The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-06-24

| Travelled by thousands of argonauts ir
the days of '4s. cuts this district
squarely In two, and 1T has remained
for the latter day argonauts to uncover
ana develop the wealth of its hills
The first discovery was made upon
the property now owned by the Ne
Nada Hills Mining Company About
the time that the first discovery was
made, a number of Utah capitalists
were present in camp. Before any de-
velopment whatever was done. they
made the fortunate prospectors an
offer Of $4,000 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
tho extent of the find grew greater.
and the reports which came from
camp were impossible OF belief With
n large force of men and ample capt.
tai II was but short time until this
Nevada Hills ledge was opened on
the surface for a distance of 500 feet
along its apex.
The formation is andecite rhyolite
and porphyry, with large quartz veins
intersecting same, These veins have a
general easterly and westerly course.
and dip to the south see map), 1t
seems to "pe q general fact that the
foot wall and does not extend for the
full width of the veins as the most of
them are over 20 feet wide. Some of
them 150, feet wide. and are traceable
with the naked eye for a good many
thousand feet .rz
The ore chutes I'm these veins are
very strong and continuous. The ore
chute on the Nevada Hills property
Is 100 feet long, averages feet In
r;.1f nj ora ca n
from different points along its length
that averages over $3.50 per ton. on
the Wingfield property, which adtoins
the Nevada Hills property on the
Forth, an ore chute is opened up for
some 500 feet, from which they are
sacking in seven OF eight different
shafts The average value of the ore
is about $3.50 per ton, and In these
places there are small stringers which
are very ricn and run into $1,000 TO
$4,000 per ton.
On the Nevada Hills ledge they havo
A place opened UP where the rich streak
is Is Inches wide and Will average over
s.. 600 to the ton. on the Ridge ana
Mclaughlin property, somo three
quarters of mile north OF the Me-
vada Hills. they have another one OF
these enormous lodges which crops
from 5 TO 20 feet above the surface for
a distance OF over 1000 feet, and the
ore chute is now opened up some 4o0
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 forma ton of the ore is similar 10
that of Virginia City and Tonopah, The
character IS a heavy sulphidc Identical
TO that of the famous Mlzpah OF Tono>
opah on the surface, and there is every
reason TO believe that it Will continue
down as the Mlzpah has.
The Fairview belt is rather small,
AS nearly as can be ascertained at the
preeent time IL IS only about three
quarters Of mile wide, and about two
and half and south Of this belt -
almost identical TO that in the belt, NJ
does not show the high state OF min
crallzatIon that exists In the belt. and
so far no values of any consequence