| Show p SEVEN TROUGHS FAST BECOMING SYNONYM FOR HIGH GOLD COLD VALUES fOlD I I A 1 I 1 A J LLLA Prominent Mining Men of the thc Country Attracted by Glittering Gilt Glit Wealth MANY COMPANIES ARE FORMED TO EXPLOIT EXPLOIT IT Something o of Latest LatcH Bonanza Camps Camp's Brief History and ll nast sl n. of ot Excitement nt ff i Seven Troughs I r It It is becoming In mining circles a aI n with like mw Cripple I name to conjure wih Nome Dawson Creel Creek Kim crl Kimberly Mining men who come front from thero there b i tal talk of f ore values alucs in the thousands ds I Claims located a few rew weeks wih with only oily hr e work sell open cuts cus for Cor or t. t considerations well velt up Ul in fl five f for f. r cash weI figures ures t the basis l of it U all What hat is al alt 4 Al t thc tle present time tine there i tie re j-c j In II the district l f fout four properties which r been sufficientlY well cl developed to lo place pJ cc them In tho cla class s of or em embryo bonanzas bon bon- anzas auzas with a number of or prospects with but little development dot de do- t. t w whose showings wih Ito t f lr nb aro re regarded as first ca cat class At t the tho north end of or the tho district is th the Iho Kindergarten group roup which has I just been incorporated by Knight lol- lol 1 brook Friedman and associates associates In Inthis claim from this group SIOU Is the Ivor hOl r which the first first shipment of oC hl high h grade ore has just been made It Itis I f is claimed that most o of the ore taken t leen from this claim caim runs as high as I a a aton ton Two miles mies south of the thc I- I Knickerbocker Knicker n I eel eel- k I bocker bockel is the group of claims I 5 owned b by the tho Seven Troughs Mining company also a Knight Holbrook t corporation Ore Oro of oC fabulous o oils ous values has been taken from this property properly Ono One mile mie south of o oS i the is S Moler's Ioler Buckhorn Buckhor group of or five claims adjoining adjoinIng the site sie of orthe the town lown o of VerS Vcr Ver- S non Considerable development de has hasS hase S e been n d done no on this property and ore is l being slicked which runs to lo in gold oJ to the ton Has Hus Network of Veins The Tho Llo Lloyd Lloyd-Knickerbocker d group of or y claims which has hns been incorporated aled if a ais al the Seven Troughs Vernon Mining company adjoins the thc Buckhorn on the thc southeast This is the scene of oC the thc b i most lec sensational recent strike Four S. S S distinct Veins Ins traverse tr the ground Ono One OneS j is the thc Buckhorn vein and in an another ther r. r the ore r resembles that taken talen froth from the Fairview One nc of or th the veins Is Js a cross cross- and it II is expected that 1 th Iho most Interesting things of all al will wl be I S found at its juncture with the other S veins On one ono of the north and south veins in iii an open cut ore running from 5 USO to lo a n ton has been een opened On the cast an and we west l vein a shaft Is S being sunk which at 20 O feet feel is Js in ore which which gives values of to lo 1776 a ton At M the thc depth of oC four feet in this thi shaft shan tho the values alucs were vere from Hito Hi- Hi to 1023 1023 The Thc shaft is said sid to be all allIn aJ S H In Jp quartz Five Fiva Five leases on the ground l- l I all al are being worked and several of 4 thc them are arc getting gelling Into Inlo the rich ore A peculiarity of or the district is that S the thc veins are all al blind fissures nothing noth noth- ing showing showing- showing upon the thc surface except I that rich float Hoat Is occasionally found Development DE is showing however i l i that the district Is a I perfect network I. I I of o veins and antl Cross Cros veins which so far havo shown marvelous richness and the thc work of oC scientifically exploring f p them Is now well wel under wa way X Nc Newer Cl em Companies Formed i S Amon Among tho ho newer properties and I tW companies are arc the following The Fine Fino Gold Seven Troughs Mining corniS com com- comI I T iS pany with wilh ground adjoining the thc I 4 Knickerbocker group roup and which V claims to have the rich Ivor vein the H Seven Soven Troughs Consolidated Mining jt com company pan control of or which was purchased purchased pur- pur cha chased el a few da days ago by L. L Holbrook from John CleghOrn for cash f. f S time lie Sc cn Seven Troughs now controlled con con- trolled by Tonopah and Goldfield Goldfeld operators the tho tho Wyoming group cast the thc Fa I view Fail owned by Kavanagh r fal J I Brothers the owned by M A. A r 5 r Smyth Sm of ot the thc Seven Soven Troughs upon whose w ground lound near the the Knickerbocker the the first frH gold discovery cover In the district was ma made e and U the l A S cven m c cven Tl Troughs Sl Signal nal Peak Mining f S Company which has just Justeen been een formed j f z V former Secretary of or State hamS Ham- Ham S mOl menu and anil aH associates Time The ho Seven Trou Troughs hs distrIct takes lakes its J flume from Seven Seve Troughs canyon it which was so called from the fact that i stockmen had I provided there ti i. i waterIng water water- Ing place for 0 their herds and antl the provisions provisions pro pro- visions Included ed troughs seven In num- num let her het Time The first discovery dIscovers of gold of gold wa was g made in the canyon last February S S when c M a I prospector oj named William Stotts grubstaked by Jo Joseph a n blacksmith h of or Lovelock departed S f from froni th the beaten paths and went north north- r i t ruin lum that town lown Instead of cwt cast war ward ivan He le picked d up some rich float Up which It il he became carried carrle j back baele to lo Lovelock foat am and hen known know from flom where the stuff luft came them them-c was a stamS Itam- Itam slam slam- S pede petIe for the canyon r Farmers Staked Out Claims Farmers Furmer and anti business men hurried to o the thc scene in lu all sorts of al convey convey- i ances and mUl many claims were staked f out Time The work ut done oe was wu of a very I 1 I HUI superficial I however an and It happened that that nOI none of oC the thc blind vet vein I were uncovered As a n result most ot of these hose locations w were c to I Jap lapse e at t. t o ln end of the time OU ji fJ days for CO COI I which the they could be Le held without j i r regular a a work woJ About line hum time time- from frol and anil arll ude in Invaded the camp au anti and S finding rich cr c everywhere anti and ald concluding th there rc must be he le ledges es role 5 t n most of time the ground and these I S locations WO rm f largely kept kepL alive S i mon Among e who were In Iii the thc In Iho tho early days das was Wa vai Scott Grbo GroO Grot I son of or Byron Groo of this cI city Yo Young n Groo GlOO located a number of or claims cov- cov ering what whal has since proven to be he I. I omo of the time best ground round In iii II the dl Then ho came homo home and v afi va i taken alen ill ill- i. i wit with typhoid fever Cever and wat wa unable b to P protect o his holdings His HIm Ht S j l U. U tl S' S H l p d with 11 tIe the h 8 S I I and It J was is-as thus that ho missed a ai i fortune When Kcal Henl E. ll I A quartet of southern Nevada prospectors pros pros- named William Jl Thomas Kavanaugh Ka John and William Chalmers located the I II view Fail group of claims last April Apri 1 In scratching about they found round some somo quartz showing free gold gold Evidently fearful that It wouldn't last the they sought on nn opportunity to realize quickly quick quick- J ly Jy from Crom their find with wih the result that thai tho the property was bonded to Jesse Knight L. L A. A and ancl L 1 A. A Friedman who proceeded to have time the ground thoroughly prospected In on nn open trench a streak of high grade grado gado was uncovered and then a shaft was sunk sonIc At Hi 45 feet feel they encountered a n four- four I foot vein of oC ore oro giving glI 1 aYera average e values of or 1600 a ton lon with an Inch eight-Inch streak which Wont ent from flom to a ton It I was then that the he real excitement began Seven Troughs is 25 unItes miles northwest northwest north north- west of Lovelock on Southern Pacific Pa Pa- chic railroad and IOu miles east bf Of O Reno teno Vernon tho the town of time the district dis dis- ls- ls net triet has about a inhabitants and Is wl well 1 supplied with wih restaurants ts and lodging houses and has lias a IYer livery stable a n general store and a n meat market Meals and lodging lodging aro are reasonable In Puce price prie and time the stage from rein Lovelock carries cam cries mail maU over oyer to Vernon three times a week weck The Tho stage fare are is 5 each a way I his Has His T T Two o s Sam Lloyd Llod of oC this ci city one ono of the thc pioneers of tho the camp In describing th the timO district specifically says sS s'S Time The district covers the time east cast slope of or the e range ranc of mountains It I t is Js composed of or two T S 'S yellow yellow yel yel- cl low and black The rime black being the tho older older and an the time Y yellow low the time later latel flow flot fow the present l idea ca Is that tho the yellow Is Js the he source Of the time mineral this idea Ide Is being led carried out by the thc fact that the veins calr carrying v values lues are arc always ys found Cound with wih the porphyry as a the and the time as the hangIn hanging hanging hang hang- ing In wall wail wal The is quartz The porphyry belt Is from three to four miles mies wide and extends from Vernon almost continuously to Rosebud which Is on ho the thc same samo range of mo moun- moun n- n and about bout 35 miles mies from V Ver- Ver r- r non |
