The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-11-16
NEWS OF MANHATTAN DISTRICT

the company In the main Granny-Con-
soiidated contact. The fortunate lessee
is getting depth with all possible dis
patch and as he does so is sacking ore.
superintendent Scott Turner OF the
Granny has a force Of men at work
prosecuting to the contact at a depth
Of SEQ feet in the main working shaft.
Progress is necessarily slow owing to
the v%itreous. compact character OF the
formation. In the upper levels the ledge
is showing true and strong between well
defined walls and is high class mill rock
in It's entirety. When encountered at
the soo-foot level the company will have
better than SOC feet of backs. The
Granny is In position to make regular
shipments to the local mills but 1t APP
pears probable that no attempt will be
made to do so as the contem-
plates erecting a mill Of its own. In the
c~ompany's incline shaft free gold con-
tinues to be a feature In the ore.
An average Of ESQ tons Of ore Is be-
Ing hoisted each week through the
Thanksgiving shaft and Is being stored
in ore house until such time as Il can
be treated at the plant of the Manhat-
tan Ore Reduction & Refining company
but a short distance away. This ore Is
all high grade and is being mined in
the west drift at the s3s-foot level. 1t
is there that what is termed the tel
lurium ledge intersects the main contact
making in from the Mustang. Drifts
are being run north and south on this
high grade pay streak and some of the
richest ore ever found In the mine was
broken from IL n few days ago. For
the present work will he confined to that
particular portion of the property as u
Is necessary to install pumps before the
shaft can be unwatered TO the 3O0-foot
level and sinking he resumed
1t appears probable that the Otero
will begin regular shipments to mill
about the first of next year. The work
ing force Is now engaged In prosecuting
to the main Otero contact at a depth of
200 feet and barring accident should
reach the objective point some time In
December. Immediately thereafter stop
ing will begin. In the upper levels ex-
tensive bodies of oxidixed ores are
showing all of which can be treated al
profit beneath the stamps. A large ton
mage of mill rock is piled on dump and
is to be treated as soon as the local
piditS trH fi2hkt ~ ~
Surface prospecting to the north OF
the main workings on the Memo has re.
suited in the discovery of a ledge carry
ing high values in gold and showing a
little of that precious metal In the free
The find was, made at very nomina'
depth and will require development t.
prove it's worth. In appearance thu
quartz resembles that mined in the Mus
tang and Thanksgiving. Hitherto mosi
Of the values found on the Memo Ia
been in silver and lead. In fact tho
main Memo contact carries a very small
per cent of gold In comparison with IT.
silver and lead values.
Work at the various leases the pas,
week has resulted in the discovery OF
several ore bodies of more or less real
value. TIL more important find is that
made by the Pioneer Leasing & Mining
company operating on Litigation hill
The miners are now working in ore hav.
ing no actua1-not a speculative-valus
OF nearly $50 gold the ton. This Is the
one leasing outfit operating in that sec
ton which does not evinte a feverist
desire to rush into print. What news II
has to give out Is given willingly and
is free from the hysteria of inflated
! values.