The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-04-10
SOURCE OF GOLD
BEING SOUGHT
Owners of Rico Property in
Farrell End of Seven TrOughS
Expecting Big Things.

Farrell. April 9.--This end of the Sew
en- Troughs district has been the scene
Of much activity OF late, the hills being
full Of workers, and something new in
the way of development is being re-
ported every day. The Rico mine still
continues the favorite field of specula-
ton. and there is as much mystery
connected with it as the story Of any
lost mine or treasure trove which has
ever been written. It was late in the
fan that some Of the most remarkable
float ever seen i'm this OF any other
country was picked up on the property,
and ever since there has been a sys-
tematic hunt for the source Of the rich
rock. At first the float appeared as
little more than specimen rock, but
then they began TO find powders, the
largest of these weighing between 800
and 400 pounds. This great chunk was
assayed and the lowest return was $500
a ton, while the highest went $1,000.
For 100 feet 10 the east Of the first find
they continued to pick up the rich
stuff, but they did not begin to get the
real rich rock until they were at least
500 feet to the east Of where the big
chunk was found. The more recent
discoveries comprise rock which goes
from $40 600 to $4,000 a ton.
The Rico mine is owned by Charles
Myers, formerly of Goldfeld and his
associates, and in the hunt for the
source of the float they have prospect
cd the ground most thoroughly by
means of open cuts shafts, drifts and
tunnels. In the search for the lost
mine several veins have been devel-
oped, and Mr.. Myers feels confident
that on one Of them he is going to
find the object of his search. This IS
a place where he has sunk shaft for
a depth Of thirty feet, and has done
from $50 to $50 feet of underground OK
ploratiOn. He has encountered VEN
which he has developed to width Of
forty or fifty feet, and the opinion OF
the mining men of the district is that
il is here where the rich shoot viii be
encountered. Far to the east, where
the richest float of all was found, they
have a tunnel in for a distance of go
feet. which will ultimately cut another
vein. where there will be another pos
sibility for the finding of the rich
shoot In addition to these there are
other veins opened UP at the surface,
and the ground of the Rico mine has
taken on the appearance of field
which has been operated upon with a
pillow. They are certainly going after
The source OF that float in earnest.
The Rico mine lies about half a mile
TO the west of Farrell. and adjoining
il is the Rambler property, upon which
there was recently taken bond ana d
lease for $50 600. Considerable work is
going on in this property. and several
GOOD showings have beeen uncovered
Beyond lies the Snowsquall. for a half
interest in which the owners recently
refused a tidy sum in cash. The Snow
squau will probably be the first mine
20 ship ore to the mill of the London
syndicate. which is fast approaching
completion. They have a shaft down
eighty feet. from which they have
cross-cut vein eighty feet. The vein
is doubtless much less i'm width than
this or it has been probably thrown
over. But there is at that about thirty
feet from which they are getting good
milling ore. The streak in this, from
which they expect TO ship. is from
three to five feet wide. and they have
about forty tons on the dump which
will average from S25 to $50 ton
Every bit of the dump pans.
The Three Wills property, at the up
per end of the Farrell part of the dis
trict. is getting out good ore from its
tunnel, two feet having been struck
which goes better than SO ton. They
are going after the ore here for all they
are worth. eight men being at work.
TO find the ore at greater depth. w. =.
Pruett has the management Of the
property, and Interested with him are
q number of prominent capitalists Of
Vincennes. Ind. Two of these men.
Messrs Weed and Glass. are now on
the ground. and they are more than
pleased with the showing that has been
made.
Higher up the canyon lies the prop
erty OF the Hero-Nevada Mines COM
psny. from where there has been al
ready taken nice shipping ore and some
very high grade. The best product of
the property though, seems to be a. big
body of ore that viii go from SO TO $50
a ton. In addition TO this. vein Of
ten inches has been opened up for fifty
feet. which goes as high as $3.50 ton.
This is called the Hillside shaft. and
TO get greater depth under this they
are driving n tunnel which viii give a
depth Of Sl25 feet.
The Seven Troughs Caesar has a
tunnel I'm for distance of 125 feet.
This viii be driven $50 feet, by which
time il will have intersected three dis
finct veins. one of which gave assay
returns at the surface Of as high a.
5000 a ton. This Is considered one OF
the most important bits of work that
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