The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-08-03
NEWS OF MANHATTAN DISTRICT
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Manhattan. New. Aug. This camp
is I'm the throes of a general business
depression similar to that experienced
by the residents of Goidheid two years
ago. the comparison being accentuated
by the fact that, as was the case at
that time in the great gold camp
Manhattan mines are now entering their
regularly productive period. why the
depression is not apparent. unless II be
due to the lackadaisicai spirit that par
vades in general the mercantile pursuits
of the nation during the heat of the
summer solstice. Certain it is that the
depression is but transitory: and yet
while Its e~nervating influence prevails
trade is decidedly quiet with the Man.
haitian business men who are holding
down the lid. The merchants of the
camp. however. are nearly all optimists.
and the while they accept with toler-
able patience the present dull period
are girding up their Joins in preparation
for a very marked increase in general
trade this fall.
In contradistinction is the anomaly
of more mines in more ore than ever
before in the abbreviated history of the
district: of more mining properties un-
der development: OF more miners at
work; of more discoveries of rich ore.
The two conditions are anything but
analogous and the reasons for the diff
ferentiation difficult to deduce: and yet
like periods of business apathy have
prevailed in nearly all the live camps
Of the west coincide with their emerg-
ing from the prospective to the produc-
tive state. Creole. Cripple Creek, Vic
tor, Tonopah and Goldfeld nave each
felt the clutch OF h grin spectre hard
times pom their commercial pocket
books at periods when their mines were
regularly and ~abundantly productive.
Manhattan business men are now pass
ing through a like experience and will
doubtless emerge therefrom in as
sound financial condition as did their
brethren of the quartet of camps above
mentioned. There have been no busi-
ness failures In Manhattan and-"Suf-
fcient unto The day are the evils there
Of"
TIE MIME sKowINas
At the present time there are about
sixty different mining estates under
going systematic development. OF
these no less than thirty-fve are equip
ped with power hoists. In other in
stances machine equipment is either In
transit. or has been ordered. A score
of mines are hosting pay ore-both
milling n shipping grades. Milling
facilities for the treatment of the mine
product are a certainty in the early fall.
While at first ore crushing facilities
will not be as extensive as had been
hoped. a start in the right direction
will have been made and will doubtless
be followed by the installation of addi-
tional batteries and the erection of other
mills. AT least a half dozen Manhattan
mines are in the permanent, or sui
phide ore zone, and gold returns are
highly satisfactory to say the least. AT
a score or more properties ledge devel-
opment is progressing under mineral
conditions that bespeak research al
depth without impairment of vein con-
tinuity or gold content. In fact the
reverse is true as the ore bodies are
showing truer and better defined and
precious metal values are increasing as
the shafts are driven downward into
the auriferous hills. Many mining es-
tates that had remained quiescent since
the San Francisco earthquake of April
IS, 1906, are again being worked. The
lessee has once more taken to the hills
and is demonstrating his worth by the
discovery of hitherto not suspected
lodges %freighted with golden treasure
S~ilhouetted against the pine clad hill
slopes, with brawny arm and sturdy
chest barred to the suns ardent rays, he
ranks with the rem of the nervy
patient. ~persevering men who are max.
ing mining history amid the Southern
Nevada wilderness and placing the
Sage Brush" state at the head of the
roster of gold producing common
wealths.
PRONQNENT LEASES
Excellent progress along development
lines has been made during the past
ten days at the leases on Litigation hill
and improved mineral showings are
the rule. The Mogul Leasing company,
operating No. / lease on Union No.
claim, has incorporated preparatory to
carrying on work on a more extensive
scale. A bucketful of the finest speci-
men ore ever seen in this camp was re-
Gently hoisted from the Mogul shaft.
The pioneer Leasing company, explor-
ing a section of Turtle Dove ground, has
a shaft down better than 40 feet and
is in a large body Ct low grade ore which
Dorol1alc tho hiub proda ladOa apcoupf-