatored was projected. Meanwhile otheis had sought the long neglected opportunities' of the old camp. 1 t the ilches of which had been bulled bfiiimth tho waters, and when it wa decided to tnp them fioin below not one of tin- pioposltlons but pledged Its i co-operation. In this eo-operntlon a II most foimldnble undertaking was M . lessened, anil with the nggregate SB, , courage of nil behind It. the woik was j inaugurated. Its lestlnatlon, 7000 feel aft ' '. distant from Its portnl, the tunnel, un- B ? ' dor tho direction of Superintendent Ml . f" Itinldntz, line now paesed Its llrrl mlle- " : " post, and Is Hdvnnclng steadily. DltAINlNf! THE ZONE. ' - With this outlet for the water In wIioku relt'iitlesft embrace the wealth of the many big ipdgeH had been held for j many years, the draining of the million and lilack Dluirond has already been v Hccompllshed, that of the llonerlne linn " bogun, while the unwuterlng f the yl,lfth Onlena King nnd ueighhorH oven irore remote will follow. This accomplished, the redemption of the old camp will have been achieved, the pretence of known ore bodies fnretolllng a future that must eoinpaie favorably with the most productive in the State. Meanwhile the management of the llonerlne, anticipating the needs of its entire icsouices, the milling ores ns well a the (lrU-class, Is equipping Itself j with niennn of concentration, tho new 1 mill now rapidly nppioachlng comple- tlon to be lendy for the reduction of j ores e-rly In the yenr. The San Pedro i railway lecognlzlng tho Impottnnce of i tiiese undertakings and the permanency 1 of revenues that await it In the gieat j niineral-beailng zone, has extended Itr i spurs to a connection with the mill, as J well a the nnln power plant and with ' other facilities for the economic hand- ' ling of tho pioduct, the output of which slinll l lesumed In 1901, glmuld main-filn main-filn a steady Increuiie. With the un-watering un-watering or the stone nt Stockton, Indeed, In-deed, It8 produotlon should soon In niuilci to compare with that of the more prominent enmrts. I COPPKK AT DEPTH. While In cat Her days its output has been confined to high-grade silver and lead ores containing some gold, dlselo-unn dlselo-unn bt ninth the water level have ic-vialed ic-vialed gteatly Innensed peiccntages In copper nnd, though It has nt been lien ontrnted, time aie not a few who hae i-xpiessed the eonvletlon that ultimately ulti-mately the rid metnl-shall preponderate theie as It c'oes at lllngham. Indeed, the gnp between tho great camp of copper cop-per and Stockton Is easily spanned, nnd If they aro not sisters theie is f vet y thing to Indicate thnt they were created by Influences thnt were Identical. Identi-cal. No matter what tho futuie may develop or what ernnges shnll occur at gieat depth, the piesent condition of the camp entitles it to classification airong the repieccntatlve camps of the State. For Its reclamation tho old camp and the commonwealth nre Indebted In-debted to none so much ns to the Kimbcrly-Snyder syndicate, the ciowd l allied by Cnpt. Duncan McVlchle in his exploltntlon of the Galena King, and that organized by Joeph DedeilcliH In the development of the Illnck Diamond. Dia-mond. Not cne. but all those along the margins of the avenue out of which the waters are now rushing, nre In possession of ore, and with the waters under subjection, the active extraction of dividends shall follow. SENATOR CLARK'S RONAN.A. Under the magic of his touch and the resoutce-s at his command no camp lias undergone a tiansformatlon more complete com-plete thnn has Ophlr since the presence theie of Seunlor W. A. Clink of Montana. Mon-tana. Exploited In desultory way foi many years, notwithstanding Its heavy Piociuctiou nt an eniiier period, the scenes shifted with his acquisition of the Ophlr Hill Con., which had been operated in fair weather by the oilgl-ti.il oilgl-ti.il owneis, nnd today stands out an object as prominent ns any upon thnt hnilzon. The success with which Its low-grade but exliaustless "measure's" of pyrltlc lion, containing silver and lead, copper and gold, weie exploited, wns an example thnt did not go unheeded, un-heeded, and at this time the locality Is experiencing a degree of activity with more systematic endeavor, perhaps, than nt any period in a quarter of a century. While an enormous volume of low-grade ore Is pouring from the .010 bodies of the Ophlr Hill Into the concentrator with which It has been equipped under the ndminlstratlon of E, W. Clink as manager, the Moutann Consolidated, adjoining the Ophlr, Is being energetically developed under the inaiingement ot Patrick Rvan, one of the most experienced mining men "In the West, while the Ophlr Queen Is opening up Its lcdgca with most satisfactory satis-factory results. -JUFt'ov?itlitjriinrrth&oUl'nucktrorii group, which was productive of very high-grade oic in the early days, and of which n considerable tonnage of trilling ore remains, was taken hold of during the yenr by the Kimberly-Snyder crowd, which Insured Its nctlve development, develop-ment, while n number of otherH nre preparing pre-paring for enereetlc work In 1901. (Continued Next Week.) |