Show RICH ORES IN INTHE INTHE THE OPHIR 11 4 Sixteen Feet Running 30 Ounces I Silver and 2 to 3 Gold r r 1 6 3 FEET OO 80 GOLD SOLD MILL TO BE ENLARGED OTHER MINES OF OP c cUNDER CAM CAMU MANAGER W J S PARKER UNDER U who came caine up from Stateline yes yesterday yesterday yesterday the Ophir prop property property property erty Is developing into the most sensa sensational sensational kind of or a bonanza and though he avoids getting Into print himself it itis itis Itis is out of the question for tor him to con conceal conceal conceal ceal the news ewa About the first of ot the present month The Herald stated that some lome startling developments had been made in the property by Mr Parker and today through the of Grant H Smith mith who has also Just ar arrived arrIved arrived rived from camp after a weeks stay particulars can be given On the level of ot that remarkable property Mr Smith says a drift has been sent out for over feet through an ore body averaging about sixteen feet teet thick which carries thirty ounces sliver and from 2 to 53 3 per ton in gold But that is not all aU by an means Cling Clinging ClingIng ClingIng ing to the of the ledge and un underlying underlying the ore body mentioned is a layer of ot ore that careful sampling shows to carry an average of or about ounces silver slIver and 80 gold per ton That ThatIs Is the kind of ore the mine manage management management I ment meat is now pounding holes through with every promise that the good work will WUl continue as depth It attained In the property The work of mining and development is being prosecuted with five sets of power drills and arrangements arrangement are now under way ay to install live five more moe The mill is i now handling sixty tons of ore daily dally and its capacity is to be Increased to tons tona as soon as possible The crushing capacity of the th plant will not I have to be added to as as it is now ca capable a pable of chewing ch up the latter ton tonnage nage so the te changes will be comparatively comparatively comparatively inexpensive Of Ot the other prop properties proPerties properties In the camp Mr Smith had noth nothing nothing nothIng ing but good words and he be declared that It would be no exaggeration to say that the district was on the boom The Johnny mill mm are all aU completed and as the machinery and equipment is now en route It will not be he many weeks till the making of or gold bul bullion bullion bullion lion begins The new ment working shaft has been completed down to the th level and when the mill I starts all the ore will be raised through it A body of fine flue milling ore are has been encountered at a point feet west of the old shaft on the level and the flow of water is increasing so rapid rapidly ly Mr Smith says that a pump rump of greater capacity will soon have to be installed This Is a matter that causes all kinds of rejoicing in camp as it helps to solve a vexed problem The Johnny is now nov supplying the Ophir with water and the increased volume I means that hat when its own mill goes into commission it will still have more than sufficient to supply both plants At the Margaret adjoining the Johnny ng is now in progress on the level l vel with good re results results suits One vein carrying two to three t ree feet of nice ore has been passed through and und the face of the drift Is now near nearing nearIng nearIng ing the second ledge Jed e eThe The Big Fourteen Is being operated under an option to eastern parties An upraise is being made from the level to provide a new working shaft shatto When this is completed a hoist will viii be in installed installed installed stalled and sinking for the level The Venus south of the Ophir is closed down pending the arrival and Installation of a new hoist The ground looks more promising in the bottom of I I the shaft shatto The Burro which Is owned by Ike Wolf and Cincinnati Cinch n ti parties Is to be operated again in the near future The property has produced some very fine ore and Mr Smith looks to see It make an enviable record when systematically opened At the Rice group of ot claims on Rice mountain work has just commenced I under an option held by eastern talent and in all portions of the district the greatest activity prevails |