Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1905-08-12
MANHATTAN IS
TALK OF TOWN
The New District North of Tono-
pah Has Big Lodges With
Rich Values.

The rush to Manhattan is on in
earnest, team after team having
started from here during the past
two weeks. One mar who came in
from Liberty on Sunday last stated
that he had counted no less than 30
freight teams between that point and
TonOpah.
All sorts Of supplies are being
taken to the icy camp and ere long
various branches of business will have
been established in Manhattan. Out.
fits for general merchandise stores.
saloons and all parts of houses have
been sent out; the hills are full Of
prospectors and the work of the men
who have secured leases is opening
up and developing the country.
There has been considerable dis.
cussion regarding the future Of the
camp and it has been hard to get the
straight of the situation from those
who have returned from the new dis.
trict. Those who have been FORUM
ate enough to secure locations there
or who are working on leases are
more than satisfied with the outlook,
although some are prone to exagger.
ate the surroundings. Those who
have been less fortunate are not so
enthusiastic.
On the other hand the gentle art
Of knocking" has been employed by
those who are trying to break 10 on
the ground floor. 1t is not the good
old fashioned KNOCK straight from
the shoulder that is employed, but
knock" of the shrugand insinuation,
the meauest kind Of a "knock."
Already one hears that the lore
may not go down" This is the cry
that was heard when Tonopah was
discovered, and the same cry has
been echoed from every new dis.
covery in the camp since. 1t is the
history Of G%oldfeld, Bullfrog, Silver
Bow, Kawich; Liberty and Gold
Mountain.
Bert Hickman, one OF the most
expert mining men in the district
returned from Manhattan early in
the week. Usually conservative,
Mr.. Hickman has not lost his head
oyer the new discovery but be is
vastly pleased with the developments
thus far, He was ia the country
three months ago at which time he
had the forethought to make some
locations not far from the strike
which has since been made. He has
this to say of the country.
The ore IS a black salicious
quartz which forms the strongest
vein ever known. | have had con.
siderable experience in mining. l
have read a great deal besides and
have talked with mining men OF all
kinds, and | have V seen or heard
OF a fault in a vein OF this kind. This
is the formation on the Humphreys
claim and on the Clark and the Baker
strikes, The vein on the Clark
strike runs east and west and that
on the Baker property crosses it in
a northerly and southerly direction
and still on all the claims the form.
alton is just the same.
The lease OF Sinclair and Kendall
looks very good to me. There is
lots OF ore in sight and the values
are apparently high. Sinclair and
Kendall ought TO make a barrel OF
money If the vein should go down no
more than II feet. But this lease
does not seem to differ from any OF
the others. Every lessee, TO my
mind, has a good chance and ought
to make lots OF money"
So there is the situation. People
are rushing to the camp as fast as
they can get rigs TO carry them and
their supplies. At least 20 applica.
lions a day are being made at the
automobile Office for cars to go out
TO the new district. 1t is only q
matter Of a short time when the
autos will take up the line OF march
and help 20 throw Manhattan oper
TO the public.