Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1906-01-06
ALL HEADED FOR GREAT manhattan

Z. A. Baldwin came in from Goldfield
Thursday morning and left the follow
ing day for Manhattan. He has dis
posed of his business in Goldfield and
will hereafter make Manhattan his
home.
Charles Cassn came in from Goldfeld
Thursday and left the following day for
Sacramento to buy stock Of goods for
his new store at Manhattan.
Harry Johnson, late of the Elite sa-
loon, Goldfeld, was in town Thursday,
on his way to Manhattan to locate.
A. H. Hendrickson, who arrived in
Goldfeld three weeks ago from Mullin,
Idaho, got the Manhattan fever and
passed through Tonopah Thursday on
his way to the new diggings.
Judge S. E. Vermilyea and Harry
Hudson have received the returns from
the nine tons of ore they shipped some
time ago from one of their Manhattan
leases. The selected or first grade
went $3.50 to the ton and the second
class rock $220 to the ton. In speaking
of the district, on his way home this
week, Judge Vermilyea says Manhattan
has wonderful future. 1t has the
best surface showing of any district in
the state and there is every reason to
believe that they go down. We are
developing our properties as rapidly as
possible. At the present time the Deep
est shaft is only down So feet and the
rich ore that has been extracted thus
far has all been taken from near the
surface.
AT shallow depth rich ledge was
encountered on the McAliister lease on
the Mustang claim. The rock is
literally alive with gold and when
specimens were exhibited around town
great excitement was created. This
property is quite distance from the
other rich properties of the district, be-
ing two miles north of the Union No. 9
and the Stray Dog and about a mile
and half northwest of the town.
There we're thirty-nine people
camped at San Antonio Thursday night
on their way to Manhattan. These
were in addition to the twenty stage
passengers bound for the camp.
Carpenters are in big demand and
buildings are going up like magic.
The Nye & Ormsby County Bank of
Tonopah has the best corner in town
and it is understood they will erect a
bank building and establish a branch
at once.
Mr.. Madden of the Madden house has
just completed an addition to his build
ing and will open a restaurant in it to-
day. Two former employees of the
Mlzpah cafe Of Tonopah have just com
pleted building and viii open a res
taurant today.
James Fowlie of Goldfeld and former
owner Of the Original Package Of
Ionopah IS IN town and win open a
saloon at once in Manhattan.
NJ. L. Holt, a well, known business
man of Goldfeld, bought lot in block
on the Main street yesterday and has
let contract Tor the erection of a
"Ikey" Knudson, the popular barber
of the firm of euler & Knudson of
ronopah, has opened barber shop.
The road between Tonopah and Man
haitian is literally lined with burros.
teams, broncos, freight teams and
automobiles. 1t is a wonderful sight.
The people of Manhattan are the most
happy, prosperous, confident lot of
people on the face of the earth and
they have the gold to show.
The showing on the surface Of the /
Union No. 9 claim is the greatest ever
known in the history of the world. 1t
IS marvellous. From one end line to
The other it is series of trenches and