Show EUREKA OPHIR consolidated IS SOLD just previous to his departure for his home at weimar calif on the first of the month manager J W cairns of the eureka ophir consolidated properties in dry canyon ophir utah announced that a deal for the sale of the mine had been made that a substantial cash payment had been received and that the purchasers had been placed in possession the purchase price was stated to have been 35 and the purchasing syndicate headed by john W thompson and L E booth of salt lake have a contract which calls for the payment of 5 OCO every eight months after the first year until final settlement is made the property adjoins the famous old mono mine at ophir tooele thoele county which made a fortune for matt gisborn in the early days of the district the eureka ophir was developed by mr cairns and his eastern associates to a depth of feet and was profitably worked practically from the start for some time until last fall the mine had been in the hands of leasers leaders lea sers then mr cairns decided to resume operations at the mine on company account A new hoist and compressor plant was installed and several months were employed I 1 in cleaning I 1 out the shaft re timbering and generally getting thin things s in shape for resumption this spring manager cairns returned from california and went out to camp in march to resume operations and he was just in time to see the hot hoisting sting works and other buildings at the mine swept away by a gigantic A few minutes more and he would have been caught in the slide hini himself self later when the snow had sufficiently melted to permit of an inspection it was found that the works had been demolished but that portions of the structure had fallen on the machinery and covered the shaft neither the machinery nor the shaft was damaged at all so that the new owners will experience no delay in getting work under way chife while the mine is opened and is in good shape down to the or bottom level said mr cairns on no level has minin mining b been done for a distance of more than feet from the shaft good ore is exposed in various portions of the workings and it is the purpose of the purchasers first to extend the drifts on the and foot levels and from those depths on down to the bottom of the shaft the ores carry silver gold and copper and only within the last few days a new surface discovery has been made that promises to develop into something b good mr cairns said he was sure the purchasers had picked up a bargain 6 1 I consider the mine worth a great deal more than the price a agreed 6 reed upon but I 1 have passed the age when I 1 feel like 13 giving my full time to active mining so myself and associates decided to give someone else a chance to make the success of the proposition that I 1 am sure it can be made concluded the veteran ophir operator |