The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-02-08
MINING NEWS OF SEVEN TROUGHS

dent Mccone and Manager Roy. Of thu
that they would not be able to guarantee
the copletion OF the plant before May l.
and the news of the probability of Its
completion a month earlier is highly
gratifying to the people of Seven
Troughs district.
Word comes from Rem to the effect
that the engineering works met with
success in It's efforts to secure mber
and other materials for the mill struc-
ture in local markets. 1t is also laerned
upon good authority that the timbers for
the frame work of the mill and other
buildings in connection. as well as for
the battery frame. ave been shaped up
The 'imbers, together with n CORFU
gated iron sheeting for the various
buildings, will be shipped from Reno
within the mex few days.
The ten stamps for the mill, each of
which will weigh $50 pounds. are beine
made at the engineering works In Reno
They will be completed End their deliv-
cry will depend solely upon the prompt
ness in the arrival of the two gasoline
engines, one OF forty and the other
twelve horse power. for the plant. from
the east.
HAHD LEASE
A strike of considerable Importance
was made a few days g on the Bard
lease on the property of the Seven
Troughs Therein Gold Mines company.
in Seven Troughs any From the APP
pearance Of the find. the operators. be-
lieve that they have the south continue
ton of the Gallagher ledge. which Is
supposed to be the extension Of the
fabulously rich Mazuma Hills vein.
While values higher than IS have not
vet been encountered, a strong north
and south ledge has appeared. contain
ing quartz. tale and spar characteristic
Of n Gallagher vein. The strike was
made on the 120-foot level of the lease.
and the ledge shows a width Of twelve
feet.
The ~lessees will drift or the new
ledge some distance for ore shoots be-
fore sinking to the 2o0-foot level is re-
sumed. In addition to the work on the
newly ore body. the lessees
are driving a crosscut to the west OF
the shaft. The new discovery on the
Bard lease is of considerable Importance
from the fact that II is generally re-
garded as proving the southwark con-
tinuity Of the Mazuma Hills ledge
across the Therein ground.
TKH1BYM
Fred Tyler and the other proprietors
of the Tyler lease on the property of the
Seven Troughs Therein Gold Mines COM
pany are %anxiously awaiting the results
Of assays sent in from the strike made
in their tunnel Tuesday. Two hundred
feet in the hill from the mouth of the
westward tunnel. the first of a series Of
north and south veins was encountered
at it's intersection with the east and
west vein which they are following.
The new vein contains a body of fine
quartz which leads them to believe they
have struck pay ore. At the point of in
tersection are six inches of quartz
strongly resembling the Mazuma Hills
ore.
The east and west vein along the
course Of which the tunnel is advancing
is more than six feet wide and has
yielded values up to $43 per ton. The
lessees are in high hopes that they have
made a substantial strike and are con-
fdent that they will o o cross other
north and south veins and among them
the south extension Of the Mazuma Hills
vein -Seven Troughs Miner.