Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1907-11-05
SEVEN TROUGHS
PROVES A HUMMER
SPENDING MONEY FOR IMPROVE
MENTs AND TAKING OUT
HIGH.GRADE

OF the numerous camps of Nevada
that were launched with a great deal
of noise and ink within the past two
or three years, that known as Seven
Troughs is showing distinctly that
the early confidence of its friends
was well placed, says the Salt Lake
Tribune. No better friend to the
district exists than j. r. Bischof, one
of the Mazuma Hills directors, who
is in Salt Lake for the purpose of
selling another car of gold ore. Mr..
Bischof stated to the Tribune yester-
day that Seven Troughs was not a |
one-mine camp, nor was the district
| limited in extent as far as prospected. |
And in his opinion, and he has had
a great many years of experience at
! Cripple Creek, the ore veins OF the
| Seven Troughs camp will be found
to extend to splendid depths.
There are no more interesting
mines in all Nevada than the Manu-
ma Hills. one reason being it's mag
nifcent richness, the other being the
disinclination on the part of those
owning the property to boost it in
any way whatever. Mr.. Bischof
met the request for some Mazuma
Hills data Thursday by stating that
the property was being worked for
it's mineral wealth, and not for pub
lication, but consented to give some
facts of interest for general Informal
ton.
He states that the company has
sent its working down to the 300-foot
level, and the shaft has broken into
the sulphide zone just recently. On
the upper levels the main ore chute
was drifted on for $50 feet or more,
while on the lowest level it has been
followed along it's strike for $50 feet
so far. The extent of the ore on
the lowest level is yet an unknown
quantity, but the average width is
from two to five feet In this dis
lance occurs ore that shows gold in
wonderful profusion. Mr.. Bischof
; showed a large sample of the Ma
yuma Hills rock, and it is as plenti-
fully plastered with the yellow metal
as any ore ever extracted from Ne
vada mine.
The car now in the local marke
will not extend to bonanza levels, fol
it is to the interest of all non-con
tract shippers of gold ore under thu
present conditions to come within The
prescribed limit of the smelters. Mr.
Bischof was unwilling to state thu
probable value of this car, but ru
NOR has it that the ore will run be
tween $500 and $500 ton. Thre
sets of leasers upon the Mazuma ar
now sacking shipping ore, and tn
Mazume Hills Leasing Company is S
confident with what they have sc
cured so far that the company is in
stalling some heavy machinery t
sink to great depths. Regarding tn
Seven Troughs district as whole
Mr.. Bischof said:
1.-The district never was in a NOR
healthy condition, nor was there eve
so much work being done there a
now. The proved belt of mineral
cation xetends in width from one
two miles, and it is in the neighbo!
hood of seven miles in length.
feel safe in stating that neithe
Cripple Creek nor Goldfield at a co
responding state of development wei
able to make so fine a showing 6
this camp. There are more than 81
different spots in the camp now prt
ducing shipping ore, and so frequel
are strikes of gold ore that the list
growing fast.
Just lately there have been Sc
eral very satisfactory development
in the camp. Among the properti
that are coming to the front now al
the Seven Troughs Eclipse, Mazun
Hills Extension, Fine Gold and Sc
eral others. | heard before left Il
camp that the Badger claim was Il
scene of a rich find of gold ore.
special interest to the Seven Troug
section at this time is the install
tion of a modern and efficiant wat
plant The Mazuma Water al
Power company is spending ov
$4,000 to bring in water fro
Burnt canyon, and the company W
reduced greatly the present dill
culties in securing water for dome
tic and commercial purposes. W
ter has been selling for 81 barr
there, but those days are near the
5 end. The district is all right, a
0 with depth will be shown one of
0 most permanent in Nevada. l dee