The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-06-09
FLORENCE LEASE IS
IN VERY RICH ROCK
Seven Troughs Property Scene
of Find That EntIluses the
District.

MuJt CAtli'ID'ul has DCPn SHOWN ana
more enthusiasm manifested this week
than Seven Troughs has seen since tho
opening up Of the district when sur
face strikes caused n mad rush and
specimens of high grade a stampede,
says the Seven Troughs Miner,
The occasion for all this was a strike
made week ago todas on the Florence
lease on the estate of the Seven
Troughs Mining company. How exten,
sive the strike NAV be cannot vet be
determined, but even today its sig
niticancc cannot he ovcre7timated. The
crosscut from the 200 foot level OF the
shaft has encountered n vein Of silver
sulphide with copper base, picked sam.
Piles of which run 1000 ounces. All
week long experts and old.time miners
have iostied each other for an oppor.
tunrty TO inspect the pieces OF metal
for that is what il must be called
Permanence and depth were the words
used by practical and theoretical men
alike in talking about Vt afterward
And depth is what Seven Troughs will
get now that permancncc has been es.
tablished. TO James Nickerson must
the credit lac given for the discovery
for it was due TO his perseverance, to-
gether with his good judgment, that the
find was made.
The Florence lease has been shipping
ore, and high grade ore, too, from the
so.callcd east VEN on the property
In fact, The Florence has made a name
for itself on tho showing of this vein
However, Mr.. Nickerson has been thor.
oughly prospecting a west vein, which
is known as the Fairyiew. ever since
its discovery when the cast and west
vein came together about 200 feet north
Of the shaft Coming back in the north
drift on the east vein distance OF
100 feet crosscui was started whIcb
cut the Fairvrcw vein within twelve
feet Drifts both north and south were
prosecuted, although the ono TO the
north was shortly abandoned, as the
values decreased. The drift to the
south very soon gave evidence that the
men were on the extreme north end Of
the ore shoot The ore commenced to
get richer and the rock showed con.
siderable native silver, The best OF
this ore was sacked and the balance
saved for milling. Mr.. Nickerson con
cluded that his best values were to
the south and another rrosscut was
started at the shaft and Just loo feet
south of the first crosscut Just sixty
one feet from the shaft the strike was
made Saturday. which means so much
a
the vein has lust been opened up 20 ITS
entire width and driftiu~ started. Al
this point the shoot is eight feet wide
The values in two feet are small and
may be disregarded. bout five feet
next 10 this is quartz and carries high
milling values, running from $40 to 500
The ore is very high in silver; almost
every bit Of il showing ruby. Be
tween this and the strike proper there
is some free gold. Next 10 the quartz
and for from fen 10 twelve inches is
mud which is impreRnated with ,th'
silver sulphide. This rock shows lots
of rnby and in addition carries con
siderable copper. The average of the
whole streak viii go about 1000 ounces
aud this just at the point where II was
cut, From this point to the crosscut
at the north end is lust 100 feet and
il is hardly reasonable 10 suppose thai
il abruptly terminates where the find
was made The drift to the south will
he continued until the end is found oI
the boundary of the lease reached.
In the Fairview wor lings at practi'
callv the same level they are taking
ing in native form instead of in the
sulphlde as il does in the Florence
The two workings are but a few hun
dred feet apart and il seems almost an
assured fact that the Florence shoot
will continue 10 the limits of tho
ground Al the time this strike was
made deal for control was pending
which we are told on the best authorit
has been consummatcd. nothing remain
ing Ia be done except 10 execute the
transfer The parties taking over the
Florence arc already very heavily in
terested in The district and have am
pie funds for the development of the
property on a large scale. Immediate
" upon The assumption of the manage
mcnt of the property crosscut from
the 200 foot level will be started. The
shaft was completed TO this point sey
eral weeks ago and the crosscut should
intersect the vein within 100 feet.
4 trial shipment Of Florence ore was
made 10 the new custom mill last week
and the trca atment 50 far has been high
lv satisfactory. Since the new strike
some twenty tons of mill rock have
as fast as shipments are gotten out
they will be- hauled TO the mill. In ad
dition TO The milling ore, Mr.. Nickor-
son each dav is sacking A considerable
quantity of The silver sulphidc ore
which will 90 direct TO the smclter
The present capacity Of the mine Is
about ten tons Of orc dav exclusive
of the high grade. and this amount
will he greatly increased as soon AS
the mine is opened up from below.
The strike on the Florence is prob
ably only the first Of n series in this
particular part Of the district The
Opdyke lease on the same vein is look
ing good: the Monuette. just to the
west and north. is getting values in
drifting. while the Consolidated lease
little way up the hill, has ono Of the
best showings in camp.