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<br />' °fficulties generally. the miner has to contend with is water, which "~i .
<br />Fouxrx.-Water. One aE the° duectioas, but when a mine is located as these. properties are on '
<br />often oozes intuthe mme:% 3v ~ .!. i
<br />i``~ `~7tecessary toopen an adit level at the lowest part. of the hill-
<br />the side of a mountain, xt' 4 '~•:
<br />side to serve as a water ~ .'i`bis has already been done at the sixth level, and all of the work- .
<br />ings above this Pomt ily'freed of water. A 2000 foot adit has already been started, prob-
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<br />some twenty feet°g'bove the mill foundation and extending about one hundred feet into the ii
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<br />mountain- This when comPletedwill cut. the several .veins some 800 (1100) feet below the sixth
<br />lerel, and completely drain the mine.. The water now taken from the sixth level is conveyed by
<br />pipe to the cook house and mill, and is used for domestic and milling. purposes. There are also , '''
<br />several other springs under controlbf the company which azenow held in reserve. (Alsothe river a ,
<br />runs right by the mill.)
<br />glrTx,--A4en. A force between forty-five and fifty men are employed in the mine, working in shifts of eight ~ ` f~
<br />hours each per day-
<br />SIRTx--Equipment. Everything in the svay of up-to-date mining tools are iri use in the workings: Three ~ dd
<br />compressed air drills areinoPeratioa every day, driving eight feet every sixteen hours, carrying khe
<br />cut-ovt stope vrith the drift, which means a drift twelve feet high. 1
<br />SEea~'rx -Buildings. 'The buildings at mine house and boarding house are very commodious and con- ~
<br />venient. I noticed a small library in the bunk house, put there feared neat and orde lyd entertain- . $
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<br />ment of the men. In the dining room and kitchen everything app '
<br />Etcxrx.-Mill. Like the mine, the mill building is built on solid rock. It contains a tripping device for
<br />unloading the tram buckets into a chute; which leads to a Blake crusher and a continuous jigger for '
<br />distributing the crushed ore to the BelowlYhe bateriestareethe amalgamation tables,apecussion~ ~. „
<br />weighing 1050 Ponads per stamp.. , - _ 4
<br />frames, revolving belts; Fruevanners, classifiers and keeves for the concentrating and-washing of
<br />the sands and slimes from the batteries: In fact this is an up-to-date mt1He cert~nlyduanderstood his ~ 'E
<br />name of the mill superintendent who so ably installed the machinery. j
<br />business and was more than anxious to show us all there was to be seen. Only 20 ,stamps were in i
<br />operation oathe day Pf our visit, the other 30 being hung up on account of not having the trans-
<br />Mr. Nazro, the assayer 6f the com- '
<br />former installed. The motive power of the mill is electricity.
<br />pany, showed us over the compressor Plant which is located in the engine room. He is a competent
<br />assayer and also an engineer of some little repute. The ingenuity displayed in th lacedttgso asho
<br />boiler, which was done under his supervision, is a credit to the best skill, he having p
<br />obtain a maximum amount of heat, using a minimum amount of fuel. It is remarkable, taking into. ;;,
<br />consideration the elevation of the country., that this important problem has been overcome.. Power
<br />is furnished from this point Yo run three large drills located all of 4000 feet aw'a Mgt I3az oe also volt .
<br />over a 1000 feet, on an average consumption. of only one ton of coal per day. i
<br />unteered the information that by using one-half ton more of coal. per day he could run four drills and
<br />heat the mill as well.. His assay office and laboratory are models in their way. In connection with : i
<br />the office the management recently added a well built stone vault. ,
<br />Tn conclusion will say The Ophir Consolidated Minoen of the best it hasheveribeen myafortuna t ex-
<br />of m~c, mine, mill and. equipment, the proposition being.
<br />I am, very truly Yours,
<br />amine. O. H- CASE,
<br />Civn and Mining EnRlaeer. ,
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<br />' Ln Caosss, Wts., Nov. 11, 1902. ~
<br />Masses. J. O. & W S. IIUCKLI:Y; Mttwnuxsa, Wts, 1 wish to say that I have the ~"~:
<br />CENTLSMES9; In submittiti8 she foregoing report of.Afr. O. H.:Case, ~.
<br />highest opinion of his ability to examine such Property as yours. IIaV1nL' confidence in his integrity, it
<br />.gives me pleasure Yo send you his report: - Very truly Yours, Ta, J, CAAlERON.
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<br />Ln!Ca~ossu, Wzs., Nov. 11x.1902. ~ i
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<br />Masses. J, O. ~c W, S. "BI7CKL7r3r, Mtywnuxan, Wzs, ,
<br />GBNTLSAfBN: liefertinY to the inclosed report.of Mr. A. H, Case, I; N'.Ish exam nati n matdla by Mr.' ,~
<br />to Telluride with Mr, base and his'sotx, and I can testify to the-very thonquSh : , ~,
<br />-- Case. I believe the staterazeats embodied in his report. to he true and honest statements of the facts about , r
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<br />the property, and I have very great pleasure in end9rsing his report, ~ vrr
<br />I realize the magnitude of flie Ophir Consolidated blincs ComPanY+ xiot only in its present stage of '
<br />evetopment, but in its goat possibilities for the future. i ~ ~~
<br />Very truly Yours,
<br />S, W. ANARRS9N. a
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