Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-02-03
MANHATTAN IS
SCENE OF ACTIVITY
A Correspondent Says New Camp
Has Population Of Three
Thousand.
LEAsERs ARE VERY BUSY.
Some Of Them Said to be Making Mon
cy--sianhattan Dexter Con-
ilict Settled.
speclal Corresrondence

| Special Correspondence.
Manhattan, Nye Co., New. Jan. a.
There are about 5000 people here now.
and more are coming 10 every day,
Choice lots In coveted parts OF Main
street are selling as high az $1,000.
Every evidence Is at hand Of last
ing mining camp, Merchants are bring
ing IN dig stocks. Warehouses, office,
buildings, saloons, ana gam Ding houses
are Deiug erected on every Di0ck. There
are at least 1900 people here from
Goldnela, and not less than 1000 rom
1onJpaih AS yet, but lew people from
distant cities have arrived
Two banks are in operation. The
streets are lined with people day and
night. and the air vibrates with excite
ment. Every new strike reported adds
10 the electricity in the atmosphere,
AT least 800 leasers are now at work,
and many applications for leases are be-
ing received by mine owners.
ON lease No. IA OF Union No. . claim
q shaft Is down 60 feet on a vein nv;
feet wide, ana carries good values, The
lowest assay taken was $50 and the
highest $3.50. while some selected sam
pies of specimen rock go into the thou
sands. Moreover the formation, which
at the top was tale spar decomposed
and naky in appearance and bulk,is nov
n quartz Of the Goldfield kind. Charles
Wilkerson, superintendent OF the Ken
dali and sandstorm mines OF Goldheld,
declares that the showing here Is the
biggest that he ever saw on any lease
In his life.
On the Briggs lease on Union No.
claim, they are down 50 feet. and the
essees declare that they are taking out
ore at the rate Of 800 an hour.
The Union No claim Is owned by
the Manhattan Dexter Mining company,
in which George Wlngileld, the mining
partner OF L. $. Senator Nixon. Emil
sutro. and Senator Odds are inter-
eated.
STRAY DOG SHIPMENT.
Returns just received from the CO.
lumbia Sampling * ore company for
two cars OF ore shipped from the Hud-
son lease on the Stray Dog claim show
an average OF $3.50 per ton for the en-
tire shipment This ore was also
tale spar and was taken so near the
surface that decomposed grass roots
could easily be dlscerned mixed In the
ore.
on the April Fool claim Of the Seyler-
Humphrey Mining company, the lessees
are taking out ore from which some big
assays have been obtained
on the bond lease OF the April Fool
claims ore found In streaks gives assays
as high as $4,000 per ton. Sacking Is
going on and a shipments will be made
during the course Of the week.
COMBINATION INTERESTS THERE.
An enormous amount OF attention Is
being attracted TO the Black Man,
moth and Black Mammoth No. l
claims. owned by the Manhattan Com
bination Mining company. of which l..
l.. Patrick, organizer OF the famous
Combination Mines company Of Cold
field. Is president. These two claims
lie n few thousands feet south OF the
Mustang on them the best defined
groupings In TIE district are In evil
dence. and here the engineers say, the
mother lode of the entire district Will
be found. Two shifts OF men have been
put to work Some OF the best mining
talent In the west Is here and is en-
gagged I'm examining nations and
tracing lodges. with View to gobbling
up, al normal figures, any properties
that are likely 10 carry an extension
of the veins In evidence on the Broncho,
Mustang April Fool. Mayfower. Stray
Dog Jumping Jack, Annie Laurie Iron
King and Iron Queen claims. ON the
Iron King ana Iron Queen claims,
owned by the Manhattan Cowboy Min
Ing company. IS lcasers are at work.
Three OF these are already In ore, and
one OF them Is sackirg high grade.
one strong, well defined ledge and a
network OF cross lodges ARE opened IN
on the Maynower, Stray Dog. Annie
Laurie Union No. Q, Iron King and
Iron Queen, Jumping Jack, and Reilly
Fraction which form a composite
group,
over on the other side OF the gulch,
the ledge that penetrates the Mustang
continues to be opened up by num-
Der OF leasers headed by "DiamOndfe,s"
Jack Davis Tom Ramsey and the Rron-
cho Leasing company which was re-
Gently put together by Judge Volney T.
Hoggatt.
CONFLICT SETTLED.
The conflict over the claims Of the
Manhattan Dexter Mining company has
been settled IN two instances, but not
In all The courts viii have 20 iecide
the merits OF the issues The title 10
Union No. and Union No. claims
which was disputed by Rakestraw and
Norton has been settled by the or
ganizatlon of the Manhattan Union
Mining company. The Manhattan Dex-
ter Mining company conceded 10 this
company the Union No. and Union
No. claims, and Rakestraw and Nor
ton turned over To II the Turtle Dove
and Big Mogul claims. which adjoin
the Union Nos and .. The Manhat-
tan Dexter Mining company received
$4,000 shares Of the Manhattan Union
Mining company's stock ana Rake
straw and Norton received n like
amount The balance went in.o the
treasury OF the new company The
Union No Q claim Of the Manhattan
Dexter Mining company Is not In con-
hict Title 10 the other II claims Il
contested The hearing win be before
Judge Breen Feb. 20 I'm Tonopah and
the merits OF the controversy viii then
b. decided The attorneys for the Man.
haitian Dexter Mining company are
Key Pittman Campbell Nelson q
Brown and Joseph Barker. VernIlyea
Edmonds & stanley ana Mr.. Foreman
VIII represent the contestants Inas-
much as the ground I'm conflc: is
among the most valuable IN the on
tire district and q number OF leasers
were sacking ore al the time the in
Junction was granted about a month
ago. and not pound Il being sacked
now, the community II looking forward
10 a settlement Of the issues az stake
with great interest
BOSTON CLOSE.