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Show o OLD TOOELE CAMPS. Tho following Is a Herald Interview with nn old time mining man: "Whllo It Is now thirty to forty yenrs slnco I was operating there," said he, "this trip ot mlno brought vividly to mind what Dry Canyon nnd Ophlr were doing in thoso diys, nnd it suggested to mo the possibilities that still exist thero. I am too old now to think of following mining ns a pro. rcssion again, but If I could I should nsk for nothing better than tho oppor tunnies that nro now simply await 'n tho ninn or combination of men who might bo willing to Invest money nnd Intioduco modem methods of mining, milling and smelting nB thoy exist today, In old Treasure hill for Instnnce. "In my day tho, cost of mining and smeltlnu ores was so great that wo nover thought of touching ores thnt we today would bring ns good returns ns tho high grade material wo wero then compelled tp contlno our operations opera-tions to. Thero nro miles of old workings In Treasure hill and tho country surrounding which I know confiln 11 world of ore that could to-day to-day bo handled at u hnndsotno prollt, wnllo development nt greater doptli thnn wo felt snro In going would undoubtedly un-doubtedly rovcal riches of which wo nover dreamed, "As I wandered over tho hills nnd rollowed the good roads which wo constructed con-structed nnd which nro good today; when I saw tho wires of tho W. A. Clnrk electric light nnd power plant nt Tooolo running ncross tho hills Into Ophlr, nnd again saw tho water run-nlng run-nlng through tho plpo-llno thnt wus laid many years ngo by Undo Matt Olsbom to carry water to tho Mono, i could not help but wonder why thoso valuable accessories ta cheap mining and milling wero not being utilized by younger men men In search of a profitable held in which to exert their energies nnd apply their talents, "Stockton Is bolng rejuvenated, nnd to every InBtupco whero tho old mlnoB huvo been taUn hold of In tho manner man-ner I hnvo suggested most substantial substan-tial results nro being accomplished. Ophlr. I notlced.ibt beginning to move ngnln hb It ought to do, for Its pos-slbtlltlou pos-slbtlltlou nro almost beyond computation; computa-tion; but Dry Canyon. Its neighbor, and famous In tho early days for the richness of Its Burfnco ores, Is still ns dead ns a mackerel. I uitf no longer personally Interested Inter-ested In theso camps nnd I am not talking for tho purposo or in tho hopo of gaining anything for myself, but It docs nppenr strange that wuch n wonderfully rich mineral-bearing region re-gion should hnvo been overlooked by tho army of bright mining engineers who aro constantly on tho m looking for good things to present to thoso for whom thoy Inbor. Someone" ought to tnko ndvantnge of tho good things that ure open In the Dry CanyonOphlr region." |