The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-08-12
LABOR TROUBLE
IS SETTLED
AT VERNON
DISTRICT WILL FORGE AHEAD
AND BECOME IMPORTANT IN
THE MINING WORLD.
THE MAZUMA HILLS COMPANY
Recent Strike of Considerable Im-
pOrtance Made BY One OF The
Districts Leasers.

With the labor troubles, which
caused an almost general shutdown
of the properties for the last month
at Vernon, Humboldt county, practic-
ally settled, the district is again a
center of great activity, and it is APP
parent that the country will expert
ence growth during the coming fall
months. Nearly all the mines have
resumed operations, and within the
next few weeks the number of min
ers at work will be three or four
times greater than ever before. Not
outstanding the recent cessation of
operations, the towns of the district,
namely Seven Troughs, Mamma and
Farrell, experienced no set back, and
today they are all more flourishing
and prosperous than at any time
since the came into existence
The one object which has been
somewhat of a hindrance to the
growth of Vernon-insufficien water
supplyThas been completely over
come. In the valley lying to the
east, and within two miles of the
town, great underground flow of
water has been tapped in well sunk
by Carl Bach and associates, of Ver-
non. From the bottom of 75-foot
hole they sank a pinch auger and
casing. At depth of about lao feet
the flow of water was caught, and as
greater depth was gained it improved
in volume. The owners of the well
are now sinking six-inch casing and
within short time they will be
pumping sufficient water to supply
town of at least 5000 people and
100-stamp mill.
At the Fairview mine, the proper
ty of the Seven Troughs Mining COM
pany, force of workmen are now
employed in getting things ready for
a resumption of operations on larg-
er scale than ever. A pipe line is
being laid to the mine from a spring
about an eighth of a mile distant,
where there has already been devel-
oped more than sufficient water for
the proposed 10-stamp mill, the con-
struction of which will begin immedi-
ately. Change rooms are being
built, as we'll as bathroom.
A complete electric lighting appa-
ratus is being installed, and as soon
as the wiring of the shaft and the va
rious stations is finished the work of
sinking from the present 360-foot
level to depth, ,of 500 feet will be-
gin. When this depth is attained,
cross-cutting, stopping and drifting
on the various levels will be prose-
cuted with all possible vigor. Large
and regular shipments of ore will
then be made, as the permanency of
the two big lodges, carrying high
grade shipping and milling rock, has
been proven from the surface to the
360-foot level, and indications war
rant the prediction that they will
continue to a much greater depth.
Work preliminary to the installa-
tion of 40-horse-power gasoline
hoist, to be used in sinking three
compartment shaft to depth of 400
feet, is being executed on the prop
erty of the Seven Troughs Kinder
garten Mining company. Miners are
also again in their places in the main
shaft, drifts and wines of the mine.
At the present the deepest working
in this property is the main shaft,
which is down about 100 feet on an
18-inch stringer of high-grade ore
in the big ledge, the permanency of
which is shown for the entire depth
of the shaft.
Up to this time the development
work on the property of the Seven
Troughs Therein company has been
confined to the operations of about
dozen sets of leasers, some of
whom have at present excellent show
ings, but in the future. the company,
which recently passed into the hands
of L. A. Friedman, the biggest oper-
ator in the district, and associates,
will take a big hand in the opening
up of the ground. The company will
begin operations in the immediate
future, and a shaft will be sunk to
great depth. At present preliminary
arrangements are being made for the
erection of a ten-stamp mill on the
ground.
A strike of considerable import
ance was recently made on the lease
owned by Lotus and Davis, the Gold
field operators, on the Therein
ground. The tunnel on the lease,
which is now in about $50 feet, has
cut through a ledge, measuring about
12O feet in width, that gives average
milling values of 81 to SIS ton.
Several stringers, giving shipping
values around $50 ton, show up in
the big ledge.
The Mazuma Hills Mining COM
pany has become a shipper. Within
twenty-five tons of high-grade ore
was sent to the Salt Lake shelters.
1t is stated that the ore will run sew
eral hundred dollars ton. 1t was
extracted in driving the two tunnels
by which the property is being de-
veloped.
Operations have again been started
on the property of the Seven Troughs
Buckhorn company, adjoining the
town of Vernon on the north. A fif-
teen-horse power gasoline hoist is be-
ing put in place at the vertical shaft,
which has a depth of 1876 feet, and a
whim is being used on the incline
shaft, which is down las feet. Both
shafts will be sunk to a depth of at
least $50 feet before any great
amount of cross-cuttinP or drilling is