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Show Till- OPIUM MIXES. j C;rn '"nacDi'e of iLl- Hr-Jil.. MILIJ5 AND SilELTEiW. ( An examination of the ikiucs and . mining iute-re-its of Ophir district re- ' yi-iiK the fnlluwiug fjct.-: 1 Walker's mill is riuw id!--, but they : arc putting in a Sietefel'il roastrr, . which wh"ii eiimpleted will put the null iu lirst class running oru- r. U is now lea.-ed to the owners of the Silver Cloud mine, in Gamp f'ioyd dUtriet, and will be run by them for six months. The cipacityof this mill is about twenty twen-ty tons per day, which may lie increased by the aid of the roaster. Good judges prvnouuco it a number one mill in all its departments. Next Up the; canun i.-s I In: Ophir melting works, rc.etir.ly purchased by a Chicago company, which is nuw undergoing un-dergoing repairs aud will suon b-4 iu running order. Included in the purchase pur-chase is tho Fairvic-w mine, situated on Chloiide bill. The sineiterof Faucet te A Co., located locat-ed taiihi-r up the canon, is now idle. It was built for the purpoje of experimenting experi-menting in a new method uf smelting ores, which proved a li'ilure. It is un-deiMo-jd that an Knglish company, whose headquarters is at Ophir cily, arc negotiating l'or the same. The fcmcking works formerly uwned by Suofield, DJrako k Addy, has been recently sold to the owners of the Waterman Wa-terman emchiDg works at Stockton, and is now in successful operation, being be-ing supplied with ores from the Sevier mine. Mr. Win. Kvans & company arc erecting a ten stamp mill about half a mile above Ophir cily, winch, it is expected, ex-pected, will be successfully running in two oi' three weeks. They arc already receiving ore from ihe celebrated Mountain Lion lode for the purpose of rcductiou. There are lour or fio anulraa at different points between Walker's mill and Kvans' mill, most of which arc in active operation. The Rrecvoort mill, situated below Walker's mill, is now idle, but will i, Pn..t.fj rr.n; MINES AiJD ailHEH.VLs. i Thcro appear to be several strong points in tho Ophir mining district, indicating tho existence of immense bodies of mineral and lodes of tho largest and most yaiuablo character, Among these aro Lion hill, on tho j right hand sido of tho mountain; , Chlorido hill, on the left; Ophir hill; Silver Shield hill; Treasuro hill, nnd "Shoo FJy" hill at the head of Dry canon. A careful examination of tho formation aud tho works on tho different differ-ent lodes on Lion hill, show unmis-lakcablc unmis-lakcablc evidences of large deposits of, mineral. The average of the ores taken from theso mines, as I have it j upon reliable authority, is not less ! than $100 per ton. Very rich ores, i exceeding by far this value, are being 1 taken from the Mouutaiu Lion, Tiger, Silver Chief, Reliance aud ths Sutiuy-sictc. Sutiuy-sictc. The formation, so far as the developments of these lodes show, indicates in-dicates that there is a heavy body of ore beneath; and as these lodes arc in close proximity it is a self-evident proposition to the eye of a miner that the oldest location must eventually sweep tho hill. These lodes have been successfully mined duriDg the past summer, and aro so worked up till the present withoutdiminution ot quantity rtp rmnlilv. An examination of Chloride hill shows several mines in active opera- , lion, most of them yielding ores, both I smelting and milling, of more cthnn j average quantity and quality. The : i old St. Louis, ov Hidden Treasure, i I on Treasure hill, ig perhaps the ! I next strongest mining point in Ophir j 1 district. This location comprises three ; thousand feet, taking in its sweep the j : entire face and sides of tho hill; and presents a mostj magnificent body of: galena in the head of the tunnels, of ; which there are three. Rich carbon- atcs are now also being found. The , extent of the developments is about three hundred feet in length by about seventy feet in width, and averaging some eight, feet of galena oro. The quality of this ore is the Grst in the market, although low grade in silver, not exceeding SUOper ton. It is confidently con-fidently expected by tho superintendent superinten-dent of this mine and so far as present pres-ent indications go his expectations appear ap-pear to bo well founded that in tho course of twelve months this mino will become in fact a second Emma. It is now owned by the proprietors of the Waterman smelting wotks at; Stockton. Stock-ton. Mr. Jacobs and company have secured se-cured the most prominent and valuable valua-ble locations on tho "Shoo Fly" hill, adjacent to Treasure hill, and in several sev-eral of the lodes carbonate ores arc found, less in quantity but richer in quality than those taken from the St. Louis. A carotul study of the formation forma-tion of this hill and an examination of tho present developments made on it, go to show unmistakeably that these ores arc thrown up from an immense body beneath, so that Mr. Jacobs' judgment in securing tho older and better locations on the hill, with a view lo obtain the title to this body whenever found, is certainly fully vindicated. vin-dicated. Ophir hill, situated about half a mile from Ophir city, and in sight of it, presents many interesting points. Ou the left of this hill, or what is sometimes known as Silver hill, is ; situated the Velocipede, Silver Shield, Velocipede No. 2, and the Miner's Delight. The oldest location of the developed lodes is the Miner's Dc- ugui; auu wueiucr uiey cuiiaumic one continuous body of ore is a question ques-tion yet undetermined. These mine3 are all well developed. Taken conjointly con-jointly they present one immense body of ore, aud are susceptible of being worked with the ordinary appliances of mining in Utah to great profit. The average grade of the ore3 is low, but the quantity makes up for the deficiency in quality. If these lodes could secure a smelter so as not to divide the profits between tho mine and smelter, as is usually done, their ores could bo reduced with immense proGt. On the right baud side of Ophir hill tho Sevier is being vigorously worked. The grade of the ore taken from it is not high in silver, but it is the common remark of miners and smelters that this mino yields the best flux in Utah. It is a combination of iron, galena anl carbonates; and from the practical experience of smelters smel-ters and the statements of ihe overseers over-seers of I he furnaces at Stockton and Ophir city, I am satisfied that the character of this oro as a flux is not overestimated. Lower down the hill from the Sevier ue several other lodes, but so far as th'-y are developed large quantities of p rites of iron aro found intermixed with the carbonates. The larger portion por-tion of the mineral bearing substance is of a pyrites character. This pyrites ore carries a small quantity of silver, say 10 to 1- per ton, but as a con-j con-j sequence of its presence the lodes af-, af-, fee ted with this obnoxious mineral arc less valuable. j t do not intend to discriminate be- j tsveeu developed mines, but lo give tho ; strongest points in this district. When it is demonstrated that they contain large bodies of pay ore, it necessarily : ' follow that all lodes contiguous there-; to must partake, to a greater or less ' extent, of the same general character. ( Ophir, unlike many mining camps,1 ' is not affected wuh large bodies of j snow during the winter. Miners can obtain jabor here at reasonable wage?; ' and mimng can be successfully pruse-i pruse-i 'jurcd through the severe winter months. F.amuii:;:. |