Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1906-05-19
OF A
TONOPAH MINER
He Tells Of His ExperienceS-An Ac-
count Of Fairview District.

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Earl G. Dart, who up to two years
ago, was a well-known resident Of To-
nopah, came in from Fairview yester-
day on his way to Goldfeld to consum-
mate a deal for some Fairview property
which he secured an option on last week.
Mr.. Dart has travelled considerably
since leaving Tonopah-from the frigid
zone of Alaska to the burning sands of
Death Valley and has had quite a bit of
unpleasant experience in his travels.
In coming down the Yukon river he fell
overheard from the steamer and was
all but dead when fished out. Last
summer he went out from Rhyolite with
a company to search for a party that
had persisted in the desert in the effort
to find "Scotty's" fabulous mine, and
he and his party came very nearly per-
ishing themselves. They were at Keane
Springs after water when aman named
johnson came in and reported hat his
partner James Rife was dying from
thirst at a point about 10 miles from
keane Springs on the edge of Death
Valley. They at once started out in
search of him taking only a canteen of
water apiece and a pocketful of lunch
each. They searched for "a hours with
out avail, and realizing that Rife must
certainly be dead they came out of the
valley in an exhausted condition, having
been without food 10 hours and without
water for about eight hours. Later on,
the man was found near S~tovepipe
Springs about ten miles from the place
where he had been left by his partner
and where he had died from exhaustion
and thirst.
In speaking of Fairview Mr.. Dart
says: There are about a half dozen
properties which are showing up very
well at present. The most phenomenal
surface values have been obtained at
this camp which excel any v e dis
covered in Nevada. The ore bodies are
strong and continuous, extending over a
large area, and give every evidence of
being permanent. The ore bodies are
almost identical with those of Tonopah,
the only difference being that the Fair
view ores contains a larger percentage
of gold than was found on the surface
in Tonopah.
"a shipment of thirty tons was made
from the Nevada-Hills property last
week, from the open cut on their 18-foot
ledge. Another shipment is nearly ready
and the miners are as yet working in
the daylight of an open cut. Several
leases on this property are showing ore
as well as upon the Wingfeld property,
Ridge & Mclaughlin and the Harmon
properties. Several large sales have
been made. Tonopah and Goldfeld peo-
pie are becoming heavily interested in
the camp, prominent among whom are
Patrick, Elliott, Sol Camp and r. L.
Colburn of Goldfeld, and George
Bertchy and Rodger Kanters of Tono-
pah. Several other Tonopah and Gold
feldpeople have deals under way which
cannot be given out for publication at
this time.
'"There are about 500 people in camp
and about 20 buildings are completed
and in process of construction in the
business district.
There is a good force of miners at
work considering the age of the camp
and $3.50 per day is the prevailing
wage schedule.
Excellent facilities for ~transporta-
ton from Hazen are afforded by an
automobile and two stage lines running
daily.
mining men from Colorado and other
states who have been looking we the
field, unite in their enthusiastic proph-
estes of a great future for Fairview and
surrounding country.
"a recent strike was made in the
Eastgate district, 20 miles east of Fair
view, on the property of Percy Gardner
and associate, which shows gold values
at the surface, ranging from $40 to 20
ounces. The ledge is strong and crops
for a distance Of 1900 feet. Several
leases have been let on this property
and active operations begun. The dis
trict looks very promising for the
amount of work done to date"