The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1906-01-27
THE RUSH TO MANHATTAN
Hunters Line the Roads
to the New Gold Camp in
Nye County.

Nye County.
For a distance OF three-quarters OF a
mile down the canyon, on both sides oil
which sensational gold discoveries have
been made, a seething, busting town
has been built here in a fortnight, says
a Manhattan, Nye County. dispatch OF
jan. 90. The fine old north road from
Tonopah, here, a distance OF 81 miles.
is fairly lined with automobiles, stage
coaches, and freight and baggage teams.
They are bringing people from Gold
field, Tonopah, Kawich, Ida, Bullfrog,
Reno and San Francisco. These are
the camp followers. the spectators and
the tradesmen, who see in the birth OF
a new sensational gold camp a quick
chance to roll up fabulous profits on
small investments.
The ~prospector and the mining man
have blazed the way. The road blazers
who are willing to sleep under their
blankets, with the heavens for a
canopy, have laid bare the secrets Of
Mother Ehth; and now that the
crowds are pouring in from other
proved mining grounds, bold observers
tell you the ore deposits here must be
all that the most enthusiastic of the
original locators have cracked them up
to be.
Manhattan Is Near Belmont.
A correspondent of the Gold6eld Re-
view says: Manhattan, the new gold
camp in Nye County, is situated ON a
we'll travelled road which has been used
since 1868. Over this road all the ma
chinery and supplies from Sacramento.
CAL, to Belmont, Nevada, were hauled
by mule team. Belmont is about fit.
teen miles southwest from the new
camp. The country was pros
pected for gold. Jack Humphrey, the
discoverer Of the mineral zone, declares
that but for the fact that he saw free
gold in the rock he hammered from an
outcropping ledge of the April Fool
claim, he would never have tarried a
moment. The mineralizsd zone, as
proved up to date, Is three miles long
by three miles wide. However, there
are about four inches of snow on the
ground and it is hard to do any pros.
pecting. When Spring opens up it is
believed that the mining district will
be proved to be twice this width.
Water Famine Predicted.
Fred Smith, proprietor Of the Coffee
House at Manhattan, was in Tonopah a
few days ago and he said that the
greatest drawback at present in Man.
haitian is the scarcity of water. which
at present is selling at $3.50 per barrel.
He says that some of the larger
restaurants and the hotels pay from SIC
to sls a day for their water. 1t is gen.
orally known that the wells about town
are running low and tits said that some
Of them only contain water during the
day and are dry at night.
Notes from the Camp.
Main street lots OIL the market are
few and that they will remain above
$50 per front foot is o cinch.
Marks s. Kind Of Tonopah have Sc.
cured ground below Erie street for a
store building. They have a big stock
of general merchandise on the way to
Manhattan.
Incorporation papers have been filed
for the Manhattan Electric Light,
Power and Telephone Company. The
merchants of Manhattan have signed
agreements to take 900 lights at s2.5O
per month each. + f.frtN. Hgr
Manhattan miners have formed a
Union and fixed the wage scale at "a 80
per day for underground aud % for
shaft work; engineers, per shift. 50. so.
The carpenters have decided that the
scale Of wages shall be $S per day after
Feb. /.
Only IS out of 154 passengers are re.
ported saved from the steamer Valencia,
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