| Show ophir mono solves problems in development of its mines according to information secured at headquarters of the ophir mono mines inc a few days ago developments at the companas comp anys properties in the ophir dry canyon district are resulting in disclosures these days which are putting the management on edge in anticipation of what the immediate future has in store probably the most significant fact developed during the past few weeks or months is that the ophir mono through its intelligent operating staff has been doing telling work in gaining necessary knowledge as to the ore occurrence peculiarities of the district they have pioneered in this respect but with the knowledge thus obtained during months of hard work and scientific determination theyan they at last reached a point where they were able to work vork out a plan of development that now is meeting I 1 with success the workings in this companas comp anys property it is admitted by the management are now in the ore bearing formations of the mono queen of the hills and the kearsarge and in each of these horizons the they y are opening 6 up tip and developing commercial ore bodies all in an entirely undeveloped area an area that was passed up tip by the early day operators who confined their efforts to the one and initial ore body that was discovered on the surface according to the horoscope it now has been definitely determined that the famous matt gisborn mono ore bear ing channel the ledge or channel from which a million or more in dividends was secured by the old crowd in the early days is flanked on either side and at no great lateral distance by two other led ledges ledes z es similar in feature and metal bearing characteristics to the original mono vein one of these new veins has been cut and raising in it has started the other has been located and reached and its is to follow while these blind ledges have been tapped at a greater vertical distance beneath the surface than the deepest mining ever done in the mono vein the opinion prevails that the values in them will increase toward the surface under that theory backed by the history of the mono channel and the opinion of highly rated engineers in early day reports it is expected that the richer ores will be found as raising progresses in fact the work now under way is demonstrating this theory according to the management because these paralleling veins did not crop to the surface as did the gisborn vein their presence was not suspected and they were not opened up exploration now has proved their presence and it is expected that development of them will yield handsome returns in the near future large property that was little understood about 1600 acres of mining ground is covered discovered by the ophir mono enterprise including several of the famous old mines of the early which in those days produced many millions in profits from high grade ore but at a time when the theory of the ore occurrence occur ence and the geology of the district was not understood and also at a time when proper mining organization and cash reserves were not established and maintained profits were divided as they were vere made and the money spent so when complicated conditions were met with the ore pinching or displaced by faulting these old time mine owners were compelled to quit ak the old mono mine worked by matt gisborn Gos born was probably the most interesting one in the state of utah in the early the ore outcropped out cropped on the surface in a bed of replaced limestone and was followed in ore for hundreds of feet on its dip into the mountain the old maps and records of this mine were missing the mine workings caved so only the stories from the old miners and those published in the U S G S records could give ophir mono en engineers inders an idea of what this famous property actually was the U S G S bulletin no ill states the ore was a partly oxidized one from silver lead copper and iron sulphides sulp hides slabs of horn silver were frequently found so soft that they would retain the impression of a coin like wax its value per ton was from to in silver A report on this mine made in 1874 by prof J E clayton noted mining engineer and geologist describes the mono deposit and expresses his opil opinion nion in ili part it states it would appear from the explorations that this rich pre ore chute was 75 to 80 feet wide but in my opinion this Is is erroneous it is true that a number of the side drifts have been run into barren ground but the vein is continuous and I 1 have no doubt will give other rich deposits when the levels are extended in these side drifts small cross faults or slips are met with and in every instance where these slips blips have been followed the vein was found as good and strong as before from a careful study of the facts I 1 arrive at the conclusion that the ore is not confined to a chimney or chute but may be followed to the right or left to a distance of hundreds of feet as well as to depth I 1 work now going on and future outlook the ophir mono companas Comp anys work has been carried on oil from the lowest tunnel hundreds of feet below the old workings and these have been extended into the mountain and under the early day ore bodies intermediate levels have been established and the geology and fault system thoroughly worked out so the development of the property can call now be carried to success this work has disclosed the fact that the original ore channel of the mono is not coli confined fined to the small area mined in ill the early days and the present workings are being directed upward in the mono limestone with high grade ore indicating beyond doubt that parallel channels to the old one will be found extending to the stir surface f a 2 C e the ore bodies being developed in the kearsarge and queen of the hills horizons are such as would not outcrop on oil the surface owing to faulting and could only be found through ill rough subsurface sub surface explorations through the knowledge thus obtained as to the geology of the district it is confidently e expected that before spring 6 this famous old ophir dry canyon district will have been placed again among the other camps of utah that have in the past gone through tigh the same rehabilitation process as is now being completed in ill the ophir dry canyon area |
