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Show THE PRESENT AND FUTURE OF 0PHIR. An Estimate of the Products of East and Dry Canyons for the next Twelve Months. (Special Correspondence of tho IltBLU.) 1 OrniR, March 31, 1S74. I have been busy for Severn! days past, gathering items relating to the ore capacity of this district.anu in this letter I give tho results of my labors. I will here remark that these figures are given from my own observation and tne very best and most reliable information I could obtain. I also give the full value of the ore, as all handling and treatment has to be paid out of the ore, and its full value is the true amount added to the wealth of the country. I will first give the statement, of ores on the dumps at the present time, to-wit; to-wit; Estimate of ore on dump in Ophir District on t'-u let of April. Av'go No. per Total Tons. 'Ion. Vnlm?. Mono 150 7110 siu.ymo Mt. .Lion, on dump l' O 3(10 30,0(10 Do. lit Cntnp Ploj'd 50 150 7,500 Sunnystdo 100 150 15,000 Monarch 50 50 y,5)0 Jtmporin 50 4O0 20,000 Kerfnrj;o 25 50 1,'250 K c a rsft j-ge '2T 1 00 2, 500 W Irving -M 356 7,000 Hcllcfonuine 10 3U0 3,000 Dimnond Cross 55 120 13,000 lupitcr 4 70 2m Thad Steven' 25 75 1,875 rctcrcburg 12 70 S40 John Cabot. 8 100 80O Plymouth Rock 12 175 2,100 Rcsu--cittitor 5 70 ,150 Kentucky 2 100 200 Jveystom; 15 70 1,050 Great Western 'i 100 000 Anna, 'o. 3 15 100 l,S0O Dix:e 8 50 000 San Joaipiin 2U 250 5,00(1 Jim Pisk 15 100 1 500 Struck It 12 40 4H0 ijiay a islf 00 TiO 3,000 l.odi A Phtcnix 20 75 1,500 Silverupolis 40 20t) 8,000 Tampieo 200 (iO 12,000 Chloride Point 500 50 25,000 Hard to Beat 15 100 1,5' 0 Norman 10 40 400 Miners' Delight 2000 3 5 70,000 Percilln 8 120 WO I X L 50 10 5,000 Evening Star 10 185 1.850 Grey Kock 30U 40 1,200 Tender Foot 15 125 1,875 Chloride Gem 200 100 20,000 Sncramento ' HO 55 1,050 Sweetwater. 20 82 1,610 Opera 5 10 200 American Flag 40. 00 2,400 Axe Head 15 75 1,125 Sovereign, (copper) 10 75 750 Totals 4352 SSii.32 ?3S8P775 In the foregoing list I have not included in-cluded the ores now at the Chicago and Hidden Treasure mines, each of which has about 150 tons of ore that will average $10 per ton; nor have I ascertained the quantity on the dumps of tho McCullin, Bath, Buckhorn, Fairvicw, Evening Star, Walton, Flovilla, Occident, Mt. Savage, Sav-age, Grant, Burnett and a dozen or more mines that have more or less ore displayed on their dumps. 1 may havo, in the foregoing list, over-rated some, but am Buro of having fallen below others both in quantity and value. For inata nee, 1 am told the Miners' Delight mine has 4,000 tons instead of 2,000 and is worth $50 instead in-stead of $35 per ton. Eclimntcof ore product of Ophir District for the month of April, 1874. Av'go Nnmoofrpine. Av'go value Total Urn. p.ton. value, San Jompiiu 30 $250 87,500 Lndy Fi-k 50 50 25,000 Lodi and Pheonix... 20 75 1,500 Sifvcropolis 30 200 (i,0U0 Occidental 20 75 1,500 Chloride Gem 40 '1(H) 4,000 UMtic 100 100 10,000 Mountnii Lion 00 300 18,000 Sunnytide 1'iO 250 40,000 Tiger, Zella and others 500 100 50,000 Monarch '20 200 4,000 Homeward Bound.. 20 200 4,000 Last Chance (Lion Hill) 10 150 1,500 Lizzy 10 1O0 1,000 Peoria 20 50 1,000 St nick It 8 150 1,200 , Pcrcilla 10 100 1,000 Mono 180 700 120,000 Empjria 150 150 22,500 Jupiter (S.S.Udl)... 12 70 840 j Diamond Crosa 20 100 2,000 Ophir 00 liO 3,'iOO I KescusiUilor 10 70 700 j Belletb:tuinc 10 250 2,500 Petersburgh 10 70 700 I John Cabut 30 100 6,000 Plymouth Kock 20 200 4,000 I. X. L 120 100 2,000 Tender! Foot 10 125 1,250 Chicngo 700 00 42,000 Hidden Treasure GOO 50 30,000 Kearsorge liO 100 0,000 Yankee Doodle 10 100 1,000 UUh lneon 20 150 3,000 Magnolia 50 00 3,000 Lone Tree 50 100 5,000 Grey Kock (30 40 2,400 Anna No. 3 50 100 5,000 Total.....' 3,340 8135.65?153,6S0 j Estimate for 12 months 85,444,280 In the above list I have not included includ-ed tho Miner's Delight, Dixie Queen, Chloride group, Rip Van Winkle group, McCullin, Fairview, Bath, Buckhorn, Monarch, Chloride Point, Sovereign, Grant, Burnet, Severe, Great Western, Fla villa, Evening Star, Walton, Yankee Doodle, Shoo Fly, Thad. Stevens, Belle, Belle Wilfur, Lone Tree, Mngnolia, Dusenbury, Mineral Point, and at least twenty other mines that are at present idle, orof which I have been unable to get information, all of which have the capacity of producing more or less ore. Again, I have perhaps over-estimated some, while in tha aggregate I feel confident I havo underrated them. Some of the mines in the list are not now producing, but in a very few days will be sending clown large quantities, as the Tiger Zella group, for instance. Then again, this estimate, high as it is, is b:ised upon the present'eapi-tal present'eapi-tal employed in the district. With abundance of capital to push every mine to its utmost capacity I am ivpII HiiltsflPfl thft fiflir T rlrnaont. 111.11 PU1.1011V.U m uf,u.o l iJienuuv would be more than trebled. Taking the estimate I here make it will be seen that the ore product of this district is nearly half a million dollars per month or t the rate of five million per annum. It vill be remembered re-membered that tho Wells, Fargo it Co. estimate as publ abed, of the ere and bullion product of all Utah, for last year, was a little less than $4,000,- 000 or J 1,000,000 less than the present outlook of Ophir district alone. J make no bare statement in thiB. 1 give the data and figures upon which I base it, and leave it for toe publicto criticize and take exceptions, SricKii. |