The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-07-21
MANHATTAN DISTRICT NEWS
Especial Correspondence,

maintained for a.considerable period.
The greatest showing IL disclosed in
the north drift In the tunnel a distance
in from Its portal Of so feet The ore
body IL as feet wide and the entire area
Is permeated by gold values of a uni
form grade Of s17.s4 the ton Across
feet of the deposit an average gold
grade Of s153.4s the ton prevails, a
showing which compares favorably with
any In camp.
A Wine Is being sunk along the foot
wall of the ledge and when 1t Is down
100 fet a crosscut from Its bottom will
intersect the lead.
The ore tonnage at present In sight is
sufficient to keep a twenty-stamp mill
in operation for the next twelve-month,
according to the estimate on the reserve
recently made by A. 8. Riggs, superin-
tendent of the property.
NAUIATTAI xANxIBAB
The crosscut run out at the 100-foot
or bottom level Of the main working
shaft on the acreage Of the Manhattan
Zanzibar Mining company is proving an
eminently satisfactory medium by
which to explore the ground as in ex-
tending 1t toward the main ledge a num-
Oct Oh 6lIlnkCI6 UdNC OCCh Sak ~ -
unquestionably feeders from the parent
lead. Several of these stringers hold a
gold enrichment Of uncommo value,
and one Of them, about IS inches In
breadth carries a liberal quantity of
gold In the free.
The property is located directly east
of the celebrated Consolidated mine and
tha 1T carries a continuation OF the
same rich vein system is plainly evident
to even the veriest tyre in the mining
field as the outcrop. is continuous be-
tween the two estates.
MANHATTAN sTANDA1D
It appears probable that a standard
| ore grade of SIS the ton Is to be main
tanned across the 1S-inch streak of
quartz recently encountered at a depth
Of IS feet in Shaft No. 2 on the Bald
Eagle claim of the Manhattan Standard
| Gold Mining company. The pay crack
Is standing well the test of depth and
| DEVELOPMENT and as the shaft Is lowered
is howing a slight tendency to widen
| out and to increase it's gold contents.
No. 2 shaft has been selected as the
main working medium n Is being
pushed downward to the 100-foot mark
with all dispatch. From the 1O0-foot
level 1t is the intention to intersect and
explore the big Standard ledge which
outcrops many feet in height and which
at surface assays as high as $50 in gold
to the ton.
The management is somewhat disap-
pointed at the non-arrival of the hoist
ing plant which was ordered some time
since, but in the interim is utilizing the
hand windlass as a make shift. Progress
is necessarily slow, however, as many
hours are consumed daily in hosting
rock from the shafts bottom by hand
which could be removed by machinery
in ~one-quarter the time.
MANHATTAN EUREKA
Samples taken at random recently
across IL feet of vein matter showing
in the Litigation Hill Fraction claim Of
the Manhattan Eureka Mining COM
pany demonstrates the entire ore body
to have an average gold value of $3.50
the ton. The ledge was encountered in
the crosscut run out from the 55-foot
level and is composed of well oxidized
quartz with porphyry intrusions. Sink
ing has been resumed with a view of
getting below the somewhat broken
ledge formation which obtains at the 3d.
foot level.
THE YELLOW HORSE
The crosscut run out from the bot
tom of the 100-foot shaft on the Yellow
Horse company's acreage has been ex-
tended to a point within a few feet of
a vein which at surface shows pro-
nounced mineral indications. and con-
tact with the ore body is but a question
Of hours. 1t is the intention of the
management to utilize this cut as a
means for prospecting the main and
parallel lodges as we'll n among
others to be explored are two which are
apparently to merge into one immense
ore body at a depth not exceeding 200
feet. This hypothesis is based on the
dip Of the veins.
PINE NUT
The new main working shaft on the
Pine Nut is now down over 40 feet and
the formation Is showing marked evil
dences of naturalization At the 20
foot point a small seam of $50 ore was
encountered and since then 1t has re-
manned with the shaft. 1t is standing
Almost perpendicular and has widened
out a triie with depth.
The concentration of effort at the
property at this time is devoted to get
ting the big 50-horse power hoist. boiler
and engine In place. A portion of the
plant has been set up and unless the
plans of Superintendent Benedict mis-
carry the machinery will be in operation
before the first of August. Included in
the equipment is a powerful pump in
tended for use IN keeping the workings
free from water.
SEXLE1-HUlrPHREY
As a direct result of development
solely the working force on the War
Eagle claim OF the Seyler-Humphrey
company is mining ore having an aver
~ gold value of $40 the ton. The
ledge was encountered about three
weeks 6 in a tunnel less than 200 feet
In length and since that time every
pound of rock broken down is ore. The
vein composition is a highly silicifed
lime quartz impregnated with quarts
s~tringers carrying gold in the free.
A winze Is following the dip of this
ledge and is nearing a depth of 80 feet.
From the 50-foot level vein intersection