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Show LETTER FROM OPHIR. Special Correspondence of the Herald.) Ophir City, Aug. 10, 1872. : Editor Btrald: r To all you poor unfortunates who have been suffering from tho tropical . : heat in the city, I would advise you to i 1 come to Ophir, where the days are re- J : markably pleaant and the nights are j i delightfully cool. Ooe thing there is) which greatly enhances the attractions of this city, nod that is the almost total absence of fiies. Tho:-o who have been annoyed this summer by these winged pests, will agree with me that this is : an unusual attraction. Most bll tho principal mines in the district aro being steadily worked. I The Miner's Delight blooms out better ! than ever with its twenty-live 1'ect of : ore, and ail the claims on the hill, i which I visited and which arc too well ! known to need mention here, fully sustain sus-tain their previous excellent reputation. reputa-tion. The Dt-iianco mine at present rejoices in having tho deepest shaft on Lion hill, which has been sunken 151 feet with results above average. Walkers' Wal-kers' mill is running on Silver Chief ore, and Benson's arastra is working ores from Initio, while the arastras of Mr. Lomax and the New Jersey company com-pany aro engaged on ores from the Miner's Delight. TIIE NEW IXCITEilENT AT GRANITE. Everything here is pursuing tho even tenor of its way, if I except a ripple of excitement which passed through the town yesterday and which was increased increas-ed to-day. lc was caused by reports of remarkable discoveries made in Granite district, by Messrs. Benson and Tindal and other proprietors. These gentlemen yesterday morning returned with a quantity of fine looking look-ing oro from this new district, and n.n hurin,. . r J . I ... uuu uuiiuK it iiooiiyuu ioudq mac lt ran up to $410.61 in silver per ton and $50.23 in gold, and this from ore taken live, leetlrom tho aurlace; besides the silver all the samples assayed ohowed more or less gold. This news opread quickly througtl the town and a very low hours sufficed to see a party of prospectors organize and leavo lor theso golden regions. This morning another party lclt lor tho same scene, and Messrs. Benson, Blackwcll and lindal are at present busy in shipping quantities of provisions, tools, &a, for itie men who are working the valuable claims they discovtred. Some gentlemen gentle-men who lefc Salt Lake City this morning, morn-ing, in response to telegrams Irom here, alao liave. tarly to-morrow lor the Dew excitement. Granite distriot is situated some sixty six-ty mues bouih we&i of Ophir, and is tweivo muua in length by nine in width; it was lurmcd last J une, and Mr. Lewis Alpey was elected recorder. The country coun-try ruck is granite and the leugea are mostly ol gicat wiuth; the surlaoe ore assays well, increasing iu value as it is descended upon. U ater is supplied in sumuient quantities by a number of die springs. Surface ore Irom the Great Republic assayed $49 00 silver and $23 00 gold per ton, while the large assay mentioned above was from the Culver Circle. Among the best elaims are tho Maggie Tindal, ledge i tarty ilet wide, the Benson, Buckingham Bucking-ham aud others. Atter leaving the line of the old overland stige route,.it would bo well, for panics intending to visit Granite, to take pieoty ot water , along as none is met with till the district dis-trict is reached. And thus they oome: one aiter another these new discoveries, discov-eries, each ooo helping to prove that Utah is one of too richest mineral countries in the world. Wvat setjucne! Truly yours, Custos Moia'Ji. |