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Show EAST CASO- SMELTtSG WORKS Ophir, Feb. 13, 1871. Editors Herald : The furnace is finished, and the first bullion was run on the 12th yesterday. The furnace is a complete success, and the bullion is rich, with plenty of it from three and a half to four tons a day. We are budding another furnace under the same roof, which will be pushed forward as fast as the necessary material arrives. The lining of the old furnace is fire-br'ek. The hearth is of sandstone from Red Butte, which is first class rock, better by far than the noted pancake rock; of Nevada. The lining of the new one will be sandstone. Mr. Elias Morris, of your city, is the builder of the furnaces. The works belong to Messrs. Schofield, Jones fc Co: Yours Thomas Makinson.- Ophir. Citt, East Canon," U. T., , February J 3, 1S71. Editors Herald: Early on the morn of the Uth this canon echoed from one end to the other with the souud of the steim whistle from the smelting works, which drew the larger portiou of the citizens together, to-gether, to witness the first smelting, which resulted to the sattsfactiou uf all parties; especially to those mo.-t deeply interested. At this writing, late in the evening, everything is running nicely and the "lead bullion" is being piled up preparatory to shipment, which I think will be about three tons per day. So readily do the ores flux that another an-other furnace will be immediately erected, the successful working of the first one encouraging the same. In conversaiiuu with the Mnr-lter in charge, I am assured that the ores work with ease. The consumption of the same will create a demand that will lead to the more rapid development of the argentiferous mines immediately to the north of the city. The snow is rapidly disappearing. Prospering is active, resulting in some new and valuable discoveries,' especially espec-ially in the foot hills to the west, that promise as well as any discoveries heretofore here-tofore made. Surveying this district with careful consideiation, its future looks very promising; so much so, tliat tb is little village may not have been wrongly named "Ophir.". A. . |