The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-06-28
MAZUMA HILLS GREATEST IN
SEVEN TROUGHS DISTRICT

Very little has ever been said in
print of the Mazuma Hills, one of the
greatest, II not the greatest mine now
known in the Seven Troughs mining
district. 1t has been regarded from
the first as a very valuable property
and early fell into the hands of men
who possessed sufficient means to de-
velop Il. However closely may the
stock of the company may he held,
the public always takes an interest
| in knowing the prospect and condi-
tion of mine, especially when towns
are builded upon the faith that peo-
lple entertain IN the riches of the sur
rounding region. That the Mazuma
Hills VIII pour out steady stream of
gold that wifi be d1sDursed foS wages,
mine supplies and owners profits for
many years to come is now as certain
as anything can be, unless it IS the
facts that are recorded in the past
and set down as matter of history.
Much of the history of the Mazupna
Hills. however, will he written iH|the
future.
The workings of the Maznma Hills
Mining company consist of two tun-
nels, both drifting on the ledge. Tun-
mel No. was started well up on the
| hillside. 1t is ESQ feet long and
opens the ledge to depth of LAB
feet. Tunnel No, is one hundred
feet lower than the first tunnel, about
$50 feet long and the depth attained
on the ledge Is corresDondingly lower
In both these tunnels the ledge is
strong. regular and well-defined. In
line lower tunnel the ledge is three
| feet wide, eighteen inches of which
carries shipping values. The rock
carrying the highest values is quartz,
shading off from porphyry. Some
of the rock is sprinkled with coarse
gold as large as No. s shot, while
| other rock that is very rich, shows
numberless particles of free gold that
| can fusr be diseerned with the naked
eye. The company at present are
not contemplating establishing mill
! ing facilities at or near the mine,
| but will send much ore to the smell
ters AT the present time there are
many tons of ore sacked, which was
taken out IN running the tunnels. No
stopping has been done. The stock
of the Mazuma Hills has been listed,
but there has been but little trading
in it, as those who have held il are
quite satisfied to retain it. Among
those who have large interests in the
Mazuma Hills company are w. H.
Moffat, II, G, Humphrey, John Har-
nan. Joseph and William G. Savage.
The Mazuma Hills property en-
braces the claim on which the first
discovery of gold was made in the
Seven Troughs district. w. A.
Stauts, who was born in Empire City,
Nevada, started out from Lovelock
prospecting. In the afternoon he
found himself down in the fiat below
the Seven Troughs canyon. He might
might have camped at any one of the
several other springs about equally
distant from where he was, but he
chose Seven Troughs. In the morn
ing he idly gathered up pan of dirt
from little streak in the hillside and
panned it, not attaching any i'm
portanee to it at the time. When the
dirt was panned down, Stauts saw
colors of gold enough to make him
rub his eyes. His prospect trip ended
successfully on his second day out
and his discovery quickly achieved
for him a lifelong competency. And
the discovery was more accidental
| than entional.-Mazuma Herald.