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Show FUST ORE SHIPPED FROM OlPrlOPERTI Tooele County Bids Fair to Have Utah's Largest Silver Sil-ver Mine. Tuoelc county bils fair to have t'tah'e largest pilvov mini'. Tho present owners of the 0. K. Sil-er Sil-er mine have been developing the property for about two years, securing titles anil patenting the ground. There are nineteen patented claims of twenty acres each, and seven claims are being brought to patent. The company has also purchased a ranch of J(iO acres of patented ground, which controls the water rights of Indian springs. This is the only water available for ten miles on either side of the property. There is plenty of water for milling purposes, as well as for domestic use for a city of 2000 people, the flow from the springs filling a twelve-inch pipe. The property may well be described as an oasis on the desert. There are many large Cottonwood trees and willows wil-lows in the vicinity of the mine itself, which is situated at an elevation of about 5600 feet above sea level, and about eighteen miles on an air line west of Mercur and half way between AS'est Tintic and Grantsville. Lying on the western side of the range, facing west on the desert, the range of mouutains makes it necessary to haul from the property either by the wav of Tintic Junction at the south end or' the range or to go north over the old California trail, now known a the Lincoln highway, high-way, bv way of Hickman's ranh and on to laubt station on tho Salt Luke Route. At that point a large ore house has been erected, which will be the shipping ship-ping point for some time to come. On account of tho recent snowstorms, it is necessary to haul thirty-eight miles. The present management of the O. K. Silver company, together with the commissioners com-missioners of Tooele county, have under consideration the building of a road through the canyon by way of James's ranch, which will shorten the road by eight miles and make a direct haul of about thirty miles from the mine to the station. The work done at the property during dur-ing the first year consisted chiefly of assessment work on the different claims, road building, the purchasing and installation in-stallation of machinery for the purpose of opening the mine, and the patenting of the property. The present incline shaft has been sunk to a depth of 12-" feet, but considerable con-siderable work whs also done on the vein at a lesser depth. The first rich ore body was discovered at a depth of sixty feet, about November 1, 1015, and this has been followed down to The present depth of 12;1 feet. A tunnel is being driven lower down the mountainside, moun-tainside, which intersects the vein at a depth of 250 feet. The ore shoot lies to the right of where the tunnel intersects inter-sects the vein, and every efl'ort is being be-ing made at present to follow the ore shoot down to the lower tunnel, where a connection will be made. With every foot of depth the ore continues con-tinues to grow larger and richer. The first carload sold to the American Smelting & Refining company has just reached the market. It consisted of about thirty-four tons, plus 500 pounds, net weight, and nettprl the company 0020. OS. The settlement sheets show the ore ran 48 ounces in silver, 0.235 of an mince in gold and 0.13 per cent in copper to the ton. Two additional carloads will be loaded load-ed by February 10 and there are at present broken and on the dump about seven carloads awaiting shipment. Only five mpn are working at the mine, and one of these is engaged in assaying and a-king the ore. The ore consists mainly main-ly of horn silver in a dolomite limestone. lime-stone. For the last thirty fet of sink-ins sink-ins native silver has bfen showing. The formation is very soft and easv to hrak. On account, of the h'-avy snow and sevnre winter, it has boon almost impossible to cure teams to transport the ore. The com pan v lia- r'-pn tly comply tod a fin lodging hoii for thf- accommodation accommo-dation of the employees. Either gasoline gaso-line or elfv-tri'-allv driven trucks will be utilized for transporting tho om in prine. ftr a soon the roads permit, at which time more miners ill be "-m pioved. |