The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-10-12
NEWS OF MANHATTAN DISTRICT


(By w. p. De Wolf. Special Representa-
tive of n News)
Manhattan. Oct. s.-One of the most
noticeable and satisfactory features In
connection with mining development In
this camp Is the number-constantly
increasingly mining companies that
are either outlining for or entering upon
a campaign OF development at depth.
The incentive for this class of explora-
ton Is found in the salient fact that
vein and value permanency below water
level is now well established. The In
stances which could be cited as proof Of
the foregoing statement are not isolated.
nor would the reference be confined to
properties within a limited area As
illustrations in point the Granny. Con-
soiidated and Otero are in permanent ore
bodies in the east portion of the district
and in the west end the Original Man
haitian and other properties are yielding
suiphide ore. The distance between the
two points is in the neighborhood Of Ave
miles. Intervening properties at which
development at depth has proven the
permanency of ore deposits are the
Thanksgiving. Mustang. Stray Dog.
Union No. ?. Little Grey and Woiftone.
Concurrently with the beginning of
Manhattan's era of deep mining there
il a revival in general trade, and the
spirit of optimism Is decidedly more in
evidence than for some months past.
Forecasters of local industrial signs
| opine that the weathercock swings In
the direction of fair winds and a clear
running. Poor Lo-~perennially a some
what indolent and INDECENT entity in the
camps population-arrives at like de-
duction from the fact that there is a
dearth of pine nuts this fall. Such COM
bination of signs would apparently por-
tend a winter whose mildness would be
considerably at variance with the
storms. financial and otherwise, of that
nearly a year gone. Optimism is as es-
sential to the life of a mining commun-
ity as oxygen. without the former
most of us who have cast anchor In
Manhattan would have been piled on
the rocks OF fnancia disaster many
months ago.
In the very face of these favorable
omens, and doubtless because of them,
a marked increase In house building Is
noticeable. 1t is possible that the furry
Of snow, and the avalanche of sleet,
whose noisy cr~epitations invaded ones
slumber a few nights since. have some
what to do with accelerated effort on
part of carpenter. Whatever the cause
the raucous sound of his saw and the
rhythmic tap. tapping of his hammer
are heard on every side. The more i'm
portant scenes of his industry are at
the sites of the three milling plants,
now nearing completion. He is likewise
busy among the pines constructing
domiciles for the workers of the camp.
Ground was broke last Sunday at the
site of the club house the Toiabe Liter
airy club is erecting on Pine Nut-some
times called Sundog-hill. Work on
the superstructure is progressing with
satisfactory speed. assuring completion
before Jack Frost settles down among
us for his yearly visitation. The build
ing will contain a kitchen. in which the
ladies' of the club can amalgamate-if
that be the process-those seductive ana
soporifc dishes which are reputed TO
blaze a trail direct from a mans stom-
ach to his heart. The assembly room
decidedly of lesser Importance from
masculine viewpoints to be fortined
and ornamented with an old-fashioned
omen fireplace of ample dimensions De-
fore which a member. in mood RETROSPECT
tive, may sit and at memory's pehest
conjure forth past. happy scenes from
the very heart of radiant ember OF glow
ing yule-log. This room is to be OF
sufHcient size to permit of small dane