Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1907-08-10
The Jackpot.
GREAT ORE BODY.
Faiiview Eagles Long Search for
Ore Shoot Ended.

r"trNiSN Long ocdICh ioT
Ore Shoot Ended.
1t is now almost a year since the
great strike on the Boulder No. 8
claim that resulted in the Inaugural
ton of an elaborate and thorough
campaign by the Fairview Eagle COM
pany to open up the great ore shoot
there; not for one day has the work
ceased, and no expense has been
spared in providing necessary ma
chinery and material for the work
undertaken; that ordinarily ii takes
time to make a mine this property is
a splendid illustration. Countless
obstacles have been overcome, and
are yet to be overcome, but still the
work continues along the lines map
ped out. Now, it seems that just as
the obstacles are becoming the great
est the best results are being OBJ
tanned; in fact the results recently
obtained indicate that the long search
for the ore shoot is at an end.
The main workings of the Fairview
Eagle have equipment that has great
ly facilitated the progress there. The
first hoist in the district was placed
on this incline shaft before t reached
the 75-foot level. At that level an
enormous lead siXty-hve feet between
walls was developed. Extensive
drifts have been run in every direc-
ton. and from start rich sulphides
have been frequently encountered in
this lead, but only in spots; at the
200-foot level the same plan of work
has been adopted, with the same re-
suits; assays have invariably been
high. and occasionally the ore APP
peared in sufficient quantities to be
saved and sacked for shipment, but
the big pay streak evidenced by the
intermittent values has eluded the
management.
For several weeks the lower level
of the mine has been flooded with
water which appeared simultaneously
with the richest sulphide values; it
has been necessary to hoist from
5000 to 10000 gallons of water every
t~wenty-four hours, and the capacity
of the hoist has been taxed to a de-
gree that will permit of no mucking;
consequently very little progress has
been made lately. But sufficient has
been done to bring reward for the
years work, and open up an ore
shoot of dimensions exceeding the
most sanguine expectations, and with
values good enough for the picture
frames.
In the main drift at the 200 level,
the general trend OF which is north
east, an ore shoot forty inches in
thickness has been cut, and by invita-
ton of Manager J. w. Morris, the
Fairview News reporter inspected the
new discovery. Wading through
Sluou anu hdltls SilLuc anu muu, we
worked our way. on hands and knees,
up into the opening where there was
rich sulphide ores under our feet, ore
overhead, ore to the right, ore to the
left and in front of us, and there
toasted Il eyes on a picture en-
trancing. unmindful that the water
poured over u backs and trickled
down the spinal column into our
boots. For a trip such as this, IL
is repaid by a single glance at the
ore shoot. Three and one-half feet
thick, a vein of sulphides in a lime
spar foramtion, and with values bet
ter than $3.50 for the entire body;
a series of assays taken by the man
agement range from 500 to $500,
but to an experienced mining man
like James r. Davis, w. II. Weber,
Roger Knox. and many others. who