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Show WILD HORSE HAS NEW OPERATIONS Three Companies at Work In Interesting Inter-esting Seven Troughs Section With three companies working In Wild Horse canyon. Seven Troughs district, revival of Interest In a portion por-tion of the district which In earlier days attracted a great deal of favorable favor-able attention is promised. 'The companies1 com-panies1 conducting openitlons there are the Providence Extension Gold Mining company. Fresno Development company and the Wild Bull company. The Providence Extension company has begun sinking a new shaft In Its property, which Is at the head of the canyon, upon what Is known locally as the upper belt or vein system of the district. M J. Whelan, superintendent superin-tendent of the operations, says that the new shaft will in all probability, as shown by surveys and measurements, measure-ments, cut the northerlv extension of ono of the Mazuma Hills veins, and that all of those veins may be reached reach-ed with relatively little lateral work. Thp ground prospects well and gives every Indication of the presence of a mine with development. The Wild Bull company's property is at the opposite end of the canyon, In about the middle of the lower vein system.. That company has installed .1 pumping plant and Is nnwaterlns its workings, with the Intention of sinking sink-ing the shaft deeper and doing extensive exten-sive lateral work. Between the Wild Bull and Providence Provi-dence Extension properties Is the group of claims of the Fresno Develop ment company, which Is said to be doing good work. At least one other company Is expected to resume operations oper-ations in tho canyon within one month. |