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Show SUCCESS 01 TRAIL riVMJWB Latest Nevada District Attracts 'Salt Lakers j Who Secure , Fine Claims. H LARGE ASSAYS FROM . H SURFACE CROPPINGS Fairview Promises to Become Greatest District, of State, $ When Developed. 1 i Fow Salt Lakers have gone Into the I mining camps of- Novada with more j happy results than thoso that havo fol- lowed tho efforts of William H. Clark, whov returned from Goldflcld for a short visit to his homo In thlfl city Wednesday Hj evonlng. Mr. Clark, has. succeeded In necurlng some of tho richest cream of tho mining- properties of G-oldllold, Bull-frog, Bull-frog, Manhattan and Fairview, In tho u latter camp having- associated with him jj many prominent Salt Lakers, several of H whom havo made fortunes In Nevada J slnco tho revival of tho mining- Industry. H Fairview One of Greatest. II In speaking of tho Fairview district, a region that has not been known to the world for more than two months. Mr. Clark stated Thursday that with development devel-opment Falrvlow will bocomo one of the greatest mining camps In that wonderful wonder-ful State of Nevada- Not over two months ago a friend of Mr. Clark, of Goldfleld, told him that ho was receiving some vory fine oro from a now district for assaying and advised him to send a man thero to look over the region. Prominent Salt Lakers Interested. The result was that Mr. Clark became Interested, and there Joined him in outfitting out-fitting a prospecting outtlt Messrs. W. II, Weber, John Kcrby, James Davis and J. T. Hodson. These gentlemen ' followed quickly upon the trail of this outfit, with tho result that they have twenty-seven choice claims In the Falr-vlev Falr-vlev district. While in the country recently. re-cently. W. V. Rice, who is associated with Mr. Clark In several Nevada propositions propo-sitions became so enthused over the prospects of Fairview that ho became financially interested also. Bock Has Rich Contents. Mr. Clark stotes that at a depth not to exceed twelve feet a live-foot ledgo has been encountered from which several sev-eral nssavs have resulted oa follows, to the ton: $S3S, J925. 170, $425, $78 and $32. The values are In silver mostly, with lead and gold associated with the former. for-mer. Being practically tho first people in tho district these Salt Lnkers were enabled en-abled to secure tho choice of tho ground, and all around them there hnve been salca of claims, the cash considerations involved convincing them that they havo a string of veritable bonanzas, even ' should thev not wish to develop the property. But Mr. Clark stated that they would soon begin an active campaign cam-paign of work upon tho property, and without delay develop the ground in the most thorough manner. Have Staked Much Property. Aside from being in around the very heart of Manhatton, Mr, Clark nnd associates as-sociates liavo several claims northeast of that district that have displayed all the characteristics of true producers, Thero Is a great rush into Fairview and Manhattan, Man-hattan, and it is not Improbablo thnt within the next few weeks Fairview will begin to assume all tho dignity of a prosperous mining camp. |