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Ophir Utah - Northern Towns |
 | | The Ophir mining district was organized in 1870 and by 1871 more than 2,500 mining claims had been staked with the town population reaching 1,200 (Thompson, 17). |
 | | Ophir's mines were the Kearsage, Mountain Lion, Petalume, Silver Chief, Tampico, Blue Wing, Velocipede, the Shamrock, Miner's Delight, Wild Delirium, the Montana, and the Silveropities to name several. |
 | | Ophir, in 1918, still maintained a post office, a weekly newspaper, a daily stage line and a general store with a population of 560 (Carr, 21). |
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