The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-02-09

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tionaI history of Manhattan has created
his camp the equal of that which at
taches to the discovery of sulphide ore
carrying bonanza gold values in the
Mustang. For several weeks stringers
of high grade ore encountered in the
workings from time to time. and last
sunday the ore body from which they
emanate was encountered at n depth of
$40 feet.
The ledge has an average width OF
3k feet and assays are obtained as high
as 1000 and $4,000 in gold the ton.
These values prevail for a length of
is feet along the strike of the vein and
to all appearances the shoot Is of large
proportions. The miners are still drift
ing along the ore without depreciation
In gold grade. To all appearances SUI
perintendent Jack Humphrey tapped the
ore shoot at its apex as little quartz
of value is found along the roof of the
drift.
In appearance the ore resembles close
~ that mined in the amous Mohaw
bonanza at Goidheld. So closely in fact
that the person Is indeed a n adept In
d~ifferentiating mineral bearing quartz
who can distinguish specimens from the
two properties. The rock is close grained
and compact and shows free gold and
pyrites, occurring in the planes OF CLAW
age and transversly in the assuring.
Cubes of the yellow metal are distributed
In punches in all portions OF the ore,
p~recluding the possibility of a surface
deposit solely. and assuring the treat
ment of the entire body at profit.
The marked prevalence of sulphides
and the close association of free gold
Herewith is a splendid indication OF
the permanency of vein and values to
great depth. 1t appears probable that
the condition referred to is due to secon-
dairy enrichment of the sulphide zone.
The prediction has often been made
by mining engineers who have inspected
the are occurrences Of the Manhattan
district that such deposits ar that open
ed in the Mustang would be found here
and that the would be due to the leach
ing of the surface ores. and a re-precipi-
| tation of the gold values at water level.
A case in point Is found in the rich
gold deposits of the Mohawk mine at
| Goldfeld, the most marvelously rich gold
bearing mine in the world. There, as at
the Mustang, the bonanza values are
found in the %sulphide zone. The sole
point of difference is that the gold val
ues in the Mustang are found in silici-
fed slate, while the Mohawk values occur
in %porphyritic quartz. The close resem-
blance of the two ore bodies taken to-
gether with the fact that high gold val
ues prevail at depth in the Mohawk,
is Indicative of the ~permanency of ore
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and that other deposits of like grade and
character will be found at depth in eth
err portions of the Manhattan district
as well.
In speaking of the Mustang strike
and the Importance of it's bearing upon
the mining industry of this camp. w. o.
Pray, the man who opened up the rich
ledge on the Independence Consolidated,
and who has established an enviable rep
utation as a mining engineer, stated a
few lays since that he considered 1t
the most momentous strike made in the
history of the camp.
"The ores in the Mustang" said he.
Have at depth been found to be freight
ed with %sulphides carrying free gold.
and they are characteristic of the main
Manhattan ore zone that has been
traced from the Independence CONSOLE
dated estate below Central to the Man
haitian Mommoth property well over in
the East Manhattan section of the camp.
Surface values have almost always been
found along the tread of this immense
lode line. and the many mining men who
have inspected it's ore occurrences are
practically a unit in predicting that
high grade ore deposits will be found
in the sulphide zone at water level"
One of the most important features
connected with the Mustang strike is
the impetus it has given to mining oper-
alton in all portions of the Manhattan
district, more particularly at properties
along the trend of the main contact.
Thus early evidences of increased energy
are noticeable at a number of estates
in the vicinity of the Mustang, and in
other instances plans are being made by
owners of mere remote acreages to de-
velop at depth.