The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-09-29
PHENOMENAL GROWTH OF
THE MANHATTAN DISTRICT
It Engineering 9 Machinery Co. S Sa1. 1 1lsi
(By w. p. Dewolf.

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Manhattan. New, Sept. 25.-Less than
a twelvemonth ago the present site Of
Manhattan. town and camp. was a will
derness. -unpopulated save by a meagre
corps of nomadic prospectors who wan
dered s%poradically over a range extend
ing as far south as GOldhe1d and to the
north as far the historic old town OF
Belmont, decayfng monument to the
glories of Nevada's silver era. For
twenty years Belmont has drowsed the
hours away in apathetic Iassitude. the
veriest wrath of its former estate.
dreaming the old. old, yet ever new
dream of fortune Its scanty popula-
ton. age worn and gray. is gradually
passing over to the little cemetery on
the west slope of the hill, and the town
itself is but a sepulchere where lie
buried beneath the ashes of past thrift
and industry the hope. the despair, the
success, the failure of a fleeing genera
ton.
DISCOVERY OF roNoPAH
From this long forgotten station be-
sid the prospector's endless trail Jim
Butler Jared forth across the Ralston
desert to where Mount eddie rears its
stern furrowed crest against the sky
line and beneath its shadow located the
now famous Mizpah mine. resultant in
the birth" of Tonopah. Butler sounded
the clarion which awakened a state from
lethargy. and since that first golden
note swelled forth across the arid
wastes to the busy marts of trade other
dominant notes in the grand symphony
of Nevada's r~ejuvenation have been
sounded at Goldheld, Bullfrog. Search
light, Ely. Fairview, Yerington. Buck
skin. Greenwater. Round Mountain.
Manhattan. Either one of the before
mentioned names is synonymous with
success in matters mining, but in no
camp are properties being developed un-
der mineral conditions more favorable to
mine making than in Manhattan.
THE FIRST SHIPMENT
The first location in the camp was the
April Fool claim, now a portion of the
valuable estate of the Seyler-Humphrey
company, but the Stray Dog claim is
accorded the distinction of making the
first shipment-Hudson-vermilye lease.
Since that time the property has been
developed along systematic and eco
nomic lines by the Stray Dog Manhat-
tan Mining company and the estate in
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company account solely. In fact. it was
the strike made by Hudson and YER
milyea which first called the attention
of the mining public to the riches Sc
creted in the hills embraced in what is
now known as the Manhattan Mining
district. Few prospectors were in this
vicinity on that day in September a
year ago when the initial shipment went
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diately thereafter and in the following
January the rush was on.
RAPrDITY OF GROWTH
1t was a motley phalanx which braved
the winters storm, forced its way
across the bleak, San Antonio desert
and pitched its tent amid the snow and
the sage brush where was given birth
a city that matured in a night. Yet
from that nondescript mass of men and
merchandise has been evolved a town
whose citizens are ~law-abiding and
wherein can be purchased most of the
comforts and many of the luxuries of
life. Although considerably remote
from railroad facilities the camp keeps
in touch Herewith by means of auto
and six-horse stage lines, and the brok-
ers transact business with facility and
dispatch through the medium of tele-
graphic and telephone communication
with the commercial centers of the
country. The present population of the
camp is somewhat in excess of $500 and
the tide of migration still sets inward.
MINES KEEP PACE
The mines are keeping pace with the
increase in population and as develop
ment progresses their pay rolls are cor
~respondingly enlarged. No person who
really wants work need remain idle in
this district, and in some of the outly-
ing sections there is a scarcity of men,
signs of the deliver are in evidence on
every side and massive gallows frames
stretch their tesselated lengths skyward
from every hillside. The hiss of steam
breaks Sibilant upon the ear and the
pistol-shot like report of gasoline en-
CINE exhaust reverberates upon the
clarified air, echoing from serrated butte
and amorphous outcrop with a sound
not unlike that produced by a fusilade
of musketry.
MINING ENERGY UNIFORM
No section of the camp can claim any
great distinction over another in mining
energy with the possible exception of
Gold and Broncho hills and their con-
tiguous territory. On the former are
located the famous Union No. 9 claim of
the Manhattan Dexter compan and the
no less celebrated Stray Dog. Indian
Camp. Jumping Jack, Little Grey. Gold
Wedge, AS You Like 1t and Wolftone
properties. Across the gulch to the
north, on Broncho hill. are located the
well known Broncho, Mustang. Mustang
Extension, Forked Stick and Rocklin
claims, each one of which presents I'M
deniable promise of developing into bo-
nanza. Still further to the north and
along the same contact, are located the
estates of the Manhattan Combination
company, the Sedan company and the
Belmont company. Each of the trio
was recently the scene of a high grade
strike, and in the instance of the first
mentioned the pay zone is already en-
tered.
GOLD HILL DEVELOPMENT
There are sixteen shafts in the camp
equipped with power hoists for deep
sinking fully half of which are located
on Gold hill. Extensive ore bodies have
been and are being developed in many
properties and at the Union No. 9, Stray
Dog. Indian Camp. Jumping Jack. Little
Grey. Gold Wedge and Wolftone ship
ping ore is being mined and consign-
ments being sent out at regular and fire.
quent intervals. 1t appears very prob
able that the Union No. ., Jumping Jack,
Stray Dog. and ndian Camp properties
will be consolidated. making one of the
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