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Show LETTER FROM OPHIK j The Slorm ut ophir Ditrit. Retiming Work on the Mines. I improv-niey.ts in tin Towns. j 1.S1 e-ial ..n'-'i-.-.d:n'-.' tli If - Ktu-. . Orim; Dlhi:iT, May -J'J, l7 1. ! If it doesn't (jiiit storming liere, it1 will provoke wmc ol iho miners into profanity. For the past few days it lias rained and snowed, and the gentle zephyrs have becutue o,uitc viulfiit. Mud, snow, slush and cold wrathT are out n sea-ion in June. J'i c new items to reioi l mo-,tly ton-ji.-t of reviving work on mint, among 1 whi'.h I am glad to note the MU'ul-1 liri, 1 1 a econtly started up, which is I good, but would have bven liutter if it had nieiitoppod, 'J'he '-:tLL " Ml M N Et Lol, tbtl on the north side of the mil. h, ju.-L below Oidiir, has aloo resumed. If is a splendid vien ot free nulling ore a regular Insure. H is narrow-now, narrow-now, but the ore is rich, and development develop-ment cannot lad to produce an m-crtaae m-crtaae in tlie value ol ore and aliie ol the mine. IHE MlM.n'.-, m.LP.111, Ur rather Mr. K. S. B!a kwell, the owner ol ii, is now shipping large quantities of ore from the mine; anil he hae larger miantitiea yet lo ship. It is variously estimated that from J,iXHj to l.LHAi tons uf ore are now on tho dump, and stored away in other places ready lor shipment. lilt -ttl(h l 1 N K Has ulwj resumed work, and well it ?.huu Id. This mine i the property of Isaac S. Waterman, of Pbila., who alco owns anil ope rules the smelting furnaces at Stockton, and tho ores pnjdiiccd by the Severe mine are So. 1 smelting one. The vein is regular and strong, but is only alout two lect wide. Shall down Jcmj feet, with two side dnlU al.uL fifty f.i, dninou-.-ilrating the ptrength and regularity of liic vein. Tiic Dixie mine, on Chloride Hill, is being worked by a full force of men day and night, and I look forward to go d refills from this mine. 'The Sacramento mine is sa id Lo have turned up a big tdrike, I was there to-day, but did not go into, the works, the sack-, by the con I, are piled up on the ground around the buildings ready lor shipment. Tin; sfc.Ni 1 a 1 i.s mini; Is getting ready fur work. It is a line prospect and is undoubtedly un a large vein of ore, but will require work U) put it in good shape for producing, pro-ducing, it is free milling, and when well as-orled, nuilo rich. .1 liere;ent snowstorm Ir It considerable consid-erable of the "beautiful" on lb car. high hills, so that with the Know and mud it was dillieitlt getting about, and many of the mines that 1 went to sec in this high altitude were cove-rd up si thu 1 they were, "invisible," that is the shafts or openings were. A few days line, weafher will make .ill lovely again. CI I I I.NO TIMItKIl, Wherever a stick or two ran be found, is carried 011 with a great deal oi enterprise. Before this season is over not a tree will be left, and the eoiking will havo lo fie done in the old way, by the use of "hufhilo chips" or Home ready substitute for it. ( i 1 v him, dim; la also a tlnilly business which calls out a great deal of the latent energy of tho people. "Jacohses" City tiikcs the lead in this respect, and it (airly shines with newly flawed lumber seen in Ihe shape of new Hnl-oons. Hnl-oons. The new ;ilore of Lebig rV Simon Si-mon is iiil.e 1111 addition and they are til I mi: up iv tlh a s(o k n' goods, Spanglcr A. Kelly, the enterprising linn who have hern the Walker Uros. ol the camp, tire not hi be out done, so they lire putting up a new :,. rr and increasing their nlork. A iicmh and book store has been f.lfrl'd ,y Mi, , 1 1 i 1 n 1 , where hope U, be lh- f, tiiiij ,v l'.Kl.ii n(MV mid then. 1HI. 11 I I'i:,M'H mm, dl soon be tu 01, nation as the pnls a,.- now H-t. This mil bring this nund mil eaniji inlo commuui-calion commuui-calion witli Mm; ummpoilnnl remaining remain-ing portion of l,,e wrld. hr which we owe mittiy II k atid diinka to Mr. StM k.iey. 'Ihe oll'.rc will he ,if Sjnui;;lei A I-. oJ I ' 's .-tore Tor lheires-ent. lheires-ent. 8IKI.K. |