The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-07-13
NEWS OF MANHATTAN DISTRICT

(From our own Representatives
Manhattan. New. July 1o.-satisfac-
tory progress IL being made in the cree
ton of the stamp mill and cyanide plant
the Manhattan Ore Reduction and Rein
ing company IL establishing in this
camp. Nearly all the benches and
other preliminary work has
been completed and the masonry work
is now well under way. All contracts
for machine equipment other than the
stamps-now at the site-have been
awarded and in several instances the
machinery is en- route to Manhattan.
The tube mill is now at Austin and will
reach here within the week. Included
in the equipment are a Buffers filter
plant and cyanide tanks. The mill Is
to have a daily capacity of so tons and
barring accident should be in operation
early in September.
TIE MUSTANG
Drifting is in progress under the most
advantageous and satisfactory mining
conditions at both the 100 and 200-foot
levels in the Mustang and the high grade
ledge showing at these points leaves
little to be desired IL the way of gold
values. Incidentally 1t can be truth
fully stated that the character of ore
now being mined Is Indicative of the
future worth Of the property. at the
time the mine Is fully opened up and
consistent and systematic stopping be-
gins. The drifts at both levels just
referred to are being run along the
footwall Of the mammoth Mustang
ledge. one of the largest and the richest
in point Of gold grade in this camp,
and much Of the ore mined is specimen
quartz. The ore body is distinct and
well marked. being separated from the
parent, or main ledge by a narrow fll-
ing of slate. At it's present point of
development this deposit along the foot
wall has a varying width of from 4 to
9 feet. Hundreds of tons Of high grade
milling and shipping quartz have al
ready been broken down and are but a
marker Of the thousands of tons of ore
of like value standing In the work.
ings.
MANHATTAN DEXTER
Kendall and Douglass. lessees on the
Union No. 9 claim of the Manhattan
Dexter have about 500 tons of
ore on dump. They estimate 800 tons
of his product to have an average gold
value of $50 to the ton and the remain
der to have an average value Of $40
a ton. Blocked out in the workings
are many thousands of tons of ore of
like value all of which Is to be sent to
stamp during the summer. The settle
ment on the 26 tons of ore recently sent
out from his lease to the mill at MIL
lers Siding was made on a basis of 1912
in gold and 6 ounces in silver the ton.
Thus encouraged the operators of the
lease have increased their working force
more particularly in that portion of
the workings where shipping ore is pre-
valent. They have likewise added to
their acreage by taking a lease on the
Jumping Jack claim, adjoining. From
No. 3 lease another shipment will go
out the latter part Of July.
ToRKED STICK
The incline shaft being sunk on Forked
Stick ground at a point a little east or
the Thanksgiving workings is down bet
ter thar 40 feet and is in vein material
the exact counterpart of that carrying
high gold values in the latter property.
So far as followed the blue quartz crop
pings dip into the hill at a slight angle
and after further exploration work at
the present depth 1t is the intention to
sink another shaft further up the hill
with the object of tapping the pay streak
at depth. In the bottom Of the pres
ent shaft gold values run as high as
$40 the ton along the hanging wall of
the ledge.
THE 1ocKLIH
The main shaft on the Rocklin estate
is nearing the 1OO-foot mark and is In
naturalization highly encouraging to
the management. Surface prospecting
and ledge testing at nominal depth have
demonstrated the Rocklin to possess
mineral merit the equal of any mining
reality in the vicinity of the Mustang