The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-10

haitian branch will be built to cover distance something like 300 miles, and bring the camps nearer Salt Lake by about POO miles
 Many of the leading mining companies of Manhattan are taking advantage of the summer months to explore at depth the ore bodies in which they have been work ing since the camp started. The firm o1 Patrick, Elliott &, Camp is operating seven properties in the camp of Manhattan, and announces that 1t will. on the Seylor- Humphrey. the scene of the original dis covery and the Manhattan Buffalo group, at East Manhattan. sink shafts to depth of 500 feet before the first of the year.
 On the Humphrey. these opera tors have three distinct ore bodies block ed out. and for the purpose of proving them at depth they will immediately in- stitute the most aggressive operations in the camp. Large hoisting plants have been ordered, and are now in transit. The Consolidated, Pine Hut and half dozen other of the leading Manhattan properties, are going to pursue the same line of development during the summer months.
 With the acquisition of depth, the ore bodies on the Manhattan Mizpah have broadened out and are increasing in richness. The ground iS being worked DY d nuHlDeT or led5eTS, aS well dS Dy the company, which is sinking a shaft for it's own account. Rather than di- vide on an unequal basis the profits re- sulting rom the shipment of pre- the offices of the Mizpah company have de- cdGd to await the construction of mill in. plants to save the gold values every interest of the stocKnolders. great body of milling ore has already been blocked out.
 Development on the property of the Manhattan Treadwell. which adjoins the Buffalo, has revealed a vein formation. and a marked similarity of the ore to that taken from the best developed prop tries in Manhattan.
 As an evidence of the efficiency of in- telligent mining operations, the fact should be noted that the surface show ings the Treadwell, while of con siderable promise, were not of the sen- satonal kind. Development at depth of thirty-eight feet disclosed about four feet of excellent milling ore in ledge which is broadening out as work advances.
 As has been the case on nearly all the leading properties of Manhattan, the Amethyst group. which adjoins that of the Paymaster is revealing excellent mill ing values and the formation is of such a character that the promoters of this property, Patrick. Elliott & Camp of Goldheld are confident that 1t will de- velop into one of the best and highest grade mines in the district although all of the rock will probably be of a mill ing character until railroad facilities are secured
 F'airvlew continues the center of az gressive and vigorous operations, and it is a notable fact that no mining camp of Southern Nevada has attracted so much large capital as this new gold dis trict. This may be attributed to the fact that the formation so closely resembles that of Tonopah and the surface show ings are so extensive and rich a char acter that the people who have made money in Tonopsh and those acquainted with the history of the camp could not get into Fairview fast enough Every day stories of new strikes are brought to the town by mine superntendents and the past ten days has been one of sensa- tional developments.
 On the property of the Fairview Key stone, which end-llnes the Lena croup, the scene of the original discovery. and which is 800 feet north of the Nevada hills property. development operations have revealed a ledge four feet wide which gives shipping values and prom ses to develop into one of the notable mineral deposits of the camp.