The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-06-26

travelled by thousands Of argonauts in
the days of 40. cuts this district
sQuarely in two. and It has remained
for the latter day argonauts to uncover
and develop the wealth OF It's hills.
The first discovery was made upon
the property now owned by the Ne
vada Hills Mining Company. About
the time that the first discovery was
made, number of Utah capitalists
were present in camp. Before any de-
velopment whatever was done. they
made the fortunate prospectors an
offer OF s25, 900 cash for their pros
pect" This they foolishly accepted.
The money was Immediately forth
coming and active development work
was at once Instituted by the new
owners. With every round of shots
the extent of the find grew greater,
and the reports which came from
camp were impossible of belief with
r large force of men and ample CAPT
tai, IT was but a short time until this
Nevada Hills ledge was opened on
the surface for distance Of 500 feet
along It's apex.
The formation Is andecIte, rhyolite
and porphyry. with large quartz veins
intersectins same. These veins have
general casterly and westerly course.
and dip TO the south( see map). 1t
seems to be a general fact that the
ore in these large lodges follows the
foot wall and does not extend for the
full width OF the veins as the most OF
them are over 90 feet wide Some of
them SO feet wide, and are traccable
with the naked eye for good many
thousand feet
The ore chutes IN these veins are
very strong and continuous The ore
chute on the Nevada Hills property
is 100 feet long. averages 8 feet In
width and they are now sacking ore
from different points along Its length
that averages over $3.50 per ton On
the Wingheld property. which adjoins
the Nevada Hills property on the
rorth, an ore chute is opened up for
some 500 feet, from which they are
sacking In seven or eight different
shafts. The average value of the ore
is about $50 per ton, and In these
places there are small "strlngcrs which
are very ricn and run into $1,000 to
So. 900 per ton.
On the Nevada Hills ledge they have
place opened up where the rich streak
is Is inches wide and Will average over
$1,000 TO the ton. On the Ridge and
Mclaughlin property, some three
quarters of a mile north of the Me-
vada Hills. they have another one of
these enormous ledges which crops
from to 20 feet above the surface for
distance of over 1000 feet, and the
ore chute Is now opened up some $50
feet. This, together with several 9TH
er remarkable showings in this camp,
goes to prove that the Fairview dis
trict will be the greatest wealth pro-
ducer in Southern Nevada.
The formation OF the ore is similar to
that of Virginia City and Tonopah The
character is a heavy sulphide identical
to that Of the famous Mizpah OF Tono>
opah on the surface. and there is every
reason TO believe that 1t will continue
down as the Mizpah has.
The Fairview belt is rather small
AS nearly as can be ascertained at The
present time it is only about three
quarters of a mile wide. and about two
and half and south OF this belt Is
almost identical TO that in the belt 1t
does not show the high state of MIN
eralization that exists In the belt. and
so far no values OF any consequence