Show tile THE OPHIR HILL consolidated almost every mining camp in the west of note has its old landmarks which slowly but surely are giving way before the vanguard of progress and prosperity and it will not be many years before the appearance of many of the most ancient districts of the state will undergo such changes that old timers will be able no longer to recognize them such a change is now going on in ophir district in tooele thoele county and the magical touch of capital and the influence of activity and development will soon change the face of this section so that the oldest inhabitant nha bitant will Z f TE aa I 1 n a aa Q 1 V 3 A 44 4 THE OLD WALL concentrator AT OPHIR hardly know where he is any more and will bemoan the fact th that at the progress of the times has robbed him of all his old associations in the way of time honored landmarks the greatest change in ophir haunts just now is the alteration and improvements being made at the ophir hill consolidated mine mine formerly the property of hon allen alien G campbell and colonel E A wall but bul now owned by hon W A dark clark of montana a mine that has produced thousands upon thousands of tons of ore in the past and in the workings of which THE REVIEW is informed there is ia now enough 7 pay mineral in sight to keep a ton mill in constant operation for several years year f to I 1 come the mine under its former management being accredited with a net production of more than it is hardly a year acro ago that the ophir hill passed into the hands of senator dark clark but long before the transfer the prod product bet of the property was largely passed through the old wall concentrator before finding its way to the metal markets and it is this old mill this relic of the past this old landmark that is rapidly disappearing to give place to a larger structure and a mill of more modern equipment and it is learned that it will not be long now before the last vestige of the old plant will ivill have been removed as E W dark clark who is now in charge of the old time producer is now giving employment to a force of twenty or thirty men who have been tearing 11 down the old mill and at the same time gradi grading ncr n for the foundation for the ahe new works on the old site the new mill to be up to date in every respect and to have a capacity of at least tons daily at the th e same time work is progressing in the development of the mine and as soon as the new concentrator is in running order excellent reports may be expected froni from this property which from all accounts will in time be added to senator darks ion long string of other bonanzas and big dividend payers |