The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-06-15
NEWS OF MANHATTAN DISTRICT


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tFrom our own Representatives.
Manhattan. New. June 11.-Coincident
with mine development at depth in the
Manhattan district shipments are be-
ing made from a number of properties
while at others ore Is being blocked out
in readiness for consignment to mill
upon the completion of the 10-stamp
plant now under course of construction
on Mustang ground but which is to be
utilized for the treatment of custom
ores. A few days e a large shipment
Of ore was freighted into Tonopah from
the Kendall-Douglass lease on the Dex-
ter estate. The quartz is estimated to
have an average value of 500 in gold
the ton. This lease is on a portion of
the famous Dexter No. . claim. one of
the richest pieces of mining realty on
Gold Hill. a section noted for the high
gold yield of its ores. both in the oxide
and sulphide zones. Kendall and Doug
lass anticipate a satisfactory cleanup
from the ore already on dump and are
likewise hoisting quite a tonnage daily.
For the present shipments will he made
to Tonopah, but the ores of lower grade
will be held at the property until such
time as adequate milling facilities are
available here when they will go to
stamp.
GIANT SHIPMENT
The second shipment from the short
term lease of c. s. Walker and associ-
ates on the property of the Manhattan
Giant bps was made this week.
1t totaled 5 tons and like the former
consignment was treated at the 3-stamp
mill at Central. In fact, the mill will
treat none but Giant ore during the
life of the Walker lease. All the pro-
duct is high grade mill rock-about s25
the ton-and as the body is widening
out with development the prospects are
strongly favorable to the accumulation
of a fair sized nest egg by Walker and
partners by the time their lease termin-
ates.
PREPARING TO SHIP
Twenty o of ore from the Thanks
giving mine will be sent to Tonopah
early next week. The rock was mined
in the east drift from the bottom level
and is estimated TO have an average
gold value of 5000 the ton. The quartz
is heavily ~impregnated with sulphides
and is well permeated with free gold.
The present consignment was taken
from the rich shoot broken into on May
%. Development of this shoot is dem
onstrating it to carry a gold content
the equal of any hitherto discovered in
this mine of high grade ore shoots.
As fast as mined the product is sacked
and stored under lock and key. The
shoot referred to follows the hanging
wall of the ledge, the general direction
of the latter being about 25 degrees east
of north.
MUSTANG SHIPMENT
1t has been decided by the manage
ment of the Mustang mine to send out
an ore consignment prior to the com
pletion of the custom mill now under
course of construction on that COM
pany's acreage and preparations to that
end are now well under way. The ore
to be shipped is coming from the high
grade shoot being developed at the 200
foot level and carries remarkably high
gold values. Mining research at that
depth is proving up an ore body of
really mammoth proportions streaked
with seams of specimen quartz varying
in width from 6 inches to 6 feet. The
tonnage in bulk mined at the 260-foot
level is high grade mill quartz and
much of it has an average gold grade
in excess of $500 the ton with sacks of
picked rock approximating a value of
81, 900 in gold the ton. AS rapidly as
broken down the ore is sacked and
stored under lock and key as a protec-
ton against cupidity of high graders.
GOLD CRATER SHIPMENT
A gold content averaging 500 the
ton is the return on a small shipment
recently made from the Manhattan Gold
Crater estate. The mill run was made
at the plant of Chapman & Mushett at
Round Mountain, The run was emf
nently satisfactory both to the mine and
mill people as 90 per cent of the values
were saved. Another consignment is
now being prepared-one freight wagon
load-and it will go out in about ten
days.
ORIGINAL SHIPMENT
A car lot of ore went out this week
from the Original Manhattan property,
it being the initial of a series of ship
ments to be made from that estate dur
ing the summer. The quartz has an
average gold grade of 800 the ton
and is sacked as fast as broken down.
MILL EQUIPMENT
Mill plans long in chrysalis are now
Undertaking into something more
tangible and in one instance at least
ocular evidence of their concrete re-
suit is manifest. The plant of the Man
haitian Ore Reduction and Refining COM
pany is now in camp and preparations
for it's immediae erection are we'll
under way. A portion of the machin-
cry arrived in Manhattan several weeks
ago but considerable delay was expert
enced in landing the entire plant at the
mill site on Mustang ground. Ten
stamps. supplemented with cyaniding
tanks etc.. constitute the equipment.