Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-07-04
Good Ore Has Been Encountered
At Fifty Feet Depth in This
Nevada Property,
LeASERS AND NOW WORKING
ON Gold lIill--Ore VIII Undergo
Treatment In Mil at Central
city.

Manhattan. New. July Lone Of the
important mining Developments Of the
week Is tho strike made ON the Bald
Eagle claim of the Manhattan Standard
Gold Mining company, whose acreage is
located IN a group On the richest por-
ton Of the pay belt. The find was
made in no. shaft at a depth Of 50
feet.
The Bald Eagle claim endlines with
the rip Top and the celebrated April
Fool mine is situated but a short dis
lance 10 the south The main lodges
Of both the Tip Top and April Fool
properties can be traced across Stand
ara ground by their outcrOps and the
vein showing In the bottom of the
Bald Eagle shaft Is identical In appear
ance with that being worked ON April
Fool acreage. Il Is the intention OF
the management 10 follow this lead
down 10 the 100 foot point and To then
intcrseCt and drift on II Ia search OF
an ore shoot. No. shaft was selected
some time since as the main working
medium and that the choice NJ The
management. was warranted Is demon
strated by the valuable discovery made
this week.
Operations are 10 be furnished by
means II a gasoline hosting plant hay-
INK a lifting capacity from a depth Of
500 feet The machinery was ordered
several weeks ago and Is expected 10
arrive in camp today.
on the Union No. . claim Of the
Manhattan Dexter Mining company.
they are working In pay rock Since
the boom days OF the camp the claim
has been continually In the lime light
Of the mining world and more ore has
been shipped from Il than from any
other one claim iu the Manhattan dis
trict.
Leases No. ~. No. 10 and so. II are
IN ore having a commercial value OF
about $500 in gold TO the ton and the
miners are working in the same ledge
from which Raycroft and McLain are
mining a like grade OF ore on the Little
Grey. In fact, the trio Of leases are
connected with the Raycraft holding on
the Little Grey by means OF drifts aud
through these mediums II has been
demonstrated that the ore body Is con-
tinuous and the gold grade uniform
from Union No, 9 20 Little Grey
ground. on leases No u and No. IL.
operations are facilitated by means Of
gasoline HOSTS OF Is horse power each,
hut the rock mined In lease No. 10 is
holsted through the shaft ON No. r.
Briggs and Sinclair have secured re-
newal Of lease No. IA. formerly operat-
ed by Briggs and Evans. aud are prose-
cutting development work with success.
All the ore coming from the work.
ings, both mill and shipping grades,
is being held nc the property and no
consignments will go out 20 either
stamp mill or smelter as Il IL the pur.
pose Of the lessees 10 hold the product
until such time as Raycraft and as
sociates have milling plant Of their
Own IN operation. Meanwhile the hold
ing II 10 be developed along systematic
lines and the greater proportion OF min
ing EFFORT Is 20 be concentrated IN the
blocking out Of the ore bodies From
necessity quite an amount Of high and
miil grade rock VIII be mined while
the deposits are being tested and
proved up and viii swell the bulk Of
the tonnage at surface.
The plant which Roycmft and assocl-
ates propose 10 operate is 20 be erected
AZ Palo Alto below the old camp OF
Central An adequate water supply
has been conserved and the site Of the
mill selected with the view Of afford
ing a down Hill haul Tor the loaded ore
wagons. Three batteries OF 5-stamps
each VIII be utilized in crushing the
gold laden rock 10 pulp and by the
time they are IN action there Is no aues-
ton but what the tonnage from the
property VIII BE- sufficient 20 keep them
IN constant operation. 4 contract Tor
the machinery has already been closed
and il viii soon DE en- route 20 the
Camp.