The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1908-04-02
LEASERS AT
WORK ON
SILK HAT
Sacking High Grade on Fair.
view-Mizpah's Ramsey
Holdings.
Wonderfully Rich Veins Car
rying Wire Gold Are
Uncovered.

In the mining game nothing causes
strikes like strikes Since rich ore was
struck on the Hawks Nest claim, about
two weeks ago, ground in the immediate
vicinity, particularly on the trend OF
the rich veins, has been tramped over
and sampled for the same kind OF ore
The Silk Hat claim, because it joins the
Hawks Nest on the northwest with end
lines few feet away from the original
strike, has probably been the scene ol
more prospecting than any other acre
age in the vicinity. The same veins
were readily picked up on the silk Hat
and with very little work it has beeI,
possible to secure quartz from which
sensational paintings are made.
The Silk Hat group is owned by the
Fairview Mizpah Mining Company and
consists OF two claims and fraction, ia
all about 90 acres OF ground. This com
pany also owns groups in fairview,
known as tue tairyiew. Mlzpah IL
Wonder and In GreeDsprlngs. The
GdlffieN -shiSPah kouP 10 1ohoihtiSn
one OF the best holdings in that well.
known district aud under development
has made wonderful showing In the
beginning there were TWO inGor poratlons,
one in taifyiew and the other here,
each capitalized ior 81 ,005,00O. subse-
quently the company has reduced the
capitalization to 81 ~ ,00O and have in.
c.uded their holdings IA all four dis
tricts, surely an aggregation OF mining
claims that should prove remuneratlye
to the shareholders.
In this district the company's ground
Is located on the summit and north
slope OF Comstock mountain. No great
er ledge systems exist here than trends
across the big yellow hill. On the Silk
Hat the central portion OF the strong
quartz hssure occurs, and as stated
above the wonderfully rich veins carry
ing wire gold are uncovered. A shorl
distance westward the strongest quartz
dixie OF the district outcrops lor many
hundred feet. This is AN ore body ol
true quartz over 80 feet wide. 1t is in
deed remarkable that any piece OF ore
broken from the outcropping will pan
free gold, showing that the eutlre ledge
from wall to wall is perneated with
values, constituting an almost inc xhausl-
ible quantity OF ore
As tunnel site the location is ideal,
A tunnel might be driven on the course
of the ledge or across it, from the ad-
Joining sunbunnet claim, which, at II
distance OF 300 feet, would give AT least
800 feet oil Stopping ground, aud not only
crosscut the nam quar,z tissure, but
several other parallel ledges, including
the highgradc veins trending over
from the Hawks Nest claim.
The Fairvlew Mizpah Co., through it.
president, ID. J. Kennedy ol fallon. has
decided to let leases on the silk Hat
group. l. asers here were not slow t.
take advantage of the offer and within
twenty-lour hours OF the announcement
four different applications were n fiji
for blocks OF the ground. Work has al
ready commenced near the summit Ul
the hill, adjoining the Hawk Nesl
claim, and high grade ore is being saeked
by the operators. II is a certainty thai
the Silk Hat claim will gctu lively over
hauling from now on, with everything
favorable for big shipments ol high
grade ore. Ramsey Recorder.