The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-05-10
NEVADA HILLS
TONNAGE Of ORE
No Estimates Possible in New
Vein Owing TO Lack of
Work.
FAULT ZONE NOW
BEING DEVELOPED
Older Resources Measure Very
Close TO Million Dollars
in Value.

bOplcS ol lHe annual report or IDe M
yada Hills company have been received.
and more comprehensive Idea can he
drawn OF the ore reserves than from
the brief teecraphic review of the re-
port handled on these pages last sun
day. General Manager William II. Web
Der enters into the physical conditions OF
the property in a very thorough manner.
although hardly sufficient work had been
accomplished prior to the preparation OF
the report on the new ore beyond the
fault 10 permit the ores to be measured.
Manager Wehber shows that prior TO
1910 prospect work had been confined
which fault had cut off the veins com
pleIcly and at right angles to the vein
trend The outlook. therefore, he states.
was rather discoureeing until the con
Cnuatlon Of the veins had been shown
by underground effort.
The ores developed were west Of the
fault, and of which II was estimated
$50 per ton in value. 5000 tons avcraE-
Ing $50 per ton were stored In the dumps.
giving total OF 26.50o tons, the gross
the treatment OF these ores that The mill
was determined on.
Details are reviewed Of The acdus-
ton Of the Fairview Eagle mine, In which
were 1900 tons of $50 ore. The report
then continues as follows:
Eagle Vein Opened.
"The Eagle ore body was proven for
a distance OF lBl feet on the 306-toot
level: raise was made TO show Its
eont!nmauance na with the ore exposed on
run to show Its width, The vein aver
ages eleven feet in width with s24 per
ton values. and considerable tonnage
was added 10 the Eagle ore reserves.
Also, at this, the deepest point attained
in the mine. the vein shows Itself to be
less broken. and is more permanent in
appearance. being wider and richer than
holds out excellent promise OF responding
In substantial manner TO future de-
velopment The equipment was made
quate to handle the flow OF water which
he'd developed. or to attain any greater
depth, hence work was stopped tenn
Dorarilv,
Very little work has been done west
sink the shaft los feet deeper and 10 run
drifts 10 the fault on levels and s,
Level will not be advanced TO the ore
zone until proper pumping facilities are
provided. as a heavy flow OF water prob
ably will be encountered when the fault
Is GrSssed and the vein vein ,.;Is OPENED ed on
vade Hills shaft with the Webber shaft
Is nearly completed.
"It was decided that the big fault
was normal one with nearly vertical
movement This was shown by tho
situations and broken ore left behind In
the fault when the vein was displaced.
showing very. small, much worn and
rounded boulders on level Q6O feet
deep) where the vein was lost
Exploring Fault Zone.
"As depth was gained this drag ore
gradually increased in size and rough
ness. showing the source was being ap-
preached from which the ore was broken
and dragged. until at level I (466 feet
deep), 30o feet deeper than level 2, seq
ments OF the vein were found, about
May 1. 1910, lying on the hanging wall OF
new ore zone being opened up, and which
ore zone corresponds TO the displaced
vein This ore body has been drifted
on for a disance OF 25O feet on the
seventh level and the ore taken out in
the ton for 200 feet of this distance, and
in places averaging over 5000 for width
of five feet. which is the size OF the
drift.
''The last fifty feet however. has been
of lower grade. averaging about $50 TO
the ton. Necessarily progress has been
slow in developing this new zone, as
the fissure contains much water and at
times has flooded the lower level. the
present pumping capacity being limited
to forty-fiv gallons per minute lifted
foot) level and driven by air generated
by a 50-horsepow gasoline engine. The
vein has been crosscut every fifty feet
and shows an average width OF ten feet,
assaying about $50 TO the ton for 200
feet"
The report then states that no attempt
has been made to estimate the ore in
sight in this new body. or in any body
below the third level. on account of the
work opening The ore on one side only.
being added will cost approximately
e210 000