Show 1101 lot lei 1 1191 lei of lot lei III to I 1 lot M Is I 1 M lei lot lei M alit M W M N IN IN 1 of 0 1 milel lei 14 11 I 1 S 2 2 I 1 mining operations at ophir N C r despondence esponde spon dec nce I 1 i il 1 I WI w of some noticeable developments and improvements in prove ments may justly be recorded in behalf of ophir canyon chiefly of course is the ophir hill mill additions and improvements prove ments E W dark clark superintendent has very recently installed at the instance of senator dark clark the owner a foot water main of twelve inch pipe furnished by the salt lake hardware company this system is equipped with a pelton wheel capable of producing horsepower and is connected to a general electric dynamo of horsepower capacity this plant is located feet below the mill and transmits power to the mill where two horse coal from the railroad twelve miles distant for power purposes by the installation of the water electric system it is proposed to create all necessary power and power to operate additional machinery to be added later six Wilf wilfley leys are to be added at some future date the jigging system of the ophir hill mill is certainly worthy of investigation of mill builders and mine owners mr dark clark has several sets of jigs and saves a large quantity of the values in chunks the size of walnuts and larger the ore that is not concentrated in this first set of jigs is crushed to a finer size and again i put through a set of jigs where the lumps C V mi r N 1 ap ia jt AS 5 mma 1 49 at I 1 t 1 QI J at 7 Ophir Hill mill and portion of camp power motors run the big ingersoll sergeant air compressor and the jigs and tables that concentrate the entire ore production from the big mine this el electric atric plant was installed by the local house of the general electric company at salt lake under the supervision of E W dark clark mill superintendent an additional feet of water main is now on the ground to be connected up so as to increase the water power giving a foot system with a power of horsepower the ophir hill mill furnishes air to the montana mine as well as to its own mine heretofore the ore hauling teams were required to bring in the half or quarter of the above size is the process is repeated until the very fine fin e concentrates are saved over six wilfley tables and the minimum of values allowed to go to waste the whole system is at once so simple and perfect as to attract the keenest interest the subjoining sub joining halftone will serve to give an idea of the mill construction with a double track gravity tramway from the mill up the mountain side above and adjoining the ophir hill is the montana mine being developed by pat ryan of salt lake which is now down to a depth of about four hundred feet with drifts at alff different drent levels when a mining review representative recently visited this pr perty he found superintendent W R jones taking out some good milling ore into which he was just breaking the ore was of the same character as the ophir hill ore still up the mountain side is the buckhorn mine which is now under the ownership and control of the western exploration company also of salt lake city work has been suspended temporarily pending the construction of a water system three miles in length which will supply the property with an abundance of water from a spring in chandlers chandless Chand lers gulch the pipe is four inches in diameter after its completion the properio property will be worked energetically and a mill is more than a probability the buckhorn is one of the famous old time producers in this camp george st clair and george dark clark have a wor working king lease on the chloride point on lion hill and are making regular shipments to the valley smelters shelters sm elters from the property via mercur they are working a force of six men joseph sawyer has a small force of men in development work on his japan group on ophir hill and everybody here wishes and expects good things for sawyer and his japan george weston who has seventy acres adjoining the western exploration com banys buckhorn has leased the same to the latter company will kelly is preparing to commence work on his dewey group by sinking a 4 1 shaft work at the northern light has been suspended but all in all ophir wears that air of confidence that be tokens progress and prosperity |