Show SEVEN TROUGHS LOOKING UP review lovelock nev from a mining standpoint the seven troughs district never looked better than k R does today from the southern end to the farther est point to the north a distance of some twelve miles mines are being opened up and altogether the prospects for a bright future for the big district is extremely flattering the above remark was made by A E D fenn to a review representative last wednesday Wednes daj mr fenn who was a former resident of vernon and who has consider abe holdings in the district came up from his california home last week and had just returned from an inspection trip to the district speaking further on the camp he said the recent strike on the mammoth group near farrell is without doubt one of the most important ever made in the entire district when I 1 was at the camp a threefoot three foot ledge had been opened up in the tunnel this vein has all the appearance of being permanent is well defined and is heava y impregnated with quartz the vein carries an average value of precious metals running close to 80 per ton while picked samples run into the thousands lying between the main vein and a nd i the hanging wall is a streak which varies from a quarter to an inch in thickness which is the pure gold enough of the latter character of ore has already been extracted to make a neat little profit for the owners of the property the strike on the mammoth has had a very stimulating effect not only with the operators in the northern end but throughout the entire district and since the find work has been inaugurated inaugurate ff on many idle properties with renewed energy the wild cat Snow squall kansas baldwin caesar and the marker properties located close to the mammoth strike are all being aggressively developed and it is a certainty that sooner or later more important strikes will be made in that section the great activity is not alone confined to the northern end of the district in and around seven troughs vernon and mazuma everybody is on the move and an immense amount of substantial work is being done at seven troughs another producer will shortly be added to this part of the district and this is none other than the tyler lease on the kindergarten property it is stated on reliable authority that mr tyler has encountered the main vein for which he has been driving it is not stated what the values will go but from the location of the ledge and from the surroundings it is a certainty that it will only be a matter ot of a very little more work before extraction commences the coalition company which is operating on a mammoth scale is steadily adding assets to its great property in the way of new finds the recent strike between the and foot levels is proving a veritable bonanza and much rich ore is being taken out recent y some pounds of ore having a value of from 50 to per pound was taken out from the point mentioned the ore is slightly different from that in other pars pares of the mine in that it is much richer ano carries a better grade of gold and shows more sulphides sulp hides if the present plan of development which is now in vogue is carried out there is no question but what the seven troughs district will sooner gooner or later rank among the gold producing camps of the state |