The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-06-26
EAGLES NEST ROCK
CENTER OF INTEREST
District OF Which Nevada Hills
Property Joins Hub Attract
ing Much Attention.
SURFACE SH0WlNGS
GREATEST IN NEVADA
Rich Float Known for Years, but
Real Development Dates
From Last Spring.
Special to The Tribune

| Special TO The Tribune.
FAIRVIEW. New, June 25-No
| superficial examination of the nest of
mines clustered around Eagles Newt
rock, of which the Nevada Hills
| property forms the center, both In i'm
portance and interest, can give any
adequate idea of what can and should
| be found In this particular territory
| one can look upon the numerous lodges
crossing this huge blowout for weeks,
| and yet draw very incomplete estimates
| of tho possibilities of these ore bodies
| 1t Is constant inspection that breeds a
respect bordering on enthusiasm, and
| they are few, indeed. who fail to pro-
| nounce the surface showing here the
greatest that Nevada has produced IN
the resurrection period.
Surface Showings Prominent
That which strikes one with wonder
at beholding the ground around the
Eagles Nest is the tardy discovery OF
Its greatness, From nearly all points
Of the compass, and miles around this
great product of the earths disturbance
stands out as prominent a guide to
wealth as ever nature displayed for
mankind. 1t was q lighthouse for the
desert-tossed prospector that the most
inexperienced could hardly ignore. For
over thirty years prospectors have
found enormously rich float, yet not
until the first months of the present
year has this huge signal erected by
nature drawn the patient searcher for
hidden treasure.
Ground Formation.
The Nevada Hills company takes In
the most generous portion Of this great
upheayaL The formation is an
andesyte. with intrusions Of rhyoljte,
the veins being strong and perfect
assures. The main assure from which
the above named company Is taking
its rich ore strikes north, IS west,
and can be traced with the utmost
ease across the property for hundreds
OF feet. The naturalization Of this
ledge can not but serve as an index
to what should be looked for in the
parallel lodges, which appear In strong
and numerous occurrences.
So far the richest ore, encountered
by the Nevada Hills company Is in
the west drift. or what is known as
the Eagles Nest drift. Here at a depth
OF not over one foot was disclosed mag
nificently rich ore, carrying both sill
yer and gold, any specimen Of which
would find a prominent place in any
collection of ore. Upon this body tho
management Is running a shallow tun-
mel, and from II they are sacking ore
that needs practically no sorting, This
drift now is in a distance Of about
fifty feet. and the face is full in ore.
Silver In Mud.
One peculiar thing in this work Is a
streak OF mud which carries silver In
almost the free state. 1t Is nothing
but mud, yet 1t Is full of nuggets that
vary In size from a pea to several
pounds, and which are nearly 70 per
cent In the white metal. The property
abounds in faults, the planes of which
naturally disclose the greatest values,
while between the points of these dis
turbances the vein extends in unbroken
but lesser richness 1t Is the plane OF
a fault that the above mentioned west
drift is now penetrating
Another reason, however, why this
particular working is characterized by
this quality of ore is that a cross fls-
sure running almost north and south,
cuts the main fssure at about this
point. The conditions present an ideal
site for a tunnel TO tap these interest
ing veins at a reasonably great depth,
and mining men grow enthusiastic
when they sec the chances for great
swells and enrichment when this depth
is attained.
OF all the many workings now being
carried forward by the Nevada Hills
company only one is dead work. A
long tunnel Is being driven to tap the
main ledge at vertical depth of zoe
feet and at a point Southeasterly from
the west drift This tunnel is being
driven through country rock. and ore
Is not expected for thirty or forty days
yet. In the meantime the company is
sacksng ore from at least four different
workings along the vein, and by the
first OF the week another car of ore
will arrive at the samplers of Salt
Lake.
Surrounding this group of claims sew
eral companies are making diligent
efforts to uncover ore. Some are meet
ing with success. the degree of success
being in proportion to the amount of
development work being carried for
ward. Among these may be mentioned
the Pyramid. the Wingheld group, the
Ridge and Mclaughlin and the Ida NJ.
the Cyclone. and the group recently
acquired by the Knox brothers Of the
MontanaTonopah company. Dis
tributed throughout the district there
are estimated now at work over 200
miners. Most Of these came In to
Fairview for the night, and 1t would
be difficult to find more orderly COM
munity in the State than this.
Spirit of Boost Predominntes.
One thing that impresses everyone
IS the spirit and practice of boosting
Boost, don't knock" long has been
characteristic OF Nevada camps. One
Salt Laker, In remarking this feature
OF mining life In this and other dis
trIcts. stated that with a small per-
centage Of such spirit in Utah there
would be an awakening there such as
the mining districts of Utah deserve.
Everyone here has faith In himself, his
neighbor, his property and his neigh
bors property, and the wholesome
effect of this can be seen in the man
ner in which this town Is being built
up and these properties developed.