Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-02-25
Several New Strikes Reported
From Seven Troughs During
The Past Week.
TOWN OF VERNON BOOMING.
salt Laker Putting up Hotel Build
ing--Citizcns OF Camp Organize
Mater Company.

Special Correspondence,
Vernon. Humboldt Co. New, Feb -.
The richest strike in the Seven
Troughs district since the Lookout
strike of several weeks ago startled
the town of Vernon yesterday 1t com
sisted in the opening up OF a silver and
gold stringer on ground adjoining the
town on the north by ], II. Andrtegg,
Here on the Desert View claim a vein
Was exposed carrying high values.
Almost Simultaneously with the Des-
ert View strike, an important strike
was made ON ground belonging to II.
W. Knickerbocker adjoining the Desert
View. Here on fraction touched by
several OF the big properties. MIR.
knlckerbooker has opened up a fine
vein In contact formation, from
which he has obtained Very satisfactory
assays
Dawson 4 Tessla, who own ground
adjoining the Lookout on The west In
seven Troughs canyon. report strike
which will lead Immediately To the de-
velopment of the property, Mr.. Tessla
took samples from this ground that
showed assays running up to $50 per
ton.
The lowest dept In the vertical shaft
a L the Seven Troughs mine several days
ago revealed conditions amounting to
Il strike. Here at the 120-foOt level the
ores suddenly turned almost black witli
iron suphideS and the gold inpregna-
tion assumed a uniformity never known
IN the mine before. A general assay
OF the whole shaft bottom showed an
average value OF $500 per ton About
the same time three sacks of specimen
ore were hoisted to the surface repre-
senting hundreds of dollars value In
free gold, Since then a. platform has
been put In the shaft at q. higher level
from which drifting operations are pro-
ceeding
Increased mining activity has stlm-
ulpted the growth of the towns of
Seven Troughs and Vernon wonderful
ly during the past two weeks Seven
Thoughts, the tent town in Seven
Thoughts canyon. viii soon have sew
eral lumber buildings Among them
win be a hotel now In process or cree
ton by Culbert L. Olson of Salt
Lake city and associates. Twenty-Five
thousand feet OF lumber for this build
Ing is now ON the grounds. Seven
Troughs has doubled in population
within two weeks as a. result of the
recent influx OF visitors and the spread
Oh HllilllB operations
Vernon is growing with equal rapid
ity. The rush of incomers has SO in
creased OF late 1t could not be accom-
modated with the stage facilities at
hand and an automobile service from
LOvelock has been established. One
machine makes return trip daily Sew
eral autos will be on the route within
a week or two. The building boom has
commenced in Vernon, and the citizens
have responded to the enlarged needs
of the town blythe establishment OF n
water company, including the leading
business people. The work of enlarg-
Ing the flow OF water In the granite
hills mile and half west of YER
non has been placed In the hands of Mr.
Mcneil. and a crosscut and a reservoir
viii be constructed at this point ana
pipe laying will commence on time, 1t
is asserted, TO get an ample flow Of wa
ter into Vernon within fifty days.