Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1907-11-09
of Tons of Ore Blocked
Out and on The Dumps Await
ing Grinding of the MiIIS--WiII
Be One of the Greatest Pro-
duCerS the World Has Ever
Seen.

that it is a high grade milling prop
o%sition, and that there is an a5un-
dance of high grade, but that it is in
the rich seams and streaks.
The development of Manhattan is
something for the mining world to
marvel at, and goes to prove that
wherever gold is, man will find the
way of reaching it. There was COM
paratiyely no money to work the
properties, and the owners of the
mines went to work themselves to
develop their mines. Where they
could not get money even to buy
powder, they have let leases and the
other man has done the development.
The history of the past month in
the camp has been simply wonderful.
In the eastern part of Manhattan,
where is located the Manhattan Con-
solidated mine, there is a gulch lead
ing down into the town, on both
sides of which are locations, the
character OF the ground showing the
riches underneath.
On one side of this is Litigation
Hill, which had been heard OF more
through the courts than through SEN
satlonal discoveries. 1t is part OF
the holdings of the Manhattan Dex-
ter, whose affairs have occupied
much of the attention OF the courts
and for which reason work has been
prohibited on the ground.
Nearly all OF this ground has been
patented, and work is now going on
) there in earnest, and observe what
has happened since the ground be.
! came free to operate. There was a
t rush for leases on the property, and
within the last month most sensa.
t tional values have been taken from
the ground. The Cram-Evans-LA-
Lime lease was the first block OF
which the rich ore was uncovered
This was at a depth of sixty-five feet
! 1t was only a few days later wher
they broke into the rich ore on the
adjoining lease operated by Rose
Nash and others. Later on came the
find in the Watson lease on the same
ground, that of the Union Extension
Mining Company.
About the same time a great strike
was made on the Union No. 8 Mining
Company's ground, which is at the
! other end of the camp. A grab sam.
pie from th%irty-nine sacks of ore
: ready for shipment, averaged 1881.
"a. Less than two weeks ago there
was another strike made in the In,
, dependence mine, which is about
four and a hilf miles to the west o
the leases of the Union Extension
and which is owned by capitalists 0
San Francisco. They are down ii
this mine to a depth Of fifty feet
and they encountered the same form
alton that was shown up on tn,
leases of the Union Extension. TIL,
/, ore averaged $500 a ton.
This gives one an idea of the tire
4 mendous stretch of mineral territor,
! in Manhattan. Here are the lease
/ on the Union Extension digging Ii
: ore that will go from $500 to $40,
o a ton, with a fine body of milling ore
the average of which thus far ha
been $35 a ton; and nearly five mile
away is the Independence with tn
n same character of ore. and between
D them is the famous Mustang Hill,
district within itself. On the Mus
tang Hill is the celebrated Thanks
y giving mine, which has secured $50
ore at the 350-foot depth. In tn
immediate vicinity Of the Thanksgiy
n ing is the Mustang, the Manhatta
Breyfogle, the Mustang Extension
II the Forked Stick, the Rocklin. o
the Hill also is the Wolf mill, tn
e first of the three to be completed.
A short distance away is the Vol
tone, the Union No. 3, Indian CAM
n and the Stray Dog, and the Origins
e Manhattan. On the Indian Cam
e ground, with as pretty site as coul
be found anywhere, is the Lemo
3, mill, which is being rushed to CON
d pletion. and which has already mad
a test of dropping its stamps.
There never was a camp in tn
world where there were so man
n producing mines and so many prom
Using prospects as there are in Mar
Q haitian. The lodges crop out bold
y and the contact can be traced 70
n miles. Here are a few Of the pre-
ducing mines:
n Manhattan Consolidated, Union E>
n tension, Manhattan Union. Seyle
Humphrey (scene of the origina
strike), Mustang, Thanksgiving, Tn