The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1908-04-09
TWO STRIKES
ON NEVADA
HILLS MINE
Nevada Crown Company Is
Pushing Work on Gold
Crown Group
Two Leasers Are Now at Work
on Dromedary Hnmp
Ground


attention of the mining world is turned
toward Rawbide at the present time,
tsIrsiew 10 dong her share towaru
bringing Nevada to the front. The Ne.
yada HILLS ID still making strikes. IL Ii
reported that n strike vi high values has
ueen made ON the fault where the Knox
Leasing people lost the ore last septem'
Der and that the ore is sulphite IN char
arler, carrying high values. 1t is alst
reported that another strike has been
mazda upon the same property IN driiI
off the Workings la the No. B tunnel.
Both oi these strikes are on the i5U
foot level and oi sulphlde ore, which
shows quite conclusivly that the ore
body of this property Is permanent.
Ihis estate Is making regular shipments
and II is very proDaDle that the las,
dividend has been passed aud II ID pos
sible that future dividends will bc larger
.ilan those oi tue past.
Ihe Mzpsh ground Is showing up
we'll. " lien Messrs. JARVIS anu Peafce
visited the property few days ago
liIey found the workings IN the tuune.
we're IN tne same character ot rock
which formed tile wall vi the shalt anu
Mr.. Pearce said that he expected tnal
lie vein would be struck WITHIN a very
rev days.
lhe Terka fairview estate, which
nas good shUwings on the lOu-loo,
,evel, has closed down iUr the time be-
my aud the manager is leaving lor the
East wIthin day or two " arrange loI
All Increase oi tile treasury vi tile com
.any, aud On his return Will sluk ~ tn,
oUJ-loo level at least and WITH the slioa
,ugs from the surface ~ Tie present
svrhings II Is anticipated by all wnu
nave examined tins property that a rici,
ore body VIII be opened up al depth.
Encouraged by the showlngs On til.
ferka ground, Mr.. James Coiiins, OWL
er vi the adjacent ciaIuIs, has begun
work on two prospect shafts anu ex
poets 10 open up body vi ore within n
short time.
The Nevada Crown company is push
my the work Oh the Gold Crown group
and will mine tile property IN such u
way AS TO show up ali that Is IN Tia.
ground. THIS company has good SUI
iace showings whl,n are improving With
depth and AS soon AS their hoist lie III
position they Will begin sinking to lh.
lower levels rapidly.
The two leasing companies on til.
uronledary Hump ground are working
steadily ami have good showlngs III tleii
shafts. liz Is ruulvied that within n
short time tie Dromedary Hump com.
pany Will resume work, aud as th. TIT,
10 their property has been cleared VI
tnis Is very probable. The surlac,
showings ON this estate are OF bigl
grade character and all of the working,
made so lar have shown that the value,
are not lost with depth.
lhe Fairvlew Eagle and Nevada Hill
Extension are progressing rapidly viii
,heir development work and both o
these properties will undoubtedly opel
up large ore bodies in the near future.
1t has been said that fairview wa
not lively camp because of the fac
that it had no milling ore. This ha
been disproven and those men who hav
prospected the country closely say tina
there are thousands of tons of ore in plac
that will average $40 per ton and a
soon as "A mill is in operation in thi
camp many properties now idle will b
opened up and worked to advantag,
The Nevada Hills company has thou
sonds vi tons of ore ON their dump
which will run $40 or better aud the
low grade dump has shown averag
values of $2O. 1t is said that it is ii,
intention of this company to erect
large mill on the ground to work tbei
own ore and also take care OF the custoi
work OF the district. Fairview distri,
is one of the largest in the State
reaches from Chalk Mountain on til
north to the county line on the south,
distance of eighteen miles, has widt
OF twelve miles and ore OF millin
character can be found at almost an
point within the boundaries of the din
trict. This orc is of u sort that doe
not lose largely in milling. rs has bee
proven by repeated tests, over 70 pc
cent Of the metal being recovered. A
soon rs a mill is placed in operation i
this camp it will mean that this will be
come one of the greatest leasing camp
in Nevada. as IL will give men Of sn'al
means an opportunity to take up lease
and work them to II profit, even though
the ore may not be Of high value. Tn
Navada Hills have already shipped