Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1906-09-01
MANHATTAN A SECOND CRIPPLE
CREEK.

Manhattan mining camp is taking on
the airs of Cripple Creek. The atmos-
phere is surcharged with energy and
aggressive development work. The
great mining companies of the district
are working day and night shifts in
opening up the immense ore reserves
that have been hardly scratched over
Greater depth is being obtained every
day and the richness and extent of the
ore bodies are showing constant i'm
provement. The chill air of the early
mornings and late evenings seem to
have started into renewed activity the
men who are delving into Mother
Earth to wrest from her treasure store
the gold that has been plethorically
deposited in the hills surrounding that
mining town. Immense hosting plants
are being installed and an era of real
systematic mining has set in.
All details of the great milling pro-
jects that the Tonopah Exploration
company Is back Of, have been per-
fected and work is progressing rapid
ly towards its contamination. When
completed, the mill will have a capac-
ity Of 200 to 300 tons per day. With
such adequate milling facilities prom
ised for present needs, the mine opera
tors of the district feel an incentive
to greater efforts, and with a pros
pective outlet for the production of the
camp there has come marked accel-
Grafton in the development Of the
mines and prospects of the camp.
Gold Hill is just now one of the prin-
cipal centers of activity. The Stray
Dog estate, scene of the first spectac-
ular strike has never Jagged in popu-
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proclivities. From the resources of its
treasure vault has been brought forth
a gold-glutted tonnage of rare valne,
and specimens of it's quartz present a
surface spangled over with a conste-l
lation Of glittering, golden star points.
The ore reserves are valued at one
half million dollars, and the net ship
ping returns for July were in excess
of $4,000. Development is being fur
thered with three full shifts, and the
ore tonnage at the surface and the un-
derground reserves are constantly be
ing augmented. The property gives
every assurance of developing into
one of the geat bonanzas Of Southern
Nevada's great mineral zone.
Sidelining with the Stray Dog and
the celebrated Union No. 9 claim is
tuc IO lSoS CoIdlO VI IuC jump
ing Jack company. Shipments from
the property, aggregating 70 tons, were
made on July 18th and July 25th. The
net proceeds were $15,704.23. Like
its plutocratic companion, the Jump
ing Jack is treasure repository Of al
most unlimited wealth, and Is strong
rival in the production of specimen
ore. The company has acquired all
leases on the acreage and is pushing
development work night and day with
three full shifts of miners. The rich
Stray Dog-Union No. ledge has been
tapped in the crosscut run out from
the 100 foot level of the Jumping Jack
shaft and is showing five feet in width.
Three feet of the vein breaks" at the
rate of $252.00 per ton, and the remain
der has an average gold value OF $157
per ton. Every pound Of rock mined
is ore, and the work is being prosecu'
ted with view of establishing a
monthly output having a gross valua-
ton of from 100000 to $4,000.
J. D. "Jack') Campbell, the
man who developed the world
famed Reilly lease on the
Florence estate at Goldfeld, is
general manager of the Jumping Jack
Stray Dog, and Indian Camp proper
ties. In speaking of the former, he
recently stated that it presented more
favorable Indications of holding i'm
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