The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-07-06
OF MANHATTAN DISTRICT

Manhattan. New. July s.-The high
grade output from the Mustang mine.
as fast as broken from the ledge. is
sacked and stored under lock and key
in the new ore house recently erected
at the property. 1t is not the intention
at this time to send any portion of the
tonnage to smelter or mill. but to hold
the product in its entirety until such
time as the mill now under course of
construction on Mustang ground Is
ready for consignments However, 1t
is more than probable that the manage
ment will perforce change it's plans
owing to the rapidity with which the ore
house is filing UT. Some of the quartz
stored therein-like grade being mined
each day-carries al exceedingly high
per cent in gold per ton. and as this
class of ore accumulates IL will event.
ually. and very shortly crowd out the
tonnage of lower grade. thereby compel
ling shipments to outside points IL the
local mill be not ready for stamp food
at that time. Development of Mustang
ore bodies is certifying the demonstra-
ton of vein and value ~permanency made
several months ago., at the time the
%sulphide zone was first entered, and
with the question of continuity at depth
forever settled the cement is con-
fining mining effort to extraction of ore,
enlargement of ore bodies and explora-
ton of virgin ground. In each instance
success beyond expectation is the rule.
From present Indications the Mustang
ranks first on the roster of Manhattan
mines, not even excepting. save in
amount of development work accom-
plished. the Manhattan Consolidated
property.
Hocxx1x PLANS
1t is the purpose of the management
of the Manhattan Rocklin estate to i'm
mediately install a plant of machinery
of character and capacity the same as
that in use at the Consolidated mine.
Development work done recently on the
Rocklin has demonstrated the presence
of a contact vein between ~porphyry and
schist. This ledge carries a high per
cent Of liberalization. thus justifying
the monetary outlay for machinery con-
templated. AS in the case of the Consol-
idated steam will be the motive power.
MUSTANG 8xTEMsIoM
A depth of SIS feet has been gained
in the new company shaft on the Mus
tdiS AtCHsion- oiihhiit 10 pciHS CApc-
dited by means Of a within recently in
stalled. A depth of 200 feet is the OBJ
~jective point and at that level extensive
exploration of the ore bodies opened at
nominal depth in the old shaft will fol-
low. At points these ore bodies have
proved exceedingly rich in gold in the
oxide zone. If a like character of ore
is discovered at water level the future
prosperity of the property is assured
Below the company shaft Evans and
associates are shaft sinking and are
making good Roadway. 1t is their pur-
pose to sink a depth of 100 feet and to
then crosscut to the continuation of the
4-foot ledge recently encountered in
Wolftones ground. Where opened on the
latter's territory this ledge pans freely
across it's full width.
SHAFT EMLAH0ED
Among recent improvements made at
the Manhattan Otero estate co-incident
with the installation of a powerful hoist
ing plant was the enlarging and retim-
bering of the main working shaft from
top to bottom. The shaft is now a
double compartment affair and is as fine
a piece of that class of mining work as
there is in camp. The machine equip
ment is now in place and sinking has
been resumed. The present depth of
the shaft is a trife in excess of 100
feet. At the 100-foot level and the
level above the Otero management has
opened up a number of extensive ore
bodies. the larger portion of the quartz
carrying pay gold values.
OPEN NEW LEDGE
From the east side comes the news
that a new ledge has been encountered
on the Consolidated Manhattan estate.
The vein was discovered on the apex
of the hill and yields very encouraging
gold values. The formation is quartz
and tale, cutting the general formation
Of lime and iron. A shaft is being sunk
on this ledge with the object of explor-
ing it at depth.
THE BREYFO0LE
With the starting up of the 1S-horse
power gasoline hoist recently installed