The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-08-25
NEWS OF MANHATTAN DISTRICT
Especial Correspondence.)

Manhattan. New, Aug. 25.-Mining IN
t~erest continues to center in operation:
on the estate Of the Manhattan -onsol.
idated Extension company. scene Of On,
of the most important strikes ever made
in the Manhattan district. The find IS
of even greater magnitude han a. frs;
reported and places the property in the
front rank of Manhattan mines. while
gold values as a whole are not sensa-
tional they are disseminated across a
wide area of vein matter and ths'r
general average denotes that the er-
tire deposit is exceedingly high grade
free milling quartz. 1t is in these facts
that the Importance of the strike lies.
rather than in the further fact that
$1,000 the ton assays are at times Sc
cured, as a long and prosperous era of
production is assured from the ore
bodies in sight at what might be not
inaptly termed, the primal period in
the property's development.
Two lodges are being explored aud
under the most exhaustive tests. TIE
first ledge discovered on the property
was uncovered at a depth of rs fee. by
George Cram, the foreman IN charge,
and at hat point yielded many speci-
mems and nuggets of rare value and
beauty. In order to test his vein at
greater depth with expedition a tunnel
was driven into the hill a distance of
so feet where connection with the shaft
was gained by means of an upraise, thus
a~ffording an excellent circulation of air
throughout the entire workings. From
portal of tunnel to connection with
shaft a quartz stringer was followed
n at the latter point it made into an
ore body which has been intersected for
a width of IA feet without disclosing it's
walls. The quartz holds an average
gold value of $72 the ton across the
break of the ledge and assays from $40
to $1S5 the ton. 1t shows gold in the
free, is heavily iron stained and carries
manganese, the higher precious metal
values being contained in the latter.
While this ledge is in itself a fortune
maker it is in the vein which has been
tapped yet further on that the great
future predicted for the mine is based.
This ore body was encountered at the
8O-foot point and is being developed by
means of a drift run out at the 40 foot
level of a winze sunk in the floor of The
bore. 1t is sc fet in breadth between
walls exclusive of a horse about 10
feet in Width has an average gold value
of from $50 to $50 the ton. The rock
pans freely, shows gold in the free and
frequently returns assays in excess of
$500 the ton. The quartz is badly de-
composed and crumbles easily beneath
the pressure of the hand. 1t breaks
readily and is so generally amenable to
the efforts of the working force that a
large tonnage is being broken daily at
very small expense. ~Stringers of man
ganese and tale permeate the deposit
n wherever they make their appear
ance there is an increase in gold en-
richment. Along the hanging wall
several small pockets ave been dis
covered which were as well supplied
with golden nuggets as are those of a
boys trousers with marbles.
Now that the presence of large bodies
of free milling quartz of high CONNER
cial grade has been revealed by means
of the tunnel it is the purpose of the
management to develop them at great
depth through the medium of a double
compartment main working shaft which
is to be sunk in the hill across the boil
low from the present workings. 1t is
estimated tina both lodges will be
tapped on their dip to the south at g
depth not greatly in excess of $50 feet.
Sinking will begin within the next few
days and will be furthered by means OF
a steam hosting plant of 5O-horse pow
er having a lifting capacity from a
depth of 1000 feet. The management is
now negotiating for the purchase of
the plant and will have it on the ground
by the time the shaft is sufficiently
deepened to make it available.
r. L. Colburn, secretary treasurer of
the Red Top bonanza at Goldfeld, is a
large stakeholder in Manhattan Con-
solidated Extension. He visited the
company's property a few days ago In
company with two eastern mining men
of capital and the trio made an eX-
haustive examination of the ore bodies.
Each member of the party expressed
himself as being highly pleased with
the mineral showing and ventured the
prediction that the Consolidated Extern
sion mine would develop into one of the
largest producers of high grade milling
ores in Nevada. A direct result of their
examination is the decision to sink a
double compartment shaft and to equip
it with a powerful and modern plant of
machinery. Another plan, as yet in the
chrysalis, is the erection of a stamp
mill at the property. There seems lit
tie question but what an adequate water
supply can be conserved at small cost
as a number of mines in that vicinity
tapped the flow at nominal depth.
YELLOW HORSE
Double shifts are engaged in sinking
No. l shaft on the Yellow Horse estate
to the permanent pay area and the rich
paintings and high grade assays secured
from the ledge outcrop indicate that
once it is well entered a large deposit
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