Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1907-11-03
Millions of Tons of Ore Blocked
Out and on the Dumps Await
ing Grinding of the MiIIS--WilI
Be One of the Greatest Pro-
duCerS the World Has Ever
Seen.

now that they made no mistake in
their belief.
Everybody who went to Manhattan
in the early days were of the opinion
that the camp was high grade prop
osition Development has proved
that it is high grade milling prop
osition, and that there is an album
dance of high grade, but that it is in
the rich seams and streaks.
The development of Manhattan is
something for the mining world to
marvel at, and goes to prove that
wherever gold is, man will find the |
way of reaching it. There was COM
paratively no money to work the
properties, and the owners of the
mines went to work themselves to |
develop their mines. Where they |
could not get money even to buy
powder, they have let leases and the
other man has done the development. |
The history of the past month in
the camp has been simply wonderful.
In the. eastern part of Manhattan,
where is located the Manhattan Con-
solidated mine, there Is gulch lead
ing down into the town. on both
sides of which are locations, the
character of the ground showing the
riches underneath.
On one side of this is Litigation
Hill, which had been heard OF more
| through the courts than through sem
sational discoveries. 1t is part of
the holdings of the Manhattan Dex-
ter whose affairs have occupied
much of the attention of the courts
and for which reason work has been
prohibited on the ground
Nearly all of this ground has been
patented, and work is now going on
there in earnest, and observe what
has happened since the ground be-
came free to operate. There was a
rush for leases on the property, and
within the last month most sensa-
tional values have been taken from
the ground The Cram Evans-Lh-
Lime lease was the first block on
which the rich ore was uncovered.
This was at depth of sixty-five feet.
1t was only few days later when
they broke into the rich, ore on the
adjoining lease operated by Rose,
Nash and others. Later on came the
find in the Watson lease on the same
ground, that of the Union Extension
Mining Company.
About the same time a great strike
was made on the Union No. Mining
Company's ground which is at the
other end of the camp. A grab sam
pie from thirty-nine ssSxs of ore
! ready for shipment, averaged $751;
"a. Less than two weeks ago there
: was another strike made in the In
; dependence mine, which is about
: four and hilf miles to the west OF
the leases of the Union Extension
+ and which is owned by capitalists OF
San Francisco. They are down in
f, this mine to depth of fifty feet
! and they encountered the same form.
4 alton that was shown up on the
t leases of the Union Extension The
p ore averaged $500 ton.
This gives one an idea of the tire
I<.,, -, Aa, -
in Manhattan. Here are the leases
n on the Union Extension digging III
p ore that will go from $500 to $70t
t ton, with fine body of milling ore
/ the average of which thus far ha
y been $50 ton; and nearly five mile
It away is the independence with tn
/ same character of ore, and between
n them is the famous Mustang Hill,
: district within itself On the Mus
# tang Hill is the celebrated Thanks
oil giving mine,' which has secured $50
e ore at the 350-foot depth. In tn
it immediate vicinity of the Thanksgiv
It ing is the Mustang, the Manhattan
n Breyfogle, the Mustang Extension
e the Forked Stick, the Rocklin. o.
e the Hill also is the Wolf mill. tn
first of the three to be completed
e, A short distance away is the Wolf
d tone, the Union No. 8. Indian Cam
g and the Stray Dog, and the Origina
e Manhattan. On the Indian Cam
e ground, with as pretty site as coul
m be found anywhere, is the Lemo
d. mill, which is being rushed to con
lie pletion, and which has already mad
W test of dropping its stamps.