The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-02-11
THE PANIC-BORN
CAMP OF GOLD
Operator From Seven TroughS
Tells How District Started
and How II Grows.

one of the most observant operators
in the Seven Troughs mining district
Nevada, is in the city for a few days
on business connected with MS own
nr,perties He notes the wonderful
changes that are taking place ana III
reviewing briefly how the camp Is fors-
ing to the front, refers TO the conditions
under which a start was made most
cntertainingfy. Knowing that ne was
voino To he quoted. the visitor fattieo
of the following remarks on the camp
Yesterday afternoon;
s.Tb.. status Of the Seven Trougns
mining district, as it appears To-Day u
unhIeraished with a single permanent
abandonment of any consequence me
district has never had a BOOM II was
born in a time Of money panic IL wa
conceived while half dozen prominent
Nevada camps we're attracting at.eh-
ton Of the whole mining world. wren
II came into life the zenith of neighDor-
inc camDs had been reached and many
we're in the throes OF decline through
either their, over-rated prOductiveness
or FRUSTRATED by the money panic mat
shut out means for prosecuting the hsc-
essary work of development
thousands of Nor who had lost out
:, the decline of other camps in the
state fiocked there. The conditions al
ready mentioned gave hundreds of men
hone that with small outlay theif
losses might be recOuped under the ap-
parent more favorable conditions Inc
start was most hopeful, but the laler
conditions made the progress desultory
ana diseouraging to many who could
NOT hold out under the increased and
unresponsiVe tax on their resources
The conclusion, based on proven facts,
IS that as a mining proposition for peo-
pIe strong enough financially to do the
required amount of work to open up
moderately deep mining, there IS no
greater showing extant. Those not thus
prepared should not be lured to the
place. It's not a poor mans camp, ex-
cept he is endowed with both muscle
and courage.
Getting Down TO Real Business.
.Humbolt county and the Seven
Troughs district is so large it may yet
become necessary to Mobile some of the
workers out there to keep them on their
own holdings. The camp is undergoing
a trimming both helpful and healthful.
The man that went there expecting to
dig gold nuggets as he would potatoes,
has been trimmed, the real conditions
are becoming better understood and
more effectuaI work is being done As
the characteristics peculiar to that dis
trict become more familiar to the Peo-
pie they learn how to master them Its
growth and development is partakins, of
the steady, nourishing, Strengthening
kind not peculiar to the mushroom
During the first stages sensational dis
cpveries were made. Published reports,
when the truth was told, were so extra
ordinary they created distrust. while In
the main they were true. Sufficient is
now known to better understand why
they were given out, and why the cred
ulous can now accept them as facts.
-Four months ago we heard of moth
ing bat free milling ores. Today there
is more talk of concentrates. suIphides,
cyaniding and smelling. 1t requires no
great imagining to understand that
free milling ores are not in the sui
phides; that sulphides usually occur be
low the water levels. The first devel-
opment of the properties is naturally
done at or near the surface. These are
usually indications that induce explora-
fion on lower levels. This first work is
the most exciting and at the same time
eften more unreliable as an indication
than that which follows. Geologicaily,
every indication is taken as the preface
of what is just beyond It's significance
IS more frequently in the prospective
than In the real, because it's an indica-
ton bUoyed up with both hope and
great expectations.
These sensations out there have been
toned down with the monOtony of the
drill and the slow processes Of reach
ing the unseen. hOped-for things just
beyond. Logical reasoning is taking
the place Of great expectations, the
geological conditions of the mineral
lied zone, below surface showing. are
becoming known, and when known,
convincing as to their great richness.
Big Ore Bodies at Depth.
ut is nov proven that the wonderful
finds of high grade out there are sell
dom regular veins in place. but merely
nodules in assures that have been filled
from greater depths. The wish that it
may he a regular, we'll defined ore
shoot has been. too often. unqualifedly
given out as q fact. As they were
found to exist, in most instances. these
fabulousiy rich finds have been made
above the S00-foot level-oftener above
the 200-foot level. and not infrequently
before a depth of 100 feet had been