The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-01-05
ARE OTHERS, BUT
NONE LIKE THIS ONE

We have heard so much Of the several
sensational mines In Nevada that are
constantly before the public. and we
witness such enthusiasm about the Mo-
hawk. Jack Pot. Combination Fraction
and one or two others, that we are con-
strained to marvel why the same en-
thusiasm is not e~ngendered when the
facts are published concerning a really
great mine. Combination Fraction is
great, Jack Pot is greater and Mohawk
is the climax of all. IL we are TO be
guided by public opinion: yet the News
Is willing to declare that Fairview has
a mine that is destined to bring about
a total eclipse in the mining world, and
the glory of the Mohawk star and it's
satellites is doomed to fade away before
the greater brilliancy of Nevada Hills;
before another Christmas shall be cele-
brated Fairview's first born shall be
crowned king. and he who would seek
to revive the glory Of the Mohawk must
look into the ~shadows of the past to be-
hold its light. like the stronom who
~retires to the bottom Of the well at high
noon in order hat he may behold the
stars that are eclipsed by the brightness
Of the SUM-.
The newspapers are filled with re-
ports about mines that are going to
ship $500 0 cars of ore; Nevada Hills
has shipped her $4,000 car. 1t has
reached the smelter long ago., and the
returns have been converted into divi-
dends that have reached the Christmas
stockings of the stockholders. While
We have shown the Missourians, we can
go further and say that at the mines
are several thousand sacks of ore that
make one dizzy to co template their
value. One carload Is ready for ship
ment that will run more than $50, 900
gross. This can be said without fear of
contradiction. because the smelter
record of Fairview backs us up in u
statements. What we have done we can
do again.
There has been considerable noise
made about a mine that has produced
$500 for every foot OF the shaft that is
being sunk on the property. Why, my
dear sir. Retire to the extreme rear
and assume a reclining position, in
order that you may stand the shock of
what we shall state here as a fact: In
the winze now being sunk in tunnel No.
2 Of Nevada Hills $1,000 worth II ore
has been sacked for every foos Of depth.
This IL history in Fairview. as we'll as
a fact of the present. for they are still
sackins the same values.
NEW WORK xo1 IDA u.
With the Inauguration OF underground
work on the Ida Mines company estate
30 -llsfono1 k~---x r. 1880 = 80
promising prospect. Those who have
familiarized themselves with the gen.
eral surface Indications of the district
nave long desired to see the man with
the pick and shovel going in under the
great hog-back that Is commonly be-
lieved to be the extension Of the Nevada
Hills vein on the west, and which may
also contain rich intersecting veins at
depth. This was one Of the first prop
critics of the district to change hands,
and it has been watched with eager in
terest almost from the inception Of the
camp.
Three shifts Of miners are driving on
a tunnel that has been started on Ida
M. No. 4, running in a southwesterly d.
r~ection; 1t has for it's objective point
the intersection of the main ledge with
another, almost at right angles, which
crosses the gulch from the Orc Plata
ground. The unnel site has been care
fully chosen, and it's course has beer
surveyed. showing hat it will cut the
lodges at a distance of 325 feet from
the portal, at a perpendicular depth OF
254 feet. 1t is a working tunnel, and is
being carried IN feet by 5 feet, in the
clear. Every p%recaution is being taken
to make the tunne practically perfect,
with regard to air, and for general con-
venience in running any number OF
drifts that may be necessary.
On Ida M. No. s there is a promising
northwesterly and southeasterly vein
that has yielded some values, with but
a small cut, and 1t is the intention of
Superintendent Raymond Brooks to sink