Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-02-12
STRUCK It RICH
At MANHATTAN
MEN WHO MADE THE GREAT
GOLD DISCOVERY
The Afterthought a Lively Mining
Camp - Nevada and Arizona
News-st. Louis Capital
In Mexico

The discovery Of gold in the Manhat-
tan canyon was made by John G.
Humphrey, Frank G.. Humphrey, c. A.
Cooper and G. Il. Maute on April 4,
1905, says the Manhattan Mail. Rock
taken from the Ida and Lottle claims
was assayed, giving return of $42S
ton. On the strength Of this showing
John Humphrey staked the now fa-
nous April Fool, War Eagle, Tip Top,
Lottie and Ida claims. After stalking
| these the parties returned to their Pea
vine ranch in Smoky valley and did
not visit the Manhattan property un-
til they came up to do their location
work.
On a hot day in the latter part of
June the Humphrey party was enjoy
ing lunch under pine on the hillside
| of the War Eagle. John Humphrey
carelessly broke a piece of rock from
n ledge near where he sat. Frank
Humphrey picked it up and found it
to be literally impregnated with shin
| ing gold That was the great Manhat-
| tan strike.
The news of the strike did not spread
very rapidly. The Humphreys and their
fortunes We're made, and through the
summer, when the knockers were after
Manhattan the hardest, the original
locators old not worry in the slightest.
They were intimately acquainted with
the fact that there was not only gold
in Manhattan, but knew it to be there
i'll unheard of richness.
Some time in July the news of the
phenomenal strike reached Tonopah,
nd ri i'm hat an ret
there was waged a terrific campaign of
stalking. In the latter part Of the sum-
mer some effective knocking was done
and it began to be said that Manhat-
tan, after ALL was false alarm. But
l'this was only a false impression of the
ignorant. The miners in the Manhat-
tan camp knew their values. The leas-
ers kept on finding lodges and from
these took shipping ore from the start.
Interest in Manhattan again began
TO hum and by the first of December
the movement to Manhattan had quiet
ly begun. BY the end of December
the movement was an avalanche and
the eyes of Nevada and the coast were
on the new camp.
AT the present moment many of the
finest properties in the district are
being shaped for Incorporation and the
outside world will be given a chance
the profits of Manhattan mines. There
are greater number of rich and high
ly promising claims in this district
than any other mining camp in Amer
lea had six months after discovery.
Old experienced mining men have
visited the camp. They say that
Cripple Greek and Leadville and all the
rest of the sensational mining districts
of the west will be outclassed by Man
I,t l., Ia ,,f
A Busting Camp
The Redding (Cal) Free Press
states that the Afterthought mine and
Ingot smelter (Shasta county, at the
present time have the appearance of
very lively mining camp and visi
tors to the smelter town among the
hills are reminded of Keswick in her
palmy days. About the only thing
that cannot be seen there is an idle
man. Both mine and smelter are run
ming full handed day and night and
men and horses by the score are busily
employed on the improvements going
on around the smelter.
u One carload of machinery for the
new furnace now in course of con-
struction is already on the road be-
tween Bella Vista and Ingot and more
is expected within the next few days
Dozens of eight and teri horse teams
are busy hauling machinery and coke
TO the mine from Bella Vista and are
making the return trips loaded with
matte. large amounts of which are be-
ing turned out regularly.
The company is making every effort
to get as much of its hauling done
as possible before another rain, which
would make the roads practically inn
passable on account of the adobe
above Bella Vista.
Arizona Deep Mining
In reviewing data on deep mining
it shows a comparatively small num-
Der of mines with shafts ranging in
depth from 500 to $500 feet. Success
Is almost invariably met with where
sufficient working capital is avail
able to go through the barren ground
or lean zones. For instance, the Gold
Roads Mining company, Mohave
county, when the 300-foot level was
reached encountered lean zone, and
there was some hesitation on their
part in regard to sinking the shaft be-
low the 300-foot level. on sinking the
shaft below the 300-root level the ore
bodies improved in value with depth
The ore now being mined on the 600
foot level is the richest taken out dur
ing the history of the mine.
The same occurrence took place in
the property owned by the Tiger Gold
Mining company. When the vein was
cut on the 100 level the ore was low
grade. From that point drifts were
run on the strike of the vein until the
ore shoots were encountered. Devel-
opment work since has demonstrated
without doubt that larger and richer
bodies exist on the lower levels than
those encountered in the upper work.
ings-Phoenix Gazette.
Searchlight District
A Searchlight (Nev.) correspondent
writes about the district and it's mines
as follows: Searchlght has popula-
ton of only 1900, but it has about the
same number of men at work in the
mines as Goldheld and Bullfrog COM
bined. 1t has thirty-seven mines, all
showing good ore. The Quartette mine
is open to a depth of 1000 feet. II
has yielded over 100000 and has
over $9,00O,000 worth of ore blocked
out. The ore is free milling in all
levels and the vein is steadily increas-
ing i'm size and width as depth Is OBJ
tanned. The ledge averages from six
to sixty feet in width.
Development is now going ON Of q
second independent ore which prac-
tically doubles the value of the mine,
as 1t has been struck on the SOO-foot
level, making 800 feet of new ore