Los Angeles herald., 1907-10-21
CAMP AMAZES
NEW YORKER
DRY WASHING OF PLACER DIRT
BECOMES POPULAR
LITTLE GRAY GRAVEL WILL BE
sLUIcED
Crane Lease on Union Extension Is
Sacklne Seven Hundred Dollar
Ore from Twenty-lnch
Streak
Special to The Herald.

| Special to Tho Herald.
MANHATTAN, New, Oct 2O-J. E
Weir. member OF the firm of Weir Bros
dS Co. of New York, has been in Marhat-
tan the past week, gathering data on the
| camp for use In his Broadway office.
Mr.. Weir came west on this trip expect
Ing to find little that would be encourag-
ing. The operators in the east have beer
up against such unfavorable financial con-
ditions that they have almost come to be-
l1eve that the trouble is out here in the
field instead of In the money markets.
Manhattan activity was sufficient to dis
abuse the mind of Mr.. Weir on this point
He found the mill and water questions in
this camp solved, and instead of a Ian
gushing mining industry he finds 1t just
arriving at the era of production and i'm
portance.
Il have been completely surprised with
the conditions at Manhattan" said Mr..
Weir. Il have been through the proper
ties that are well developed and through
the workings of the principal leasers. /
Ind an immense amount of ore ready for
the mills. The three milling plants that
are nearing completion will be kept busy
for many months with ore that is now
ready to be hauled to them. l have been
amazed to find such fine values at the
stage of work that has been reached In a
L
Manhattan will soon be sending out tele-
grams giving the weekly output of bullion
from the various mills"
Not Idle Talk
Mr.. Weir said there was no reason for
the mir ing men of this camp to feel blue.
The stage of development that will win
the greatest favor for this district
throughout the country is just at hand
A faXU r11nn bc Of u-i1l do
for Manhattan than all the idle talk of a
year.
Dry washing OF placer dirt is becoming
the fad in Manhattan. One Curtis ma
chine, with two men and a team, are
cleaning up $50 day on a lease on the
Union No. 8 claim of the Dexter, and
equally fine reccrds are being made on the
Indian Camp, a property of the Sullivan
Trust company. winze from the cross
cut on the 60 level of the Rose-Nash lease
on the Dexter is shipping ore, the product
showing free gold plentifully. A hoist has
been ordered for these workings. The
Pioneer lease is sinking for the extension
of the Rose-Nash ledge and is already in
fine milling ore. in which occur fabulous
free gold stringers.
Stoping on the Granny's six-foot ledge
on the 65-foot level is bringing to light
average $65 Gre and at the bottom of the
main smart tnere are SIX inches Ol ulTL
that is good for over $500 ton.
Water level is expected to bring some
sensational revelations at the Crescent
Eureka, whose 160-fot shaft is in seams of
high-grade. When the su.phide formation
Is reached this shaft will be connected
with another 450 feet distant.
A depth of 1S) feet has been reached by
the main shaft on the Mineral Hill. which
at the water level will cross-cut for the
extension OF the Thanksgiving lead.
New York capitalists have taken a bond
on a virgin group of promising claims in
the Timber Hill section and have an
nounced that vigorous development will
begin at once.
Messrs. c. L. Cole and Burns have
secured a lease on all the surface placer
diggings on the ground of the Little
Grey Mining company and will at once
work the gravel by the sluicing process
Water for this purpose will be obtained
from the shaft of the Gold Wedge Min
ing company, which adjoins. The pump
ing plant is already installed to hoist
the water. A gasoline engine will be
used for back-pumping the water after
it has been run through the boxes.
Grams Lalime lease on the Union Ex-
tension Is sacking seven hundred dollar
ore from a twenty-inch streak on the
hanging wall of six-foot vein, at a
depth of seventy feet. The opinion of
mining men is that this lease alone is
sufficient to make camp. The Rose
Nash lease on the same lead is hoisting
nothing but ore of high grade milling
to shipping