The Fallon standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1920-1958, 1921-02-16
Rich Area at
Broken Hills
Broken Hills Visited by Standard
Representative Who In
spects Mines

accorded to the Broken Hills sixty
miles southeast of Fallon. The re-
cent sensational fluctuations of the
stock of the Broken Hills company
on the San Francisco board have
served to aecentuate this interest
until the most insistent question of
those who follow the mining game
has to do with the actual discoveries
and developments in Nevada's new
est mining camp.
II was to attempt to reconcile the
many conflicting reports that have
emanated from the camp that a trip
was undertaken by Standard rep
resentative last Sunday to obtain
first hand information to be passed
on to our readers and upon which
might be based a reasonable prophe-
cy for the future.
Many of the people of this sec
tion are familiar with the earlier
history of the district and the fact
that the original discoverers, STRAIT
ford & Arthur took out in the
nelghborhood of 100000 from just
beneath the grass roots on the
claims which they later disposed of
to the Broken Hills Silver Corpora
tion and which claims now form the
center of an activity that comprises
a dozen or more claims that have
a showing equally as good as that
which attracted the pioneers of the
district.
At the present time the Broken
Hills company is sacking $3.50 ore
from an open cut less than a hun
dred yards from the original discov-
cry and within as many feet of the
main working shaft. From this new
discovery samples have been taken
that assayed as high as $3.50, but IL
is perhaps one of the obstacles to
a more widespread knowledge of
the camp that there is lack of what
is commonly called picture rock"
to stir the imagination and cause
that feyerish excitement that results
in mining rush. Not that there is
lack of high assays, but much of
the ore is of the kind that gives no
oeeular evidences of its richness. To
the practical miner. who is more in
terested in permanence than in phe-
nomenal values, this is no handicap.
The deepest workings of the camp,
naturally. are on the properties of
the Broken Hills Silver Corporation,
where a depth of 250 feet has been
reached in one shaft. but very little
drifting or erosscutting has been
done as yet. The major portion of
the exploratory work has been con-
fined to trenehing upon the surface,
and this work has disclosed such
valuable and interesting information
on the geology of the country as to
render the intelligent development
OF the claims a matter of engineer
ing certainty.
Perhaps in no district in the state
can there be shown evidences of a
greater naturalization nor a more
prodigal display of mineralized
dykes. The result is a veritable net
work of veins which are at once the
despair of the novice to comprehend
and the delight of the engineer to
unravel.
II can be stated without fear of
successful contradiction that Broken
Hills has all the earmarks OF a per-
manent camp and that recent devel-
opments and discoveries have estab-
lished that 1t is more than one
mine camp. The general barrenness
of the country, the lack of water
and the difficulty of transporting
supplies over the long desert reach
es OF almost impossible roads may
serve to act as temporary deterrents
to rapid development unless some
phenomenally rich discoveries. so
far lacking, are made. But the
faith and enthusiasm of the camps
entire population will go far toward
nullifying even these handicaps. In
deed the unfaltering faith of those
most vitality interested is best evi-
denced by the enthusiastic manner
In which they are proving their
faith by their works in going after
the pay dirt without asking others
to develop their claims for them.
Space will not permit at this time
review of all the work now In
progress in the district, but among
those who are actively engaged in
prospecting and development work
may be mentioned the Brohileo Sill
yer corporation, which has four sep
arate groups advantageously locat-
ed In various parts of the district
ad have force of men working on
gold lead on the Silver Leaf claims
The vein shows evidence or widen
Ing and the recent entry of addi-
tional stringers of quartz are an en-
eouraging feature in recent develop
ment
The o'Connor group, adjoining
the holdings of the Broken Hills
company to the east, is down over a
hundred feet, following strong
lead that is widening and increasing
in values as depth is attained Leas-
ers are starting TO drift each way
on the vein at this depth and some
startling developments may be
looked for at any time from this
property.
Fife & Bills, on the Southwestern
group, are down about thirty-five
feet and have just encountered a
vein of blue tale that Is heavily i'm
pregnated with silver. They expect
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