The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-12-16
FAIRv|EW Mine
WITH 4 FUTURE
Marvellous Values Being OBJ
tanned in Seven
y TroughS.
BIGGEST THING IN STATE
MACHINERY PURCHASED AND
ALL MEN osTAINAeIE HIRED.
BIGGEST THING IN STATE

L.. A, Friedman, one of the owners Of
the Mohawk at Goldtleld ana heaVlly
interested in well known properties in
Manhattan. Round Mountain and other
southern Nevada camps gave out lnior-
matiCn a few days ago at Vernon, Utah,
concerning the FairVieW mine OF the
Seven TrOughs district, Nevada. that
leaves good ground for belief that this
property bids fair to become the richest
mine the country has yet seen
Mr. Friedman, who has been closely
associated with this bonanza since its
beginning. and who divides its owner
ship with Jesse Knight ard l. Hol-
brook of Provo, was entirely willing TO
give out tc the public for the first time
the most intimate facts concerning this
property.
His first statement was startling in
it's character He said:
you may quote me as saying that
am intimately acquainted with the lead
ing mines of southern Nevada, and that
there is nothing that comes within 30
per cent of the Fairview, either in Gold
field, Manhattan. Round Mountain, To-
nOpah. or the mining camp of FairvieW.
southern Nevada.
THE Mohawk has a larger body of
ore far revealed, but for values the
Goldfield mine cannot compare with the
Seven TrOughs property The ore body
in the FairVieW, which began right at
the surface, has wideHed until now at
the present depth of fifty feet it fills
tho entire shaft so that the size of our
ore body is actually matter of conjec-
ture, Bat 1t is its marvellous showing
of values that puts the Fairview in a
class by itself.
High Values.
in the bottom of the shaft is an eight
irch streak of highly concentrated values
and a twenty-siX-inch streak of a lower
grade. The twenty-siX-inch streak was
sampled few days ago. showing an
average value in gold for the entire width
of $500 per ton. sample was taken
across the eight-inch streak and showed
an average value of $4,000 per ton.
We have received assays ranging as
high as SI76,S0O per ton In gold Returns
Of $4,000 have ceased to surprise us. and
$4,000 assays have become common.
That the area Of rich concentration S
not confined to a mere pocket or chute
is fully proven by the fact that remark
able values show for COO feet on the sur
face along the ledge. We have opened
surface diggings. We have without TX
ceDtiOn found rich values everywhere we
have exposed the vein-
eve struck the body of very rich ore
in the shaft at a depth of tiEirty-fivc
feet. II gets richer and bigger every
foot that we go down. We have followed
it for fifteen feet and the vein is get
ting stronger and the ore body wider as
go down. The gold is so widely dis
tributed through the vein that we can
not find any rock in the vein proper thal
does not show big values
The ledge lies in a contact of DOrphyry
and rhyolite. 1t has a seam of tale on
both sides that separates it from the
country rock. It's trend is east of north
and west of south following the general
trend of the Seven Troughs porphyry
belt"
The Fairview company has 100 tons Of
ore sacked and on the dump. Much of
I is shipping ore and some of it is mar
-VelOusly rich. A shipment will be made
IN three weeks. The event Of a ship
rent from the Fairview is looked for
yard to with great easerness by the peo-
,.ie of the Seven TrOughs country, and
especially those in the vicinity of Yer
xon. l. will constitute the first ship
raent to go out of the district and will
force the merits of this mining region
upon the world more than anything else
could.
Future Plans.
Mr.. Friedman said in connection with
the immediate plans of the company:
I'VE have plenty of capital on hand
10 nut the property on the basis of
modern mine. Three carloads of lumber
have Just arrived, and we will begin the
erection I'm d few days Of bunk house.
a shaft house and an ore house. \ gasO-
line hoist will be put up as soon We
can get it on the ground. The shaft
VIII be fixed up preparatory to sinking
on the ore body. When we reach the
hurdred-foot- level we will drift both
WAYS on the vein for stopping grounds.
Tt Is our intention to increase the min
ing force as fast as we can find place
for new men. We will work three eight
hour shifts as soon as real mining opera
IionS commence.
Among the early projects of the COM
pany is the erection of concentrating
pl2nt This will be of a sufficient size
10 handle our ores for some time to come.
We have no intention Of paving d reve-
nue. on the shipment of rock out Of the
camp any longer than we can help"
The Fairview mine was recently incor-
porated or A basis of 100000 shares A
tlock of $1,000 shares put out a few DAYS
ago was subscribed twice. over in less
than a DAY at a dollar share. With
$4,000 in the treasury, Messrs- Friedman,
Knight and Holbrook have refused 10
sell any more stock. On the contrary.
they are purchasing all the outstanding
stock they can find, having bought sew
eral blocks within the last few days,
and now hold all except 5000 shares.