The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-05-04
NEWS OF MANHATTAN DISTRICT

south Is being sent out at the 12o-foot
level for the purpose Of tapping the
Whale ledge. For a length OF 20 feet
this drift Is in ore having an average
grade of s12 gold the ton and as 1t Is
extended values are improving. 1t is
not thought, however, that the Whale
ledge has yet been encountered.
NEVADA sourxEnH
in the past few days at the Nevada
Southern property the man.
agement to believe that 1t is but a ques-
tion of a few feet more depth until a
body OF pay ore is encountered Tns
entire bottom of the shaft at a depth OF
100 feet Is filled with lively looking
Quartz showing considerable %sulphide.
and which pans fairly well. Frank
has let a contract for an addi-
tional 100 feet of sinking and at the
200-foot level will crosscut and prove
up the ledge.
Nevada Southern acreage Is located
in that portion OF the Manhattan pay
belt lying below Central and is in prox-
unity to such well and ~favorably known
properties as the Giant. Memo, indie
pendence Consolidated. and Amethyst.
1t is traversed by one of the best miner
allied ledge systems in the entire camp
and In point of surface values Is the
equal of any mining estate in that vicin-
ity. Wherever ~prospected the outcrop
returns satisfactory paintings. and as
says Indicate N at quite a portion of 1t
could be sent to mill at profit.
TIE rKANxsoxv1No
Gold values average 5000 the ton
across 9 feet of ore in the Thanksgiving
mine. Picked samples showing free
gold assay well above that figure. The
ore is a heavy. black sulphide streaked
with white quartz and it is with the
latter that the gold in the free Is asso-
ciated-
At the 2s6-foot level Superintendent
Mott has started two drifts on the ore
] ody. A crosscut is also being run out
to the hanging wall. During the past
few days the average grade of ore has
increased slightly. All rock broken
down is now subjected to a rigid in
spection before being thrown on dump
as a few days ago it was discovered that
quite a tonnage of h had been con-
sidered waste carried no in~consider-
able quantity Of free gold n had an
average gold value Of 5000 the ton.
AS development of the ore body pro-
crosses its resemblance to the high
grade quartz mined in the famous Mo-
hawk mine at Goldfeld becomes more
pronounced. AS in case of the Mohawk
none of the rock not showing free gold
will pan. Subjected to assay, however,
it demonstrates a value of from 5000 to
5000 in gold the ton.
The ledge is now standing almost
vertical. and exposed in the shaft is the
footwall from the 1s2-foot point to shaft
bottom, a depth of 23s feet. From sur
face down a seam of we'll mineralized
quartz was followed and at a depth of
1872 feet it widened out into a large ledge
of sulphide ore, gold values, however,
being low. Further development at
greater depth has resulted in an enhanc-
ing of values and in establishing the
~permanency of the ledge.
MANHATTAN GIANT
That the Manhattan Giant will de-
velop into one of the biggest of the big
fellows of the camp is daily becoming
more apparent and the announcement
that bonanza ore had been encountered
would not be at all surprising to those
who have kept tab on the vein showing
in that promising west end property.
The present point of development is the
north drift at the 200-foot level and it
is there that the hopes of the manage
ment are conferred. The breast of the
drift is filled with a dark blue quartz
baa xy;1v n,nraOnatad with rod ovfdao opd
'chlorides. and it pans well. AS the face
is extended gold values are constantly
improving.
Mining energy for some time past has
been confined solely to exploration at
the 200-foot level. The first drift sent
out at that depth was toward the south
and at the 55-foot point the ledge was
crosscut a width of % feet without dis
closing the footwall. 1t did result.
however, in demonstrating the ledge to
nave a gold value of from s12 to SIS
the ton in it's entirety. Every pound of
this ore can be treated at profit beneath
the stamps.
Being unsuccessful in locating a rich
pay shoot in the south drift the man.
agement sent put a drift to the north
along the ledge with the object of tap
ping the valuable shoot which was
opened up in the north drift at the So
DOT level. That further drifting will
result in success is evidenced by the
character of the ore now being mined.
With each round of shots there is an
improvement in ore quality and gold
grade.
THE C1EsCENT
At a depth of 1876 feet in the shat
on Manhattan Crescent ground a cross
cut Is being run for the purpose of pick
ing up the well mineralized ledge which
dipped out nearer surface. Excellent
is being made and the miner
allied condition Of the face of the cut
that the object point is not
far distant. Where opened at surface
the Crescent ledge has an average width
of 4 feet and carries milling values.
GOLD CRATER
Preparations are being made by the
Gold Crater company to sink a main
working shaft to a depth of 800 feet
and at that point to ~inaugurate an ex-
campaign of development. Coin
thereto a powerful hosting plant
has been installed. The acreage is ira
by a number of promising lodges