The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-07-26
JARVIS LEASE IS NO
LONGER A PROSPECT

With less than six weeks work
the management of the Jarvis lease
has developed mine; there is no
longer any doubt about this propo-
sition, says the Fairview News. The
conviction has been strong for more
than a month that the surface strike
told the story of a big pay-shoot, as
evidenced by the absorption of 3d.
900 shares of stock locally, and the
strong bidding at the advanced price
of rs cents per share. No outside
capital has been invited into this
venture, for the reason that per-
sonal inspection of the strike by To-
cal people has resulted in a demand
for the shares equal to every require
ment of the work undertaken; and
at this time, with the miners am
ployed in the shaft bidding more
than twice the flotation price for the
shares, it looks as though great
mine that is owned entirely by local
interests will be added to the three
shippers already on record in this
camp.
1t sounds big to say that the Jar
Wis lease is ready to ship. but new
ertheless the statement is true, and
is borne out by the actual condition
at the works. For more than week
the ore taken from the shaft has
been of shipping quality, and with
only the width of the working way
to save, several tons have been sort
ed and sampled to the entire salts
faction of the owners; it runs $3.50
per ton and better. An average or
four assays have been made each day
and the samplings across the bottom
of the shaft average shipping values,
so that with very little sorting a
high-grade shipping quality goes in
to the ore dump To sample the
vein of several feet in width day
after day, with no less than four as
SAYS each, and maintain an average
of high-grade is a record sufficient
for the most exacting. But it is not
this alone that establishes the pay
shoot. The manner in which the ore
has been followed is a stronger indi-
cation. The strike was made at the
apex of the bold cropping, and for
more than sixty feet the streak of
pay ore has been followed without
failure; from width of a few inches
the streak has widened until now
it practically fills the shaft; from
start to finish the assays have been
remarkable, running from $50 to
$500. Considering that the daily
samplings have been from ore in
place the conclusion that perma-
nent ore body Is being tracked is
justified.
In addition to these facts, there is
the further indication of the gradual
appearance of the sulphides; the sill
yer values have gradually increased
until at this time the ore extracted
is the characteristic high-grade OF
the proven mines of the camp.
The shaft on this strike is follow
ing a dip of about 25 degrees; the
wall Is perfectly formed. The
amount of vein matter between the
shaft and the hanging wall is not
vet known and will not be until a
| crosscut Is made, which will be with
in short time now. Manager c. K.
Jarvis Is of the opinion that there is
fully twelve feet of vein matter, but
is satisfied to follow the ore body
to greater depth before cutting
through to the hanging.
i The Jarvis lease will unquestion-
ably ship ore, and there is very little
doubt that another great mine is on
/ tap at this property. The develop
ments will be more rapid from now
on, and the most signal discoveries
since the opening of the Nevada Hills
vein are being watched with intense
interest.
A mine at this point will turn the
people of this district, now lease
wild, into maniacs on the same sub
loot