Show t. t New Ore Discovery i a Stimulates Tooele Area x e a r J sr e V fcC q a 1 i lk s f i iJ I J s a Si h W w ri 6 View of the Dry Canyon section of the Ophir mining section In InIs n right corner at the top can be seen the Hidden Treasure which Is now producing steadily The Dry Canyon section of the Ophir mining district once again is the scene of much mining activity activity activity ac ac- ac- ac as the result of developments in that area in recent years ears Approximately Approximately Approximately Ap Ap- proximately men are finding employment In properties which were virtually idle for two decades prior to 1933 of the area followed the discovery s 's several veral years ago by two leasers working In the Hidden Hidden Hidden Hid Hid- den Treasure property in the upper end of the district The leasers Lynch and Glenny of Salt Lake City CUy opened ore In the Madison l limestone of the Hidden Treasure and immediately stimulated a wave of prospecting to sound out the possibilities of this limestone bedding bedding bedding bed bed- ding in other sections of the dis dIs- dis- dis The United States Smelting Refining Refining Re Re- fining and Mining company was attracted by the discovery of the leasers and after careful examInation examination examination purchased the Hidden Treasure Treasure Treasure Treas Treas- ure mine from from- its ifs Eastern owners At the present time approximately 50 60 men are employed at t the property property property prop prop- erty and a fleet of trucks Is being kept busy plying between the district district district dis dis- and the rail terminal at Stockton Stockton Stocky Stock Stock- y ton hauling production from the Hidden Treasure From Stockton it is shipped by rail to the Mi Midvale vale plant of the U U. S. S Smelting Smelting- com com- I I pany I 1 With the knowledge gained In Inthe inthe I the Hidden Treasure Lynch and I Glenny acquired a lease on the Garber claims across the canyon believing that the Madison l Limestone Limestone Limestone Lime Lime- stone extended Into this property In or order er to reach the Garber property property property prop prop- erty it was necessary to start their work from the Wandering Jew and drive through about feet teet of the Ophir Queen mule mine In driving an inclined through the Ophir Queen promising new ore showing were encountered from which several shipments of have haye already been made While sufficient work has not been done to to determine the Importance of this development it has added increased momentum to prospecting in the area Altogether approximately men are finding employment in the tho I district and Indications are that it itis itis itis is returning to its ks former importance import ance ante as a contributor to industry of the state of Utah Ufah While some of the men are living in the district most of them return to their homes in the valley belo beloi and such towns as Stockton Bauer and Tooele are f feeling elIng the stimulus provided by the new developments as well as the state in general |