Ophir Hill Service Project - June 27th 9am

[Mike]

SEEKING STRONG BACKS!

Its time for another Service Project for our good friend, Leo. Leo owns all the property on the north side of Ophir Canyon all the way to the south side of Dry Canyon. He is who allows us access to the Ophir Hill, Green Eyed Monster, Buckhorn, Hidden Treasure, and many, many more mines. These projects always turn out to be a lot of fun and good memories.

Lunch will be provided!

In this service project, we'll be extracting an ore cart near the Hoist, and a round ore bucket near the top of the mine.

The ore cart has no wheels or base, and can be lifted by two people. The utility cart will be used to extract this item.

The harder item will be the ore bucket. I picked it up by myself, however we'll need around 4-5 people to safely get it out. It will have to be lifted by hand down the incline and to the haulage tunnel where it will be hauled out on the utility cart. Its a pretty straight shot most of the way. 90% of its journey will be downhill.

Meeting @ the mine @ 9am on Saturday, June 27th.

Appreciate ANY help I can get. Should have both projects done within 5 hours. A team of around 8 or more would be awesome. Will be doing some exploration when done.
Thanks!

[Jeff]

Count me in.

[XXX Snow]

Im in

[Troy]

My wife and I are hosting a birthday party for our niece at our home for that day

[John]

Crap....me too. We're doing our Son's Birthday this weekend.

[Mike]

Thanks Bodine and Snow. My brother and I will also be there. That makes four so far. Now we need a few more...

[ExpUt]

Doh, wish I could make it. I'll be camping in the Great Salt Lake desert with a bunch of vintage vehicles and equipment. (relicrun.com). Next time!

[Mike]

I've also got my two brothers coming along. 5 of us should be plenty to get at least one item out.

[Mike]

Thanks everybody who helped out! That includes Jeff, Brent, and a new guy, Max. Your help was greatly appreciated. Lunch and dinner was delicous!

We successfully extracted the ore cart from the hoist room and hung out afterwards, enjoying the beautiful canyon and eating the famous sandwich we always have. This time, however, mustard and mayo were included!!

After we were done, we decided to head up to the Hidden Treasure to see if Miah was working on the gate. He was not there, so Jeff, Brent, and I decided to head in. I gave a very basic tour of the mine, and decided I wanted to look for the Upper Oxidized Zone. We scoured the approximate location, looking for the right area. While we did not find it, we did find some unique cylinder crystal formations in the wall. I am still decided what they are. All my research points to Selenite Satin Spar crystals, however mindat shows no selenite in the Hidden Treasure. More research will tell.

When we got out, I found I accidentally left something deep in the mine near the upper zone. Jeff and I ran back as quickly as we could, and what took us an hour to get to, we got to and back out of the mine in 25 minutes. VERY impressive.

Thanks again everybody. Remember, service projects reap great reward

[Jeff]

It was a great trip everything went smoothly and it was an awesome time as usual, the Hidden Treasure is a must see for anyone that has not been in there,I can't wait to go back in.

[John]

Glad it went well. I'd rather have been with y'all.

Started the day by decapitating one of the sprinklers with the lawn mower. Then spent a few hours running herd on a dozen kids over for my Son's birthday party. And finished by shopping for & replacing the busted sprinkler.

[Mikezauner]

d'oh. wish I knew about this trip before today. Isn't that where stu troy and I were back on the last trip? or was that determined to not be the upper mineralized zone?

[Stuart]

Glad all went well, it was my and Crystals 2nd anniversary. No, beard they did not make it into the same area up where we were, they did however find a different way into that long incline we found.

[Mikezauner]

Aha. alright. be interesting to see how they got to the incline and where else it connects to. we really need to do more exploring there.

[Troy]

I agree Beard. I believe that incline is part of the "chicago mine". However Mike and those guys got to the incline, I hope it's easier than the way that we found... Additionally, I wonder if there is a way into that incline from the ground surface. I was under the impression when we were inside the Hidden Treasure that the entrance must be caved in, and that the Hidden Treasure is now the only way into what was known as the Chicago Mine....Curious to know.