The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-08-31
OF MANHATTAN DISTRICT

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hills and the irregular confines OF the
sulch ieading westward to the old camp
Of Central. OF q number OF business
blocks projected. and to be erected Inn
mediately. the more important IL that
which n to occupy the site at the north
west corner Of Main and Erie streets
This building IL to be built for A. q.
Raycraft. president Of the Manhattan
Dexter Mining company. and will nave q
| frontage on Main street of 100 feet. ex-
| tending up Erie street a length OF 125
feet. The lower story Is to be parti-
toned on into store rooms and the sec
ond and third stories are to be occupied
by the Toquima club. The Toquima club
is a social organisation whose member
hip Is made up of the prominent men OF
the camp. 1t has been and Is a potent
factor In the upbuilding of the town..
The money circulating in Manhattan
| at present is almost to a two-bit piece
| outside money, there being. as usual. the
| single exception which proves the rule
| The anomaly IL found In the firm of
Sullivan and Ash of Manhattan who re-
Gently purchased the business Of E.
l MarkS q 70. OI lOnoBdn. III ~
| t~ipctiou there Is reason to believe that a
number Of Tonopah brokerage firms are
preparing to establish branch offices
here. The J. w. Shelton company has
| already secured commodious offices in
the Smith building on Main street ana
expects to be installed and ready for
business by September 18th. The nrm
will do a general brokerage business
and will have private wire connection
with the mining stock exchanges at
| Goldheld and San Francisco.
There are about IS mining estates
undergoing development In the Man
haitian district at this time; 80 shafts
are equipped with power hoists. either
| ga solene or steam; at two properties
| the Consolidated and Thanksgiving. ar
drills are in operation. A conservative
estimate on the gross value OF the ore
tonnage blocked out and on dump at the
various mines is $40, 900. 900. This esti-
mate does not take into account the
lodges undergoing development IN
THANKSGIVING workings. Thanksgivine
ground Is proving exceptionally rich In
gold yield and as values are increasing
as depth il game in the sulphide ore
zone the permanency of the deposits Is
assured. At present the Thanksgiving
I. the show mine of the camp, but II
may at any moment have to share us
! laurels, for development of other prop
critics at depth is demonstrating the
continuity Of vein and precious metal
throughout an extended area.
Survey has established the presence
of the Thanksgiving contact in the acre
ages of the Rocklin. Breyfogie ana
Forked Stick companies and as each OF
these estates is undergoing systematic
development It will not be long before
they vie in iches with their plutocratic
%neighbors. A more exhaustive survey Vi
| the Thanksgiving contact indicates that
II masses easterly for at least a distance
OF 5 miles, traversing the acreages OF
the Otero. Mineral Hill and other COM
NAMES en- route. At the Otero the ore
characteristics are identical with those
obtaining at the Thanksgiving. includ-
ing the yield Of high gold values.
The other known main contact ira
versing the Manhattan mineral belt IN
UNFORTUNATELY an easterly and westerly
| direction extends from a point Wen 10
the west of the Wolftone estate through
| the Unions of the Dexter company, the
Granny. Manhattan Virginia, Consoi-
dated. Pine Nut and other acreages 10
a point we'll to the east OF East Manhat-
] tan. This c6ntact Is very evidentiy
| fully as rich as that paralleling 1t on the
north. as is evidenced by the value OF
the gold laden lodges being developed
hy the lessees on the Dexter and al
ioining acreages. In the Granny the
presence of this contact Is marked py
the mining of ore having a gold vaiue
eoual TO that being hoisted from the
shallow shafts on Litigation hill. IA
dating from both of these contacts ike
ribs from the backbone OF some ante
dluyian, petrifed monster. are hunoreos
~ cross lodges, many of which are
moving quite as well worthy OF mining
research as the parent BODY.
For some time past the knotty prop
lem connected with the mining Industry
here has to do with ore treatment rather
than ore finding. Ore piled on dump or
blocked out in mine workings with no
method at hand for extracting It's goio
values is for all immediate purposes
mite as worthless as junk, uniess may
han It be of grade sufficiently high to
permit of shipping at profit. The aver
age ore grade of this camp is about $50
the ton, hence the product must be
treated at home If Manhattan mines are
to pay dividends. A local market Tor
Manhattan ores will be at hand upon
the completion of the stamp mill ana
cyanide plant the Manhattan Ore Re-
duction & Refining company is erecting
on Mustang ground. Slow and exasper-
atin9 railway transit for machinery is
hampering operations severely but 1t Is
hoped to have the stamps ropping by
tho middle of September.