The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-10-06

OF tue manhattan annex Mining com
pany has passed from II. NJ. Swasey OF
San Francisco to Walter u. o'Brien and
associates. who are preparing to develop
the company's acreage on lines more
conducive to the finding OF pay ore in
place than has hitherto prevailed. To
that end they are expending consider.
able time and money in surface pros
p~ecting. preparatory to sinking a doubis
compartment main working shaft and
proving up the vein system at depth.
The holdings of the company conSti-
tute one OF the largest mining estates
in the Manhattan district-9O acres In
all-located in the very richest s~estions
of the camp. On the Crow claim. adj
joining the Mustang and Broncho
estates. the main Broncho-Mustarg
ledge has been traced its full length and
very encouraging assays and paintings
secured from the outcrop. The Sunset
claims adjoins the Detroit and Way Up
claims on Litigation hill. noted as one
Of the most prolific yielders of gold In
this section. The remainder Of the
acreage is located in proximity to the
Sedans and Belmonts. two of the most
valuable preferred prospects in the dIs-
trict.
J. L. Murphy. well known in Cripple
Creek as a successful lessee. has Sc
cured a lease on the Crow claim sni
has let a contract for sinking a ail3ft
so feet. lie is very favorably impressed
with the showing at surface and nomi-
nal depth and states that he expects to
reach contact with a large body of ore
from the bottom of the shaft with but
little drifting.
BUFFALO EXTENSION
Arrangements are being made by The
management of the Buffalo Extension
mining company to prosecute work on
it's acreage in the East Manhattan sec
ton in a vigorous hammer. The estate
is located in the vicinity Of the well
and %favorably known Manhattan Buffali
mine n is within q short distance of
the Otero group of claims, this week
the scene of a very promising strike.
The main ledge crossing the Buff
falo, Otero and Buffalo Extension
is identical in appearance and as both
the Buffalo and Otero are now in ore it
seems but reasonable to predict success
for the Extension people with develop
ment.
Operations on the vast estate of the
Manhattan Butler ompany in the North
Manhattan district are being ~furthered
with a view to future development al
depth rather thar that of an immediate
output. The company holds title to
four miles of very promising mineral
bearing ground, all in a group and ira
versed by a net work of highly miner
allied lodges and dykes. Paintings and
assays at surface and nominal depth be-
speak the future of the property as they
indicate that the lodges will make into
extensive bodies of shipping grade
quartz at depth. Development at this
time is confined to driving two tunnels
both of which are in ore of excellent
mill grade. Ed. Stuart. one of the best
known mining engineers in the desert
country, recently made a careful ex-
animation of the company's holdings
and pronounced the showing as one of
the very best in the entire
district.
BONANZA HIGH GRADE
Eighteen inches of vein matter in the
4-foot ledge being worked on the acre
age of the Bonanza copper company in
the East Manhattan section returns an
average gold grade of $SS4.90 the ton,
and the break" of the ledge is $S4.7S In
gold the ton. Those assays were made
on quartz mined at a depth of "a feet in
the main working shaft. The present
depth of the shaft is 40 feet and the
same class of ore prevails. The ledge
has been traced at surface for a dis
lance of 500 feet and shows strong and
well defined its entire length.
oTER0 STRIKE
Madden and partners are blasting
away the scenery and sacking high
grade on their Otero group of claims at
East Manhattan, and If the values Sc
cured at gross roots obtain at depth
they will mine a fortune within a few
months. They are sacking ore from
the outcrop and within a few feet from
surface which holds an average gold
value of from $3.50 to $3.50 the ton. The
quartz is heavily oxidized and shows
considerable free gold.
INDIAN CAMP
Under the able management of ]. d.
(Jack) Campbell, the man who found
the half-million dollar pay crack in the
celebrated Reilly lease on the Florence
at Goldfeld, the estate of the Indian
Camp Manhattan company is rapidly
emerging from the foremost prospect of
the camp and will soon take rank with
the high class mines. Development is
preceding under the most satisfactory
circumstances and large bodies of ore
are being blocked out. Were milling
facilities at hand the property would
some time since rave entered the ship
ping class as the break of the ledge in
the lower level is in excess of $50 in
gold the ton. Associated Herewith is
a streak of high grade which frequently
assays well up toward the thousand dol
lar mark. AS the ore body is drifted
on this streak is widening and it's pre-