The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-12-01
NEWS OF MANHATTAN DISTRICT

Dog mine has made good It's early
promise of becoming n bonanza. The
big assure which crosses the estate Is
Welding ore that sacks at the rate OF
$1,000 in gold the ton. Ed Hoffman. the
newly appointed general manager of the
STRAY Dog and other L. NJ. Sullivan
Trust company properties at this point.
is carrying in his vest pocket paintings
from the strike which have a monetary
value Of fram 50 to s. each.
on November 10th. the night force en-
ployed on the Stray Dog mine broke into
the ledge in the east drift at the 100
foot level. and the miners are now work
ing In I feet of ore with but one wall In
sight. One foot of the deposit carries
an average gold grade of $1,000 the ton,
the remaining 3 feet breaking at the
rate of $40 in gold the ton. AS fast as
broken down the bonanza grade is sack
ed and stored in the workings where IL
will remain until such time as 1t is sent
to smelter. The high grade mill quartz
is being piled on dump pending plans
for its treatment beneath the stamps.
At points the rich streak yields pan
nings which indicate a gold value of
from 5000 to 5000 the ton. The entire
body is dotted with free gold and its
bonanza portions are permeated with
narrow streaks which are plastered full
with the precious metal.
INDIAN CAMP
Sulphides nave been encountered In
the bottom of the shaft on the estate OF
the Indian Camp Manhattan Minine
company. The strike has a bearing upon
the future of this camp only paralleled
in Importance by that made on Manhat-
tan Consolidated ground several weeks
ago. 1t is another demonstration of the
fact that continuity of vein and values
do obtain in the Manhattan Mining dis
trict at depth.
Last Sunday at a depth of $50 feet in
the Indian Camp shaft a body of ore was
encountered which is heavily impreg-
mated with sulphides. The shaft has
penetrated the deposit a depth of s feet
and in that distance gold values have In
creased from $40 to s35 the ton, the
figures representing an average break
clear across it's bottom. The ledge was
caught on its dip to the west and from
it's present angle it appears probable
that the shaft will be I'm ore for at least
10 feet. That the deposit is of mmense
proportions is already assured and once
it is thoroughly penetrated and crosscut
a large area OF StbpinB SIouhu VIM pS
afforded. both above and belowthe pres
ent point of operations.
TIL ledge is unquestionably identical
with the one which shows so strong at
surface and which first called the atten-
ton of j. ID. Campbell to the precious
mineral yielding possibilities of the In
dian Camp estate. That 1t is the main
ledge of the mineral zone which passes
through the property is also certain.
JUMPING JACK
DEVELOPMENT of the acreage of the
Jumping Jack Manhattan Mining COM
pany is being prosecuted along pro-
gressive lines and with every assurance
that the gold yield will be fully as great
as that from the adjoining estates. No
property in the select Gold Hill section
is being handled to better advantage or
under more advantageous mineral con-
ditions. In point of location the Jump
ing Jack has the odds on many other
acreages in tina vicinity as it sidelines
on the north will the Stray Dog claim,
where / 1000 per ton ore is now being
mined, and pierces the southeast and
line of the Crescent, considered one of
the most meritorious properties in the
east end of the pay belt.
As-xoU-LIKE-IT
A well defined ledge of porphyritic
quartz, lying between a hanging wall of
lime and a foot wall of schist. is being
developed on the property of the AS
You-Like-It Manhattan Mining company,
! located the width of one claim south of
! the Stray Dog and entering the south
/ east endline of the st. George claim in
the shape of a wedge. The ST. George
! claim is very rich at surface in quartz
| gold-not placer gold-and during the
! past summer dry washers were worked
to good purpose on the acreage, in one
/ instance the clean up for one day being
a trife better than 20 ounces.
INDEPENDENCE CONSOLIDATED
That w. o. Pray, the well known min
ing engineer, has opened up what is de-
stined to become one of the big bonanzas
of the camp is evidenced by the char
acter of the ore being mined at the re-
cent strike on Independence Consolidated
ground. If further proof of the magni-
tude of the discovery be required it is
found in the fact that the miners are
sacking high grade.
IA a depth of 20 feet the rich streak
has widened to 8 feet of sacking product,
the values occurring in a silicifed lime
stone showing fine gold imbedded
throughout the quartz. This streak fol-
lows the lime foot wall. while the ore
runs through what is perhaps the slate
hanging wall for a width of 6 feet, it
remaining yet to be determined whether
/ or no the true hanging wall has been en-
countered. The vein is found to lie di-
rectly on the contact of lime and slate
and is accompanied by much talcene ma
terial. Contact has now been traced di-
rectly through the property for 1000
feet with ore along the entire distance.
ZANZIBAR
The recent strike at a depth of 200
feet In the Consolidated workings has
attrcated more than the usual amount
of attention to the east end of the camp.
and more particularly TO the Manhattan
Zanzibar. White Caps, Pine Nut and
other mining properties which are known
to carry a continuation of the rich con-
solidated ledge. Interest is especially
pronounced in development of Zanzibar
ground as the miners on that property
are now working in the extension of
what is unquestionably the CONSOLIDATE
ID Pine Nut assure.
This ledge is in a sense the
mother lode of a large portion of the
Manhattan Mining district and wherever
opened has invariably returned high