Show DETAILS OF THE STRIKE Reasons Why Disclosures in inthe inthe inthe the Seven Troughs Are Rated So High A representative of ot the SeVen Seen Troughs Miner lIner through special permission of ot John B Newman president of ot the Wi VI huja Gold Mines company com pan which owns the now famous lease on that part of ot the domain has made an inspection of the strike reported a few tew days ago as ab being a n most sensational one The writer declares that the strike is the biggest thing of the kind ever made in the state of Nevada and after aCter explaining that it was made on the level leel about feet west of ot the shaft and after stating that great quantities of ot fine ore are being mined and raised to the sur face daily dally from this level the statement Is made m de that there seemed to be gold cold everywhere A candle held to the vein at almost any point revealed whole masses of the precious metal The writer then goes on to say The company compan which took over the Stoker lease in January of ot this year believed they the had a mine but even they did not dream of ot the riches awaiting them Continuing the shaft already sunk to a depth of ot feet the management encountered water that necessitated pumps or development farther up The Th latter course was chosen and a drift was started at the level Careful sur surveys surveys surveys veys were taken and It was thought the Kindergarten vein would be cut at feet In the drift and at the ledge was disclosed Here the company began sloping One shipment of ore that ran better than per ton was taken out and then drifting was continued Wa Va Water Water Vater ter was again struck and further work in that direction had to cease A forty horsepower engine Cameron pump and five drill air compressors were ordered and In the meantime sloping was again begun hIt It was at this point the strike which Is destined to create a sensation In the mining world was made The vein is fully full four feet wide and in It the values range from 50 per ton up to The general average leaving out of account the tile rich streak Is 00 per ton The ore shoot Is from eighteen inches to two and anda a half feet teet wide with a stringer about two inches wide that carries fabulous value One specimen that weighed fit fifteen teen pounds and that Is almost solid gold was taken out of the ore are shoot and Is Isnow Isnow isnow now on exhibition at the Hotel Mazuma Five sacks of t this phenomenal ph ore were taken out on Thursday and almost as much m ch yesterday Today Toda sacking was stopped In order to timber The company has its ore bins full tuU of ot ore that will go o better than 00 and Is only awaiting the use of ot the Kindergarten mill to begin a arun arun arun run The machinery ordered Is now due at atthe atthe atthe the railroad and with it operating work on the shaft will be resumed The shaft will be continued to GOO feet Ceet before drifts are again run The vein will be followed throughout the entire distance as it has been so far tar The has employed continuously continuous from twelve to fifteen men and amI its force will be more than doubled within the next two weeks The lease which has still two months to torun torun torun run with the privilege of extension at atthe atthe atthe the end of that time is destined to be one on of ot the greatest In the history of ot the state |