Directions: 39 miles east of Fallon on HIghway 50- turn right (south) at historical marker travel about 2.6 miles. WARNING- BORDERS NAVY BOMBING RANGE. Nevada Hills is 1.9 mi. SE on the road to the mines.

From Fallon: 41.6 miles

What Was

Fairview was an oddity in that it never had a water supply (other than water delivered in barrels) and it was located quite a distance from the mines- about two miles. Many miners consequently pitched tents close to where they worked. Talk of stages, electric trolleys, and other transport grew but people got tired of waiting and the town's size dwindled after 1907 as citizens moved to Nevada Hills.

GENERAL REPORT OF THE FAIRVIEW DISTRICT
NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY
APRIL 20th, 1906

This District is reached from Hazen on the main line of the Southern Pacific Railroad, thence southeast sixty miles by team or automobile. Fallon may be reached en route, but by passing it by the distance is shortened about six miles. Fallon is sixteen miles from Hazen. Surrounding Hazen and Fallon is a large agricultural district, watered by the Truckee-Carson Irrigation project of the Government. The town of Fairview is situated in the very low foothills, while the mines are located two and one half miles south in the higher foot hills. Fairfield is another town in the same district situated six miles east of Fairview. The mines are located in the Fairview Range, Churchill County, Nevada. The mining district is known as Fairview. Fallon is the county seat.

The elevations of the principal places are as follows:

Hazen 4009' (actual) R.R. bench mark
Fallon 3990' " U.S.G.S. bench mark
Fairview (town) 4600' aneroid
Fairview (mines) 5600' aneroid
Sand Springs Summit 4900' aneroid

Sand Springs Summit is the only summit crossed between Hazen and Fairview, and is about ten miles from the district. It is a very gradual summit, the automobiles being able to make it on high gear. A railroad line has been surveyed from Hazen to Fallon, and construction is said to have been authorized at once.

The old "Pony Express" road between Fort Churchill and Austin passed within two miles of the present town site.

GEOLOGY: [skipped]

DEVELOPMENTS:
Very little work has yet been done, and even ground recently sold or leased has only just started work. There are as yet two incorporated companies in the district, viz. The Nevada Hills Mining Company and the Fairview Eagle Mining Company. The Nevada hills Company control the Weber vein, and the Fairview-Eagle Co. the Jarvin vein. 40' was the greatest depth attained at the above date, and this was on the Fairview Eagle property owned by Wingfield and Associates. On the Nevada Hills property a shaft is being sunk and was about 5' deep on the vein. A tunnel was also being run from the south side of the hill which would tap the vein at 100' - 150' in depth. This also was just started. The other work on the property was in cuts along the vein. On the Fairview Eagle property the shaft was down 40' and still sinking. They followed down on a streak on the hanging wall, and the sheet was dipping west, also vein narrow. Leases have been let on this property. On the Ridge McLaughlin property or the Dromedary Hump vein, the development work consisted in several cuts along the vein, and a shaft just started. Harnon and Naughton have some very promising property but practically only surface work had been done, and both gentlemen were out of town, and I was unable to make an inspection of the work.

MINING FACILITIES:
Wages are $4.50 and $5.00 per eight hour day. [$12.75 2005 dollars per hour - Bob] Wood and water are scarce. Wood is brought from adjacent hills, and water is hauled nine miles and sold at $3.00 per barrel. Prices are on a par with the other new camps of Nevada.

ASSAYS: [skipped]

SUMMARY: The Weber vein seems to carry the best values,although those found in the other veins are very encouraging. The general geological conditions are, I think, very favorable. Natural conditions are not of the best, but can be improved greatly. There is a large and favorable area for prospecting and development, and on the whole I think the district a very favorable one.

Post Office: Apr 1906 - May 1919

Newspaper: Fairview Miner (weekly) 1907 Fairview News (weekly) 1906-1907

What Is

The safe is still there, of course- most of it. It's a big honker, and it now serves as a perfect shelter from the wind, which whips through because-basically- there's nothing else left. Fairview being so close to the highway, what was left after being moved to Nevada Hills has been stripped bare, . The cemetery can be found but there are only bits and pieces of what was there originally.

The "More Pictures from Fairview" link will take you to the same page at the "More pictures from Nevada Hills" page because (a) I'm lazy, and (b) sometimes I'm not exactly sure which ones belong where and (c) they are sometimes labeled "Fairview" when it's actually "Upper Fairview" and (d) I'm lazy.

UPDATE: For some reason, the Navy has fenced off this historic site. Why they can't fence off their bombing range instead is another story, but unless there is a back way into Fairview that's accessible, it's now apparently off limits. The Navy has not responded to either my emails or letters.