Show FARRELL END OF DISTRICT the farrell end of the seven troughs district is about seven miles north of mazuma the mines are about two and a half hak miles north of the town of farrell a town site platted on the bench at the mouth of the canyon Geb geological logical conditions are dk dif bierent 1 ie rent here from what they are in other portions t tons ions ons of tj the district here are fissures in t canite co contacts with granite and quartzite land and quartz fissures in porphyry the ledges showing strongly on the surface the gold too 00 is of higher quality as less silver values bues are present small running streams f are also a characteristic of this sections section fand and pinion pine is is more inore plentiful this portion of seven troughs distri district at has not reached the advanced stage of development enjoyed by other sections and yet the showing so far is excellent the hero mines co the hero nevada mines company at farrell captain 0 A tibbitts manager and 0 A kimball superintendent has a group of valuable claims on hero mountain on the little hero heio claim a crosscut cross cut tunnel has been run into the granite for a distance of ninety feet where a vein was cut this I 1 ihas has been drifted upon to the west for a distance of forty two feet and from a mere stringer has widened to six inches up to two feet the ore averaging to the ton as broken and about when of selected ore sacked for shipment and is sacking first class stuff right along the vein is a fissure in the granite but with depth it is believed that the ore will occur as a contact between granite and quartzite on the wild cat claim of the companas comp anys property a double compartment incline shaft shaf t finely timbered has been sunk on the vein to a depth of eighty feet the average width of the vein is from four to six feet and it is all ore averaging 29 to the ton in gold from the bottom of the shaft a drift is being run to the south to catch the high grade shoot showing z on the surface which assayed from to to the ton the wild cat is a north and south fissure in granite the company has a most promising property and aside from its high grade ore has a great milling proposition it is understood der stood that the management has reduction works in contemplation seven troughs caesar the seven troughs caesar gold mining company of farrell G E mainhart sorted the company has about six tons of fifteen claims and fractions aggregating 6 acres on the other side gide of the mountain from the little hero on the hecla hec claim of the group a shaft is being sunk on a strong ledge which has been traced on the surface tor for a distance of feet at the sixty foot level the shaft passed through the vein on its dip from 1 the bottom of the shaft a crosscut cross butof cut of fifty 4 four feet was run rud to the vein which is r three feet wide and carrying values of from 7 aff W 40 to the ton in gold the vein is a econ contact tact between granite and phonolite r 1 the property will soon be equipped with a horse whim this is one of the most promising properties in the district seven troughs gold ledge the seven troughs gold ledge gold mining company and the seven troughs farrell company of farrell C B wider mana manager er are prospecting on the surface with encouraging results on both properties shafts were started the first of the month and it is the intention to goto go to the deep in the development of these prospects these are both indiana companies and are composed of wealthy and influential people |