Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-09-08
LEAD-S|LVER ORES
IN MANHATTAN.
Manager Prudential Arrives from
Phoebe with News of an I'M
pOrtant Strike.
NEW TUNNEL IS PROJECTED.
Will Prospect and Thoroughly Develop
The Stampede Ground-Copper Ore
Which Averages 40 Per Cent

Ed F, Freudenthal, manager Of the
Manhattan mines Of Phoebe Nevada,
arrived from the south this forenoon
and brought with him several sacks of
very fine looking ore, a part OF which
came from new and apparently an
important strike In the Telephone mine.
which IL the property OF the Manhattan
company. The ore is silver lead and
was encountered on the 100-foot level.
The vein, Mr. Prudential says, is well
defined and measures a little over three
feet In thickness AS to the values con-
tanned In the ore Manager Prudential
would not venture a statement until
he has first learned the result OF the as
says which are now being made, That
1t VIII run well, however there Is little
room for doubt. The vein parallels the
Telephone vein, which has been very
productive in the past The Telephone
property Is located In Phoebe and In the
vicinity of some OF the famous old pro-
ducers Of the early days.
Probably the most important Of the
Manhattan groups Is situated nine
miles west of Phoebe, IL COM
monty known ms the Stampede group,
In gulch OF the same name The
Stampede is a copper as well as Lead
silver proposition and II was In this
ground that the sensational copper
strike was made several weeks ago.
The Stampede group covers a low
mountain over which Is an immense
iron Gaping which outcrops for
width ranging from 300 to I 900 feet
and for a length OF at least $500 feet.
In years past the property was consd-
cred of but little value except for the
iron II contained and there was no
market for II. Mr.. Prudential after
examining into II thoroughly reached
the conclusion that the iron exposed on
the surface was nothing more than
Gaping for an immense body Of cop
per ore for he discovered strong evil
dences OF this around the base OF the
mountain After acquiring some OF
the ground through purchase he also
made additional locations and In due
time the present company was formed
and work started
Mr. Prudential observed that the
iron vein had an cas-, andI west strike
while series OF quartz cross veins np-
peared to run In directly opposite di-
recti0n, tunnel was started on one
or the latter, which resulted in uncoy-
ering the rich copper ore previously
noted. The tunnel has been driven in
to the mountain for a distance suffl-
Client to convince the management that
II had but little more than skinned
the top Of the copper underlying the
iron Gaping; the fact was also DEM
onstrated by sinking a winze for more
than 10 feet, The average width
OF the rich copper vein is about four
Feet which runs about 40 per cent cop
per.
on the silver-lead vein ore Is now
being extracted which carries values
at the basis Of 35 per cent lead, 2 per
cent copper SO. so gold.
A new tunnel Is about 10 be started
at the base of the mountain, at least
900 feet further down, which will thor
oughly prospect and develop this por-
ton OF the Manhattan properties.
Altogether the Manhattan properties
consist of Al claims productive
Of ores which make up an ex
ductive OF ores which make up an ex-
cellent smelling combination. For that
reason the ores are being sought by the
various smelling concerns so It is NOT
improbable that that the day is not
i"i ulstant Nnen ilOcne VIII become
linked with the main line of the Salt
Lake Route by means OF branch line
and that the Manhattan will become nm
important shipper 10 the local market.
Manager Prudential says that that he
could easily furnish iron ore at the rate
Of 1000 tons daily, to say nothing OF
the products Of the copper and silver
lead veins
The Manhattan's manager believes
that the Phoebe Consolidated proper
ties are among the big ones In Nevada
and says there is no less than 400 900
tons OF ores valuable for nuxing
blocked out at the present time. {. o,
Whlttemore who holds an option on
| the property for eastern clients. was in
camp when Mr., Prudential left
with corps Of experts who are there
| to make their final examination OF the
| mine and upon their report viii de-
| pend the fate Of the pending deal.