The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-02-18
SEVEN TROUGHS
HAS RICH STUFF
New Camp Is Coming to the
Front With Its High
Grade Ore.
STORY OF ITS DISCOVERY
SALT LAKE MINING TALENT is
WELL REPRESENTED

One OF the mining districts of Nevada
which is attracting considerable atten-
tior at this time is the Seven Troughs,
in Humboldt county. A year old, it
has established a record for high grade
ore which places it in the front ranks
of the Nevada producing sections. Like
most of the famous mining districts OF
this and other states, its discovery was
not due to scientific effort or well laid
pIan: IL was stumbled upon so to speak
by Bill Stouts. one of the great army OF
prospeetors which for years past has
ihronged Nevada from end to end.
Stouts. about two years ago. wan
dered into Lovelock broke. All he had
was his experience, and without as
sistance that was of no volue. He man
aged to interest Joe Therein, the Love
lock blacksmith. Therein provided a
Crubstake and Stouts started out once
more TO try his fortunes in the track
less desert. He chose "A district III the
Stonehouse range of mountains. about
twenty-five miles west of Lovelock- lie
canned i'm the Seven Troughs canyon,
SO called on account of the seven water
ing troughs which had been placed al
that point years before for watering
cattle. and within ten feet of trough
four he found indications which Gull
minated in the discovery of a porphyry
contact showing a rich streak or color.
Stoufs did not realize how rlch ne had
struck It, He started back to Love-
lock with a number Of samples of oree.
ciated quartz and porphyry, assays OF
which showed values running as hlgh
as $i.45G in gold.
Substantial Discoveries.
The assay returns were. of course,
kept secret. and it was not until a num-
bor Of claims were carefully selected
and fled on by Stouts and Therien that
the news OF the rich discoveries was al
lowed to leak out. This group IS now
known as the Seven TrOughs Therten
Mining company, and besides the MN
eral claims. its holdings comprise val
liable water rights.
Milling Ore Favored.
Eighteen months later substantial
discoveries of milling ore were made III
the vicinity, and a little later the Fair
view claim was found near the new
toWnsite of Vernon. and later became
the property of Messrs. holbrook,
Knight and Friedman. Three months
ago the discovery of eighteen inches Of
soc ore on the Ivor group drew the al
tention of mining men all through this
state and Nevada. Then followed IN
rand succession the discoveries on the
Moler the Fine Gold. the Lloyd-knick-
erbocker and the Williams properties,
hut the latest I'D greatest of all was on
the Hin Howard property, adjoining
the Seven T~oughs TheTien and the Fine
Gold properties. On this property Two
and a half feet of ore was encountered,
ASSAYS of which showed average values
in gold and silver of Sl,765.
Soaking High Grade.
Al the present time there are sew
eral groups now engaged in sacking
high-grade ore. and within very short
time shipments are expected to be
made from the Seven Troughs Kinder
parten and others. The new town OF
Vernon has a population of about 900.
and If is expected that this will be 5000
as soon as the spring opens up and the
rush for the new diggings sets IN. y
new town. to be called Seven TrOughs,
Was opened up for leasing few days
ago. where water is plentiful and every
facility for mining on large scale Is
a. hand.
salt lake mining talent is well rep
resented in the Seven TTOughs district,
and in no section of the state has bet
Ter success been met with than there
The Rosebud district, where the Law
renee brothers. c. d. Rooklidge and
other well known salt Lakers have done
81 well. is located just a few miles to
the north. and those familiar with the
4opcRraphv of the country are OF the
opiniop that the entire section lying
between the two points Will be found
10 ne heavily mineralized- The seven
Troughs Therein company Is now tax
ing steps toward the erection or mlh'
which. from all indications. will be one
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