Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-08-03
Manhattan Property Taken Over
BY Professor J, l. Jenny Who
Starts Development.
OGDEN MAN MAKES A STRIKE.
EMoOd Madden Finds Good Looking
Rock Near East Manhattan
Other News.
Special correspondence.

Special Correspondence.
Manhattan. Nevada July cit Is
reported on very good authority that
the Sedan claim which opened up such
high grade ore last week has been
sold for $4,000 and 100000 shares VI
stock in a company 70 be immediate
ly incorporated. Prof J. T.. Jenny. ex-
L : geoIogisi. oonsummated the deal
with Bert l.. smith. one Of the owners
Of the Sedan claim Mr. Garrett am
other OF the owners ana the one VINO
made tne wonderful strike, has been
retained as superintendent A double
compdItW working snuit has been
starred ana at depth ut tignt lert
tie edge Was again encountered. ana
b. even richer than before. Ile whole
bottom oi TIE snalt is IN hign grade
ore. and assays have been taken run
ming above S5Vv per ton.
Drifting viii soon be commenced on
the y foot ledge Wnlch Was cut last
week ia the tunnel OF the Manhattan
Nevada Gold Mines co. az Central
This ledge is Identical 20 the one on
the Manhattan Consolidated. The tun-
mel is now IN the nil l25 feet. the face
being IN lime spar carrying values as
high as $40 per ton In gold.
In the drift from the shaft on Lease
No. Of the Manhattan Cowboy Min
ing Co. a vein four feet wide has been
encountered returning values OF Si5
per ton IN gold. This ore body trends
northwest and southeast, and is be-
lieyed 10 be a continuance Of the IA
nous Union No. vein Of the Man
haitian Dexter. This vein VIII at once
be followed.
Free gold in quantity is being taken
from the tunnel on the Manhattan
Mammoth al East Manhattan. The
entire face Is I'm ore that pans very
high IN free gold. a new ledge below
the tunnel on the Mammoth has just
been opened up and many fine free
gold specimens taken from the work.
ings. The owners OF the Consolidated
Manhattan. adjoining the Mammoth
on the west are eagerly watching de-
yelopments on this new veln as II Is
very close 10 their line
Good ore has been opened on the
Manhattan Jumbo northeast Of the
town OF East Manhattan. Elwood
MAIDEN. formerly Of ogden. Utah. and
one OF the owners Of the property.
while prospecting the company's hold
ings which Is covered with a Gaping,
thought he would sink a shaft through
II 10 see what was below At this
| point, he had only TO sink few feet
1 when he ran into mineralized rock.
aud few feet deeper disclosed good
sized vein which pans free gold In
| considerable quantity Work will be
continued on this vein and the prop
| erty thoroughly opened W.
Several pieces ~ rock that were al
most solid gold, were brought into
! town Yesterday by prospector who
| claimed 10 have found them on his
property near Milleti 40 miles north
/ OF Manhattan Considerable interest
| was aroused. 90 the end that several
/ parties left for the scene Of the strike
| this morning. The camp 81 Millett
vas located last spring. and IL near
/ the site Of several old silver mines
| which were abandoned when the price
/ of silver dropped. AS most Of these
| properties were worked for silver
alone, no attention being given 70 the
gold values. II Is believed that they
\ can now be successfully worked FOR
| gold Water IL 10 be had ln album
dance, as well as fuel and IN al prob
ability a permanent camp viii be es-
| tablished this fan.