The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-08-31
STRIKE AT
SEVEN TROUGHS

Messrs. Kayier and Disteii. operating
a lease on the Delaware property. furn-
ished q sensation his week by recording
one Of h biggest strikes. excepting
perhaps. the Fairview. yet made in the
south end of the district The new hnd
has not as yet been opened up to n
extent. but the showings thus far had
are of the most encouraging nature. and
that the lease will soon rank as one of
the regular shippers Of high grade is al
most q foregone conclusion.
A Review representative visited the
property Thursday and through the
courtesy of n. p. Kayler was permitted
to inspect the strike.
The new find. as well IL may be called
as II is entirely foreign to any ledge yet
opened IN the lease. was encountered 100
feet west from the bottom Of the 21e-
foot shaft. Thursday the ledge had been
penetrated for a distance of fully four
feet. and as yet there is no sign of the
hanging wall. When the ledge was first
encountered on the footwall. he values
showed an average Of about $50 in gold
to the ton. At the present point in the
vein, which, when first cut consisted of
a blue tale. a decided change has taken
place and the vein matter is rapidly
changing into quartz Nor alone Is the
quartz coming in but there is a vast
amount Of iron %suiphides intermingied
through the entire ledge. No assays
have been taken lately the management
preferring to wait until the ledge Is
opened up to a greater extent. Several
pan tests have been made recently.
however, and from the showings the
owners are confident hat II will only
require a few days work before a pay
shoot is encountered.
Not alone is the good showings in the
lease confined to the strike just discov-
cred. In the east crosscut, a decided
change is taking place in the formation
This crosscut is being driven to inter-
cept the ledge which has been opened on
the surface. The east crosscut Is In
over 100 feet and from all indications
the cement believes that by the
first of the coming week the black dyke
will be cut and that as soon as the con-
tact between the latter and the yellow
porphyry is opened up. another import
ant strike will be made.
At the 15O-foot level considerable de-
velopment work is also being carried
out, and as in other parts of the lease,
the showing is most gratifying. A cross
cut is being driven to the east from this
level, the object being to tap the east
vein. The crosscut is now in more than
120 feet, and here too, the formation Is
Indicative of the presence of ledge mat
ter.
The strike on this lease has created
quite a sensation among the mining
fraternity, and has had a stimulating ef-
feet on the operations near Vernon and
the entire southern end of the district
Not alone has the strike created re-
newed activity, but it has caused the
spectators to make a mad scramble Tor
Delaware stock. which. since the find
was first reported, has moved up several
points.
N. p. Kayler and AL Disteli. the prin-
cipal owners of the lease, are surely en-
titled to the reward which is sure to
come to them. Since the goth day OF
March of this year. at which time the
shaft was started. over $50 feet of de-
yelopment work has been done, and at
no time was there more than one shift
of five men employed.
Several experts nave examined the
strike and all who have seen 1t predict
that it is destined to become n OF the
big shippers of the Seven Troughs dis
trict.-vernon Review.