Show i CLIFF COS SHIPMENTS Ophir Mine Sends Big Tonnage Out in September During the month just closed the Cliff Mining company compan operating in the old Ophir district district Tooele county shIpped snipped to the valley smelters approximately 1500 15 tons of ore or and an average of better beter than fifty tons a day is now flow being reg regularly regularly regularly fity sent to market It I has been known that the company was shipping right along tat but until Manager Maager Grant Snyder released the information yesterday after afternoon afternoon noon no intimation had been given as to what the output of the property really realY was a The ore from this property carries all al four metals with wih lead led and ad sliver silver siver pre predominating predominating predomInating dominating and it is a product greatly gret sought after by the sting companies on account of ot its qualities due to the percentage of Iron that it I contains Manager Snyder Sn der states that the mine is now splendidly opened through three tunnels all of which are directly con connected connected connected al tunnels by bv In the ore bodies thug thu making It ft possible to do economical min rain mining minIng ing lag from all levels le ls through the lower or operating al tunnel to the mouth of which the aerial aeral tramway runs from the main mam min below loading station staton In Ophir canyon Ore is now being bing sloped In no less than th n eight different places plaes in the mine while one of the main shoots has been followed in a man for 10 feet below the tha th bottom tunnel tunnel In other workings working of af o the mine ruins new ore bodies have been ben recent recently en encountered encountered countered and Manager Snyder states that Superintendent Anderson And wi will have hava have his hands hand full ful from now on looking aft at the operations and ad the continued I opening of ot new ground and new ore re reserves reserves reserves serves It I has been decided to the wine below the lower tunnel with a new dee elec electric elec hoisting plant plat of ot large capacity at once once This hoist will wI be capable of hand band handling bandling ling all al the ore and waste necessary to the quick opening of new levels at con considerably greater greter depth To facilitate this work an automatic skip will wi be em era employed plo ed and a receiving bin will be placed at the mouth of the winzo on the tunnel level to help out in the rapidity of ot oper operations operations and economy In handling the tho ma material m teral from below The Cliff Is now be beginning be beginning ginning to make a noise nole like another big for Utah I |