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Show New Ore Discovery Stimulates Tooele Area View of the Dry Canyon section of the Opnir mining section. In right corner at the top can be seen the Hidden Treasure which is now producing steadily. The Dry Canyon section ot the Ophir mining district once again is tilt; suL'iie of much mining activity ac-tivity as the result of developments in that areu in recent years. Approximately Ap-proximately 100 men are finding employment in variouss properties, which were virtually Idle for two decades prior to 1 9 3 . Kejuvination ot the area followed the discovery several years ago by two leasers working in the Hidden Hid-den Treasure property in the upper end of the district. The leasers. Lynch and Glenny of Salt Lake City, opened ore in the Madison limestone of the Hidden Treasure and immediately stimulated a wave of prospecting to sound out the possibilities of this limestone bedding bed-ding in other sections of the district. dis-trict. The United States Smelting Refining Re-fining t.nd Mining company was attracted by the discovery of the leasers and after careful examination, examin-ation, purchased the Hidden Treasure Treas-ure mine from its Eastern owners. At the present time approximately 50 men are employed at the property prop-erty and u fleet of trucks is being kept busy plying between the district dis-trict and the rail terminal at Stockton, Stock-ton, hauling production from the Hidden Treasure. From Stockton it 18 shipped by rail to the Midvale plant of the U. S. Smelting company. com-pany. With the knowledge gamed In the Hidden Treasure Lynch and Glenny acquired a lease on the Garber claims across the canyon, believing that the Madison Limestone Lime-stone extended into this property. In order to reach the Garber property prop-erty it was necessary to start their work from the Wandering Jew and drive through about 300 feet of the Ophir Queen mine. In driving an inclined winze through the Ophir Queen, promising new ore showing were encountered from which several shipments of ore have already been made. While sufficient work has not been done to determine the importance ot this development, it has added Increased momentum to prospecting in the area. Altogether approximately 100 men are finding employment in the district and indications are that It is returning to its former importance import-ance as a contributor to industry of the state of Utah. While some of the men are living in the district, most of them return to their homes ia the valley below and such towns as Stockton, Bauer and Tooele are feeling the stimulus provided by the new developments as well as the state in general. |