Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1879-08-08
A HORSE IN UNION.
10 ia HaItered by Colonel Fair
What lse has 90 say % he sisu.
ALTON and OF the Nine.

Colonel Fair says there Ia q horse In
Union Consolidated. simply that and
nothing moro. In an interview with an
Enterprise reporter he discoursed a. fol.
lows
NOV" said he. "you saw the fine
breast OF rich ore on the north line Of
the Union Consolidated. aud you also
saw the horse Of quartzite porphyry
In the center OF that ore body, aud OBJ
served that II rapidly widensd az tho
breasts were extended south. You also
saw the crosscut run across the vein
nearly 100 feet south Of the ore breasts.
Now, this crosscut shows i've feet OF ore
on the east ; then We have all tho way
across the vein the barren horse. except
eight inches Of ore on the west wall.
Nov, after looking carefully OF all to
which I have called your attention, / am
satisfied that this horse In q piece OF the
west wall that has fallen from above aud
filed the vein. except where IL found
the small deposits OF ore on tho east and
west. as already mentioned.
The horse Is not east porphyry. like
the other horses that have been found
on tho Comstock. in the Consolidated
Virginia, on the 1900 and 1850 levels,
and In other places. II IL the same mate
rial that forms the vest wall on the
levels above. IL easy to recognize. and 10
the same without doubt. Now. l have
not the slightest doubt that ore will be
found under. over aud on each side OF
this horse-one thing 10 are certain Of.
and that Is. that good ore Is found under
Il. do not In the least doubt that ore
will also be found on all sides and at
both ends Of this quartxite horse"
Reporter-Thsu you feel quite cona.
dent that the mine 10 all right
Colonel Fair-I am quito SUR Of 1t.
We shall aud ore above tha horse and
all around It. You remember the big
horse We had In the Consolidated Viz.
ginia that there was such Q howl about
1T u time
Rsporter-Yes, Il was an immense
one. It reached through the 1900 and
1850 levels.
Colonsl Fair-That horse was the
boss ; Il reached ~ feet above the 1000
level and 40 feet below the 1850. aud
was li7 feet in length. yet above. below
and around II was found some Of the
best ore that was taken out Of the mine.
Reportsr-Thst horse was Q very solid
one, aud In looking at Ii where cut into.
one would have thought IL rock that
grew there and had never been dis.
turbed.
Colonel Fair-It was q great mass OF
porphyry that fell into the vein from the
hanging. wall. while the one. In the
Union Consolidated. OF which We have
been speaking. Is q mass OF quartxite
that has tumblsd down from tho foot
wall. You can see precisely the same
rock on the 1000 level In the Sierra
Nevada, and IL was from somewhere up
that way that II started.
Reporter Il has probably left q good
big hole somewhere above for ore.
Colonel Pair-Y.s. and We shall SEQ
ore at its south end-down where the
two seams meet which are now passing
around Il.
Repor..r-Thsy are bound to come
together. then
Colonel Fair-Sure to. The horse In
the Consolidated Virginia was l47 feet
long; this one We knos 10 100 feet long;
II may be- so feet longer. but We now
know what II is. aud therefore know 1t
must presently end In all directions.
Another thing. you never see Q body Of
orc q out by dividing into two
branches. A d-posit Of ore gradually
narrows ill 1t pinchss out and dsap.
pears.
R-porter-It would seem, then. that
the horse being Of qusrtEits instead Of
east porpbyry was what caused the per-
plexiiy?
Colousl Fair-Yes: and when / eI.
planned my idea Of 1t to Mr.. Mackay.
that 4, was . horse Of quartxits that had
tumtled down from the footwall, he ex.
claimed: by Cd. old man. you're
right"