Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-05-19

or 5000 per year and he still continues
10 conduct his bakery business. This
Is only one instance Of many that
might be related OF how fortunes have
been made In q few weeks by mes
who have followed the rush, ! saw this
baker and talked with him and ! dare
say he would spurn an offer Of $4,000
or even $4,000 for his Manhattan hold
ings
Preparations are being made 10
omen the new East Manhattan toWnsite
and there will undoubtedly be a scram-
BILE for choice lots there. for II is des-
tined to become the location Of some OF
the big milling plants 10 be built IN the
future.
Torrors of Desert Gone,
The trip 10 Manhattan from Tonopah
in the automobiles which ply between
the two points Is not lacking In inter-
est The terrors Of the desert have been
removed by these machines which 40
along with the swiftness Of a passenger
train on some OF the transcnntinental
roads. The distance, about SO miles, Is
usually made In about Two and one
half hours. although one Of Renfro's big
cars is said to have made a record trip
Of one hour and ifty-thrce minutes
There are two routes Travelled by the
autos, but the one used most takes the
traveller by the big sign staked out on
the hill I'm conspicuous place by G.. Il.
Mayne and Harry Cole. the Salt Lake
broker, Indicating the location Of the
Manhattan Gold King mine.
imprcs sivC Introduction
This introduction into Manhattan
seems good 10 the Salt Laker, for the
Gold King, being salt Lake
promotion IL familiar The road
then passes on down past the proper
Ties where some of the principal leases
are working and where some OK the
richest gold ore In the camp hus been
found.
The other road enters the camp via
Central city the location If the now
electric light plant and the first mill
built IN the district This road masses
by Mustsng Gold and April Fool hills
Mustang II on the left and MI along Inc
ridge can be seen men engaged in blast.
ing and taking out orc. To the right Of
Central on the way m can be seen
the property OF the Manhattan Leroy,
one Of the attractive propositions lately
placed on the market bv Mcfyaney &
Torpey Of Manhattan Further on IN.
to the right, ono Is brought 10 Gold hin
where some OF the deepest workings m
the camp are located on thlg hin Is
The famous Union No claim. also the
propsrtIes ~ tho Stray Dog Manhat-
tan, Jumping Jack Manhattan and In
dian Camp Manhattan mining comran-
les successfully noatations OF tho L.
M. sullivan Trust company " Goldneld
Stray boy ami Others.
On the No lease OF the stray Dog
Manhattan Mining company a sensa-
tional strike was made a few weeks
ago at the 65-foot point In the shaft.
Two feet OF ore was opened and assays
showed value running up into the
thousands Of dollars to the ton. Work
Is progressing on the new company
shaft Of the Jumping Jack Manhattan
company, which In being sunk near
the point where j. D. Campbell, chief
engineer and formerly connected with
the McKane and Schwab mining inter
ests, declares a union Of the Stray Dog
and Union No. veins Will be found.
In the Indian Camp property, three feet
OF rich. ore has been opened up al 80
feet and Is broadening as depth Is at
tained. Twenty-four horse power gaso-
line holsts have been ordered by the
Jumping Jack and Indian Camp COM
panies, which together with the steam
hoist now on the Stray Dog. and the
whlms on the Golden lease on the
Jumping Jack. and the Jones and 9th.
er leases on the Stray Dog,and the sew
era leases on the Union No o. Will,
within few weeks, make these four
properties on Gold hill bee hives of ac-
t.glt.H
on the Stray Dog, Jumping Jack, Union
No. ., and indian Camp.
Manhattan Cowboy.
In the same locality Is the now
famous Iron King and Iron queen
claims Of the Manhattan Cowboy
Mining company the stock Of which
was put out by the Pioneer Manhat-
tan Brokerage company one OF the
strong concerns OF Manhattan and
which Is offcered by the following;
Charles +. Kapp, of Goldheld, pres
ident; Judge Volney r Haggott. treas
urer and A. j. Wright of Manhattan
secretary. on the Cowboy several
leasers are taking out rich ore from
the lode claims and about the first OF
the present month Judge Haggott
started some men to work on the rich
placer ground on the Iron King
claim Paintings can be obtained al
most anywhere on this claim and while
was there the judge offered to give
anyone 500 who could find dirt that
did not contain colors in the several
acres contained IN the placer zone
The men working there are making
good wages after paying the company
25 per cent royalty f. II. Stua"' 'he
engineer of the company, says s. ,
OF this surface dirt will carry gold up
TO $4,000 to the ton. on April "a
sulphide ore was struck in the shaft.
the first real discovery OF this class OF