Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-22
MINING CAMPS
SHOW ACTIVITY
GREAT RUSH FOR MANHATTAN
IN NEVADA
Plans Of Great Western Gold Company
Another Big Strike In carriean
Property--RalIroa to
the Mines


installation of a second and larger fur
mace at the Ingot smelter and the erec-
tion of zinc plant, in which zinc white
will be produced from the fumes of the
smelters.
The additional furnace and machinery
has already been ordered and will be
shipped during the present month.
At meeting Of the stockholders Of
the Great Western, held in ST. Louis
OH December q last, the following off,
GERS and directors were elected. T. s.
Henderson, president; o. Il. Adams,
vice president; =. II. Noel, secretary
and treasurer; M. IL. Dittmar, manag'
ing director; G. =. Keller, A. II. Flem-
ming, Thomas Walsh.
The directors have reorganized and
outlined a plan of development work
and plant installation that means much
for Shasta county.
The capacity of the Afterthought
smelter will be more than doubled,
and this, with the manufacture of zinc
and the consequent employment of more
men. will make things hum in the
Afterthought section.
New Mining, Company
The Barstow Mining and = Milling
company has filed certified articles Of
Incorporation with the county clerk at
San Bernardino, says the Sun. The
Los Angeles. Capital stock S1,000,000,
in shares of the par value of $40 each,
which has been subscribed as follows:
James Graybill 1896 shares: Won
Hee, $500 shares; G. w. Roach, $500
shares; T. A. Smithson, $500 shares
and b. A. Stephens, so shares.
The property owned by the company
is located opposite Barstow. near an
old cemetery. The first locations were
mo hNy 4 nfnNpr
of the Santa Fe, who claimed to have
discovered gold galore. Soon all man.
rer of startling accounts of rich strikes
were in circulation, and stampede
was created.
Recently it was alleged that a sys-
tematic effort to jump the claims was
made. The first attempt was thwarted
by Won Kee and one of the white
stockholders. Then 1t was alleged that
Won Kee had been found on the claim
alone later and brutally beaten by the
jumpers, who secured temporary pos
session Of the property. but We're soon
arrested by special officers of the Santa
Fe.
1t is stated at Barstow. that mill
both for private use and custom ore
will be erected on the property.
Carrigan Strike Excitement
Mining men in the vicinity of the
Carrigan strike on the Big Williams
Fork Yavapai county, are greatly eX-
cited over the discovery there of q
three-foot ledge of ore that assays $4,000
to the ton in gold.
Julius Mora, an italian prospector
who arrived from the Carrigan vicin-
ity brought to Phoenix the first news
of the discovery, says the Gazette.
Mora says that at depth of fifty feet
"
bearing ledge is twenty feet wide. with
a streak of three feet that runs into the
thousands of dollars in gold. Some of
the samples taken out are almost the
pure stuff
Important strikes are being made on
other claims that surround the Carri-
gan claims. on four of which gold ore
has been found. Many mining men
and prospectors are preparing TO &C
into the district.
At the present time about seventy
five men are at work sinking shafts on
different claims. Eleven of them are
employed by the company formed to
develop the Carrigan property. AS
depth is gained the ore is getting
richer.
Redmond Toohey, who has taken a
bond on six claims in the district that
adjointS those OF Carrigan. is prepar-
ing to do extensive development work
The bond on Carrigan's claims is $780,
900 and is held by several wealthy
Colorado mining men.
Rush to Manhattan
Manhattan the new and fabulouslS
rich gold camp in the Goldfield, New.
district, is located eighty miles north
east of Goldfield and week ago con
tained twenty inha bitantS 1t now con
tains 1000 eager prospectors for gold
A low estimate places the exodus from
Goldheld to the new camp at 1000.
Life at Manhattan is strenuous, there
being no law or order. Rich surface
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