The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1908-10-27
Seven TrOughs Faiview Vein
Being Explored Toward an
Interesting Point.
VEIN NOW SHOWING
GOOD MILL VALUES
Lease Owns Five Hundred Feet
Along Strike of Famous
Gold Vein.

General Manager Ray D. Harris oi
the Seven Troughs Florence Mining anC
Leasing company is in the city from
Vernon, New, en- route to his old home
in New York City. The Florence lease
in the Seven Troughs camp is better
known as the "Harris," and it is at
tracing a great deal of attention right
now owing to the sort of work that i:
being done on this block Of territory or
the Fairview property Of the Seven
Troughs Mining company.
AT the l00foot level the shaft tapped
high grade ore, but the working was
continued to the 200foot level where
the famous Seven Troughs vein was
encountered This vein at present is
being drifted towards the Fairview
shaft, the vein being filled with null
ing values in gold and silver. Mr.. HaF-
ris expects that any shot now will bring
the face of the drift into the same sort
OF high grade gold ore had on the Seven
drifted TO a point towards the lease
ground from 230 to go feet from the
Fairview Shaft, and on the 23O-toot
level. In this drift Mr.. Harris says
that the management had some of the
richest gold ore ever found on the en-
tire property, so he expects to tap the
same shoot, He is now within 800 feet
of the F'airview shaft, so somewhere in
side of % or 70 feet he should get
to the ore. The lease ground extends
aloug the Seven Troughs vein for 500
feet, aud is 900 feet in width.
Mr.. Harris states that Seven Troughs
never was buster, nor have the opera
tors ever had more reason TO feel happy
over conditions. Two mills arc now
operating In the camp, ard two more
are started by leasers and owners OF
two groups, while Il custom mill also
is now under process of installation.
ten stamps. and additional batteries will
be added with cyanide plant immediate
~ after the first unit Is in operation.
The Wihuja lease. states Mr.. Harris.
is the greatest leasing proposition the
world ever has seen. lie expects il TO
exceed in achievements some of the ia
nous Goldfeld leasing propositions Of
bygone days. The Wihuia has =, feet
of ore that is 81 Cor lewclry purposes,
This lease is ON the territory. Of the
Seven Troughs Coa1tIoll Mining com
pany. the organization recently round
ing out the merger between the Kinder
garteu and Therein properties. This
states Mr.. Harms, is going
TO be powerful factor in the yellow
metal production Of the Sagebrush
State. 3t is as ideal gold mining
as Nevada ever presented.
Work recently was started on the
Seven Troughs Buckhorn property 10
Gated near Vernon, and Mr.. Harris
says he expects this property to be push
ing its way well up to the front Of pro.
ducers before the winter months have
gone ar. The Seven Troughs Mining
company on the -" "<,foot level is now
for the vein, and they can
not be far from it, az the work the
miners are doing IN the crosscut easily
can be heard by the Harris lease miners
now operating on the same avenue of
wealth Mr.. Harris is the owner and
publisher Of the Seven Troughs Miner,
and at one time was member Of The
Salt Lake Tribune staff,