Fairview group, Panamint [new] (Shadow Mountain), Panamint Mining District (Ballarat Mining District), Panamint Mts (Panamint Range), Inyo County, California, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Fairview group | - not defined - |
| Panamint [new] (Shadow Mountain) | - not defined - |
| Panamint Mining District (Ballarat Mining District) | Mining District |
| Panamint Mts (Panamint Range) | Mountain Range |
| Inyo County | County |
| California | State |
| USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
36° North , 117° West (est.)
Estimate based on other nearby localities or region boundaries.
Margin of Error:
~1km
Köppen climate type:
Mindat Locality ID:
258607
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:258607:9
GUID (UUID V4):
b160d589-d43a-4ff2-b398-013230d9507c
In the summer of 1907 Clarence E. Eddy, "The Poet-Prospector" who had been doing some work in the Panamints in Johnson Canyon, led a party of newspaper men into the area to view his Fairview Group of fourteen free-milling gold, silver, and copper claims, whose ore was assaying from $28 to $31 per ton. He and the Salt Lake City newspaper men who had grubstaked him, headed by Frank I. Sefrit, manager of the Salt Lake Tribune had also secured the water rights to an adjacent stream and spring. Eddy, as the initial discoverer in the area, was completely optimistic about the whole situation, though he was not above acknowledging that sometimes these strikes did not pan out:
I am not certain that I have made a rich discovery--there is often a slip between the cup and the lip--but the prospects look better than anything I have ever yet found . . . . If there is any depth in the discoveries, and every indication is favorable, we have another Greenwater and Skidoo camp over there in the Panamints.
The discovery was said to be located on the opposite side of the mountain from old Panamint at an altitude of 5,000 feet below the east slope of Telescope Peak, and could be reached by wagon road from Rhyolite via Lee or Daylight Springs to Bennetts Well and then by trail up Johnson Canyon for about fifteen miles. This latter part of the route could best be negotiated on horseback, and with more difficulty by wagons. It was encouragingly reported that the country had plenty of water and fuel, with good grazing land available for pack horses and mules; it did not appear to have been worked earlier by whites. In contemplating formation of a new townsite in the area, the name "Shadow Mountain" was decided on, because of a dark area on Telescope Peak's east slope visible in the distance. The claims already located reflected the strong influence of newspaper men in the initial discoveries: Lead, Add, Pick-up, Freak, Thirty, Composing Stick, Linotype, Galley, Proof, Imposing Stone, Chase, Shooting Stick, Mallet, Devil, Press, Bullfrog Miner, and Rhyolite Herald.
Also in this month (July, 1907) a newspaper syndicate purchased the Fairview Group of eight claims, originally discovered by Eddy, but evidently now owned by a Mrs. Nellie Currier and Edward G. Gould, for $10,000 in cash and stock. This was in addition to thirty-seven other claims and water rights purchased for the group by Eddy. (Greene, Linda I. (1981): III.A.14.d)
NOTE: The description of the location provided by Greene (1981) places this group of claims in the headwaters area of the South Fork Hanaupah Canyon, N of the North Fork Johnson Canyon.
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Localities in this Region
- California
- Inyo County
- Panamint Mts (Panamint Range)
- Panamint Mining District (Ballarat Mining District)
- Panamint [new] (Shadow Mountain)
- Panamint Mining District (Ballarat Mining District)
- Panamint Mts (Panamint Range)
- Inyo County
- California
- Inyo County
- Panamint Mts (Panamint Range)
- Panamint Mining District (Ballarat Mining District)
- Panamint [new] (Shadow Mountain)
- Panamint Mining District (Ballarat Mining District)
- Panamint Mts (Panamint Range)
- Inyo County
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