Show 1 I Ophir Metals Starts Operations This Thi Week I Herald ld Special HiR Aug US' 50 O. Word has had been re received re- re O from frem Boston that all of oC the property of oC the old Lion Hill Consolidated Consolidated Consolidated Consoli Consoli- dated Mining company compan of oC Ophir has haa been taken over O b by the Ophir Metals company compan of or Boston floston and that some somo time during the tho coming week operations will be bo started d on a tunnel which Is Isto Isto isto to develop this property at depth The pr property perty consists of oC thirteen patented claims containing HG acres and U ty en seven cl claims and frac Crac- rae rae- lions According to the plans made b by the cn engineers for the tho property a 1200 foot tunnel will bo driven along alons- one ono side of at tho the Clipper fissure to a point where it will be underneath tho the old workings orkin s. s At this point COO 00 O feet teet of oC drifting will crosscut the Chance and Northern Light LIht fissure systems and raises can easily be he s sent nt up to the old ore beds At this point but little work has ever e been done on the tho Clipper fis fissure fis- fis sure jure which 15 5 declared to be bo one ono of or ortho tho the strongest tron c t of or the many cuttings rs through Lion Hill The new work will the Buckhorn Buckhorn Buckhorn Buck- Buck horn or Cliff lime beddings s that have been very vory pro productive across neross the canon canyon canyon can can- yon on from the Lion Hill and In what Is known as tho the Ophir Hill where Is lo located located lo- lo former Senator W W. A. A Clarks Clark's big bit mine nuno with millions of ot oC This work 1 will be COO 00 tc feet t.-d. t. deeper than the old workings on the Lion Hill lull and Inasmuch as tho the fissuring cuts the Buckhorn at this depth It tt looks aNthou as aN thou though h a ne new mine will wilt be bo developed In this old property which In the past ha has taken out over chiefly chleO In silver ore According to tn Walter alter B. B Farmer of or no Boston ton who has haM been instrumental In let Ingathering gathering In this property the tho new compan company l I i to be listed on the thc New NewYork NewYork ew York York and Bo Boston ton curb curb markets and ar arrangements ar- ar have h been made with nn Boston finston fins Bos ton people for the tho financing of ot the property Tho The work that hat the en engineers engineers engi engi- l- l ha have havo o laid put nut involves ol an nn expenditure of or approximately OOOO butwill butwill but will be he the most moat interesting piece of oC work undertaken In the tho camp In Sn years r 1 Heretofore all the work on the Lion Linni Hill has been confined to within 2 20 O feet of at the crown of or the hill Work ork of at Months Month The engineers and geologists who have hare been at work on the property for everal months have ha worked out some flome of the most Int Interesting geological eolo facts acts ever ter developed d in the camp The formations for for- or- or matlon have been correlated and and It has teen been en found that in all re respects the geology is similar r to th the Hill JIm f side tilde where the Ophir lUll Hill Consolidated Con Con- the time Hidden Treasure and tho Cliff mines have taken l out millions In ore ort some flome of oC which run ns as high an It and ounce In silver to the ton According to the theory of at the tho ge geologists ge- ge e- e Ophir Hill and Lion Lon Hill are arc the result I of a ersal folding and that there thero resulted a largo large east st and west vest fault tault dividing the two This fault runs through h tho town and canon canyon can can- yon on at Ophir and hn has resulted In a n Vertical ver Ver- displacement so o far as known at present of or o feet teet with Ophir Hill on oi tho the north side sido of oC the canyon canon and Lion Hill Hili to the thc south Either Ophir Hill was raised feet teet or OE Lion Hill lull dropped that nat distance on account of the throw Lion Hill is is declared to bo be a lar largo large e arch that raises some 2000 feet above e the thc town own of at Ophir There has resulted a series of oC nearly parallel fissuring running to the northeast be being be ing n ng north 40 10 dc degrees cast and nearly Many of ot these fissures have boon been highly productive of extremely ich gold Rold arc ore On the Ophir I Hill lull side there havo Juno been five fi or six rrt rm f r res l'-res developed dC In the ore bearIng bearing bear bear- In Ing limes On the Lion Hill HilI wide side Ide anI only t to 0 fissures have been developed de but it i s It believed ed that ajl nil the productive e beds of the Ophir Hill will bo be In th tho th Lion Hill The Ophir formation Is believed cd to tobe tobe be 10 feet below the bottom hollam of Ophir canyon on the Iho Lion Hill Hili side This It is Ii believed ed will be highly productive c and Is composed o of alternate beds a of lime and shale Metallic 1 minerals re replace ro- ro place the lime be beds s and most t extensive extensive exten exten- sive ore bodies have havo b been en found in th the Ophir formation For over o fort forty years it has haR been the source of ot great wealth laying on the Ophir formation Is t 1200 OO feet of oC limestone that has not been productive On top of or this aro arc the I Cliff or Buckhorn which I have been bec decidedly good producers of oC ore are on tho the north side of oC tho the canyon Following the Buckhorn Is f of f barren lime time and then there are several thin beds of oC ore bearing limes These latter are arc the Hidden Treasure beds on m the north side of oC the can canyon on end and arc are the same samo beds that were worked at nt shallow depth in th Lion II Hill Ill Correlate Geologists have ha determined that the I Hidden Treasure beds are arc identical l with those on the Lion Hill Hm and that I Ithe the tho Buckhorn limestone corresponds exactly with that of Ophir Hill lIilI The Thc crown of tho the hill bill to the depth of or 30 50 0 to feet is barren while tho next 10 feet arc are th the Hidden Treasure beds and correlate correlate- with those of oC the same ame name In Ophir Hill All tho the present work on Lion Hill Hili has been confined to these beds which never no have hae been exploited In a systematic manner The East gost Side tunnel on the thc Lion Ilon JIm Hill has gained a depth of oC ani only r foot feet while several go down a short distance from Crom rome this leel but none have gone gono to the next producing lime bed bcd B By the new work that will be started started start start- ed It is proposed to lo lorun run a tunnel In from front Lon Long Trail gulch about two and anda a half miles from front the depot at Ophir This will bo GOO feet below the East EastSide EastSide Side Sido tunnel and at 1200 feet should I encounter the tho fractured zone In which tho the ore boCi bodies 8 make At the same time it will bo be an ca easy y matter to 10 raise to I the limo b beds ds ls above that are aro known to carry 01 ore besides prospecting the fissures in the Buckhorn Bl limestone A Amile mile and a halt half of road building will give an cas easy grade crado from tram the canyon canon to tho time mouth of oC tho the tunnel For loor some reason the Clipper fissure along which tho the tunnel will win ho bo driven has never ne been heen developed dc to ton any n extent I In the old workings although It shows up exceptionally strong Tho Time prospecting pros pros- peeling of or this fissure is one of the thc most promising parts of IC the present w work 0 r k The Thc Lion Ilon Hill Hili Is well equipped with accommodations for Cor the men luen Supt Paul Hunt of oC the Utah Park says sas that work will not ciot be resumed at this tiis pro property pert b by tho thc first of oC the tho month but from present indications work will be he In full blast by the middle of or Set Sop Sop- t torn tern ln her r I |