The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-08-13
SEVEN TROUGHS
FLORENCE REPORTS
Statement Shows Harris Lease
Has Good Prospects of Max
ing Future Shipments.

The Seven Troughs Florence Mining
& Leasing company. which has been
known as the Harris lease on the Sew
en- Troughs Mining company ground
at Seven TrOughs, New, has just is
sued its statement under the laws or
Nevada. The statement has been de-
layed. but shows some good develop
ments in the property.
The lease OF the company consists
of a block OF ground 500 feet long
and 500 feet wide on the Fairview No.
] claim and another block 500 feet
long and 500 feet wide on the Fair
view No. .. Relative TO the work &C
eOmplished by the company, the FOL
lowing additional report has been is
sued from June 16, 1903, 10 June 80
1910:
The operations have been continu-
Gus, with the exception OF about six
weeks. during September and october,
1909 that the mine was closed down.
by direction OF the Seven TrOughs Min
ing company, but which time viii be
fully allowed for at the end or the
lease.
.sThe operator has done work as fol-
lows: Shaft, "a feet; Wine l05 feet;
four raises. $50 feet; drifts, l29 feet
erOsscuts. 444 feet; stopingi 46,lO0 Gu
pic feet; stopping ground opened be
tween second and third levels, $1,000
subic feet.
ION the 15O-foot level in drifting
north. indications are favorable for
patching the ore body found on the
eOO-foOt level.
con the 2OO-foot level. the drift Is
being retimbered and at two points
north OF the crOss-cut raising Is being
done for the purpose or prospecting the
ground above this level.
ION the 25O-foOt level, where most
Of the ore is coming from, stopping is
proceeding vigorously AT point north
Of the old stope. 20 the 200 level above,
on a new bunch OF ore, there being
barren place between y and the ore
already STOPPED.
been sunk 1O5 feet on the vein and
in a drift south &c fest a streak OF
high-grade silver ore was disclosed.
while in a drift TO the north 90 reet
high grade gold ore about six feet in
length and four inches wide was un-
covered. Further development is
necessary TO prove up the extent OF this
ore. Two raises were also made from
this level 10 the 200 level. and another
10 Zoo. join up win 'A' "'nA' from the
Prospecting at Depth.
the indications al the bottom or
the winze and at other parts in the
mine are encouraging and for the pur-
pose OF further prospecting the ground
1t depth an arrangement has been
made with the Seven Troughs Mining
company for the use OF their Fairview
shaft and equipment, from July 1 10
December 80, 1910. TO enable The OPP
orator 70 run a drift on the vein at
the 6OO-fOOt level, under the Florence
workings. The distance 10 be covered
is about 800 feet and the work will be
pushed ahead so that there viii be
ample time 10 prospect the ground and
-et out any ore that may be encoun-
tered in running the drift. This meth
ID will save. for the present the eX-
penss OF sinking the shaft and cross
cutting TO the Veins which Is dipping
away from the shaft.
The production OF ore was delayed
on account OF changes that had TO be
made in the mill OF the Darby NE
vRda) ore Reduction company where
the ore Is milled. Milling was started
in April and up TO June 80. I6S.l4 tons
have been milled, and l9,4lS tons
shipped to the Seloy smelter at san
Francisco. which, together, after pay
ment OF all charges, has Melted the
company SIs.515.13 This amount is
credited on the account of The Opera
TOR who. under the working agree
snent, has 10 advance all the money
needed for development, etc, which
amount advanced during the term Just
ended June 80 Is 2SsS9SSO. In add1-
ton there are about 100 tons OF nall
ore on the dump and at the mill, and
about 100 sacks OF smelling ore that
should average better than $500 per
ton.
'"The equipment remains the same as
at last report, viz: A 15-horsepOWer
gasoline hoist, engine house black
tmith shop, cars, buckets, tools, etc.
s-The lease extends to July l. 1872"