Show EUREKA OPHIR MINE AT OPHIR IS REOPEN REOPENED BY THE COMPANY COMPAN I 1 Y following years of inactivity other than that embraced inthe in the operations of leasers leaders at various times the management of the eureka ophir consolidated with valuable property at the head of dry canyon in the ophir district tooele thoele county utah announces that thai the mine has been reopened on company account and that a vigorous vig orous campaign b of mining and new development work is to be carried out while in salt lake about the first of the month general manager J W cairns stated that all of the buildings on the property had been completely repaired a 25 h p gasoline hoist and a compressor had been installed and that everything was in tiptop tip top shape for making the fur fly during the fall and winter the eureka ophir is a share corporation mr cairns is president and H P stone of warren pa is secretary treasurer trea surer these two officials owning the great majority of issued stock we reached the conclusion several months ago said manager cairns that it was time to clean up the mine and bring it into a producing condition again the mine is opened by shaft to a depth of feet from that level up it has produced over while leasers leaders have paid royalties approximating it has never been necessary in the history of the property to levy an assessment during the past several years it has been impossible for me to give the property my individual close attention but now con editions are such that I 1 can look after r it and that is what I 1 am going to do after cleaning out the drifts and so that it is possible to again begin production I 1 expect to sink the shaft deeper and open up the ore bodies below the where the vein is ten feet thick and the commercial ore streak averages four feet the shipping 6 ore runs about 82 oz silver around 22 copp copper er with small amounts of 0 f lead and gold manager cairns is thoroughly versed in the geology and mineralogy miner and other characteristics of the mine and the district in which it is located and has no doubt of his ability to make it highly productive again within a short shorty time the property adjoins the famous old hidden treas ure bonanza of early days 1 4 9 |