Show llin cral jid fr WJ SUM to sled pled to 10 jit its tiny any pour if 0 afy frim li at 1 vur owr am dilder nm from men mem ny drw tf lafa prospect and labors V off alt via ao any mineral mi orea glom to sive vf me a call OPHIR MININ DISTE DISTRICT act rao llna nn 1 I 1 Ioel cIola offart CITY cint march fareh 21 1872 edlisa ophir or east canyon mining district is 19 very cicca five ditc mid arid is the main contra of supplies up 11 ice far oc other campa or district dittri cla t job join it il ray DRY carof CA i lies between stockton S and cast canyon end and ii i at t present making it a wry very good showing owing Bli sor for a meto pro projected pecked camp tho the ores orca which hayo have at AJ yot yet not been un universally found in la large bodies are thoroughly roughly bo mixed with green chlorides and other indications of the miners w mers are rl their tunnels and vigorously forward ith r an lacour 0 bcd a nill ill near tile mouth or of lupyon auyon ore are located the rip van win lie klo nabob and several other oilier mines minca on which work has dose done towards their ady development fr the birket 74 er car the head bead of the canyon is located the famous 4 shoo arty riy ifill a portion of I 1 had the pleasure of exploring in company with lawrence eosin a and a d sweeney from a point near a lone lonc sonic nod isolated wa started 0 on n a trail and passed inay many places or of prospecting but buc as the miners were moally engaged ga ca on their cali calkins Ins we could not fairly apply the general interviewing ter process on this hill but the he t most promising mines on this hill bill are the alabama post past boy NO noonday anday etc after afler leaving shoo fly hill wo we pap ed down to the MONO ilano Converso utah queen caddie miami slid thence to tho the snow storm tunnel which gives much promise ife but the iho development is is ye vet efrom limited bocog in sixteen feet froni from the flea fico it A very fuw ful hundred feet it will tap sonic rick rich veins such buch is i the opinion of 9 good oba miners as well as the fur rounding rou indications indica tiona fully show allow below this tunnel I 1 find the lillio of the west which oboes bob rich ore era and promises to bo be a good mino mine dry canyon has many other mines of winch which I 1 might camo thal young america calcutta fourth of july hidden treasure chica chicago a last chance Jha atily phil butov bu towing ving to the severity of the weather sod and the depth of the enow allow I 1 could not make them all 11 a call midway on tho the trail towards to ivarda east canyon is located the tha baltic abich bibi IC h is a largo vein and is ia vigorously developed the first mines which aro are noticeable as you pass into EAST CANYO 1 are those in clos e proximity to tile tho Brer brevoort mill ald on green areen chloride ili icil of these I 1 vis had tho the red bed duket lexington olton creen chloride black IL hawk irano malakoff Mal akolT and many others tho the values of which I 1 do not now remember all of which show largo large bodies of ore anti and promise to tako take rank v ith the prominent mines of the patriot district ophir city is ia the prominent point from lich bich trails and tg I 1 j I 1 I 1 located the Orien taJ tunnel and the cliff mittel mine the iho letter latter owned by K R williams co who have bavo a tunnel to the depth of feet from which they take exe client oro front from a good bize bided d lodge above this mine is tile 13 near tro are located tho the miners J in r delight silver shield and velocipede yos inq 1 I 1 2 owned by tho the utah dioio mining and smelling smelting Sm elting company limited of billich mr Black blackwill wellis is resident superintendent mr lindoll setre lary nod ami sir mr willard the foreman of the abe mine through the guid once of tho the latter gentle maii wo we were enabled to got get a thorough through their shafts anti tunnels which exhibit it maes of ore twenty I 1 fe falb ct io in thickness which oro is ill lying sacked and awaiting twilling 1 on this lull hill is also lo 10 located led the alexander which 1 I howe however verca did not visit next kelt we come to orum HILL oa 00 oro aro located the bernal severe wild delirium dohrin m grant tun to a bath ile collani nod aud tho the view bas baa a 3 feet and the tha owned by disberry KiBb ris berry crry fe co is is magan mal tio a 4 fi airet re t blits exhibit or of ore oatlie un ibe dump which assave largely on oa thid hill bill there hero ore are many other mines which want of LIWO prevented we ine from visiting boxt I 1 visited calori 1 1 nill HILL oa which there bra aro funny very tory ex t civo tho north star tao an 1311 DL Ch colordo lordo JEUP ilni san joani D chloride Chlorn lt queen alion lion killer chry ill opol 0 I 1 8 0 ivan be 0 rod ad struck it II tile the l sa s1 two LITO exhibit enco encouraging ing pros pacts the struck it has bee a fence five feet with wilh a edge of three to five co feet which na esaja says 75 pir to tou and seems to bo be a r clar fi ahro vein standing etani ling id tenter cutting tho tb formation at right angles wil ith b regu lar casi casious ilos nill la is upon ni as not dot only alo the most promising maderal nic cra de delorit lObit in ill the district when ilc be glance up Us its steep cliffs they very readily sea a bard road between them nod and the summit tum ruit but us ag good hicl always favors the your jour correspondent io in company vieb lawrence and ljra under the am a piece of or the latter was permitted to enjoy a sleigh rido to the iho vicinity of tho the lion and other mines on our trip up wo we cajoled birds eye je view of tile town of silverado cou aidin about twenty houses biosca yin under silver hill oo on v which ore are loca joe Z led cil the tha tampico Tim Tatu pico nw yolk crooked 11 biorn 01 in chloride Chlo ridi point ab cil mr V I 1 little prin joaquin Jo BUia sod judging froilo A distarce dis lacee much work has loon been done on these mines dimes as i large piles of ores are ro stock C cd d on tile licup lii up on oa alio llio west si elds do are situated the virginia monarch monireh Monir ch lizzie and the Nl cs after pas bength ill ee 68 oo 00 a reach tile sum film mit bit acid oro are it at the starts and tunnels of the iho lion silar Eicha ogo tiger sea luil side I 1 be ore from all 11 II these imil not only look well but have bavo been practically proven proton very rich the lun lion is u developed b y ex x I 1 cuts cult and nil a shaft event y five I 1 loot feet deep blue wing abaft no 1 severity feet and oj xo no 2 seventy five feet and ana the lh abaft ono one 1 hundred I d I 1 ed 1 feet c I 1 t all 11 of which belong to I 1 abo I 1 in L 1 amoo ins mr lit super inCe adent allowed much pleasure in explaining matters generally and ex hi biel the various grades of we ore TUB THE SILVER lies adjoining ij to lo the lion mid end is ia mene owned d by garvey dorth dorsh co the tunnel and shaft extends one hundred real down with two levels at tho the bottom of 30 13 15 feet mr milli 1 arof sup very kindly ushered us through the mine liine and explained how ilia ali rich oro was w brought brou glit to the surface the late valuable bricks from walker volker bros min mill were the ro TC suit of 40 ton ion of the iho oro ore from this mino inne about too of ore is now on tho the dump damp which is duly daily increased next I 1 find tho the W whito b ito st star or 1 00 fet feet toil and shaft 13 15 feet tho ophir r TUO an 01 nol OI company have haro a 5 50 fee fot t drift rif tito tho sunny side lit ii claw below thes them niina wh ichha two 6 of 73 75 fe feel each about 1000 eicha of ore a 0 the dump tho the tiger which is 13 tic DC accessible now is ia a well deve fope mino mine slid and owned by waller walker bro bra on he ophir r side of 0 this hill is ia tj 1 silver chief elmoro elmore and ai ab billich bich mines are boroughf boroug lf developed and show marvelously ly ri ril ore the ho hawk eya I 1 ja tunnel is i a other largo enterprise being now a n a 00 feet fact while hero I 1 waa shad hon some lams very rich ore from ilia st job jato min miao 0 on silverado Silv crado hill owned b bayef y F 1 bostick It co cc some of which Is 11 dw practically in nn an TO te magnolia no 2 lying boy beyond olad silar I 1 ado do yields atao also verl ver fine ore re ich of ilia above ledges judges are tho developed and promo well tell I 1 very milah mcgrit could not visit oil tho the mines I 1 but ue be trails being very lough coupled I 1 ath w th 11 tight t ir dod d of wind p polling fb abe I 1 hope M ill m i a c apology for and rid errors which no avoidably fouad plate place in ia my notes dotes having hating naw DW ri my letter L cr a tho mines ines I 1 awill will next f give a synopsis of f I 1 ho of the camp in ts as well as the general local I 1 leal which co como under my oh ob ger while hero here |