The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-02-09
NEWS OF MANHATTAN DISTRICT

this ledge as the management II de-
sirous of reaching the King Oscar con-
tact as speedily as possible. IL Is the
intention to later. however. sink a winze
this ledge n test II for values at
greater depth. In the interim the bore
will be driven ahead to contact with the
King Oscar ledge. one of the largest
and most promising in the camp. 1t
Will require about $50 feet more of
to reach the objective point.
WILL LET CONTRACT
Two contracts are about to be let
for sinking on the estate of the Man
haitian Sunset Mining company located
in the vicinity of ST. Elmo. Late last
fall extensive surface prospecting demon
strated the acreage to have great min
eral promise and the letting of con-
for sinking is in pursuance of
the ledge system at points well down
In the permanent ore zone.
One Of the more important finds on
the Sunset yields high copper values.
Other lodges assay we'll in gold. The
presence of the two metals encourages
the management to believe that at
depth will be found a large ore body
carrying pay values in the red and yell
low metals. The discovery on the
Sunset is also acting as an incentive
for increased mining effort on the part
of others owning ground in that vicinity.
Properties that have for months been
idle are again being worked, or plans to
that end made. and in several Instances
acreages upon which little ave location
work had been lone are now under active
development.
SUPEHIo8 DIsx1ICT
Now that the mild weather is melting
the SNOW from hill slope and desert
expanse mining energy is being exerted
on a more extensive scale in mining
districts adjacent to Manhattan. at no
point to better advantage, perhaps. than
the new Superior district, scene of a
promising copper strike late last fall,
Since the date of first discovery loca-
ton work has been done over an extend
ed area and hundreds of claims recorded,
In doing the work necessary to hold
claims intact the main contact has been
opened at nominal depth for several
miles. in most instances copper values
being marked in each shaft. This char
acter of work Is now being supplemented
by development of a much more stable
character and as 1t progresses the indi-
cations are becoming more strongly fav-
orable of Superior's becoming one of the
big copper producing camps of the
country.
The best showing at this time ob-
tains at the ~Kopenhaffer property, the
first location made in the Superior dis
trict. The lodges crossing this acreage
vary in width from 5 to 80 feet and each
Is filled with chalcopyrites, and the
surrounding country covered with cop
per blossom. The main contact-thirty
feet wide-is to all appearances a matte
of copper, the red metal in the quartz
ranging from s to Is per cent. Those
values are, of course secured at nominal
depth and 1T yet remains to be seen
whether they will prevail below water
level. If they do Superior's future is
assured.
That the lamp has merit, and great
merit for the depth attained is evidenced
by the interest 1T is attracting among
the copper magnates of the country, a
number of whom nave thus early sent
their expert mining engineers to the
new field. OF those who nave inspected
the showing not one has expressed an
adverse opinion over the camps possi-
bilities. Another property hat is show
ing up well is that owned by the Super
ior-Neels Copper company, comprising
400 acres adjoining the original discov-
cry. 1t carries the main contact and it's
vein system is literally i~mpregnated
with chalcopyrites. Assays in gold,
copper and silver range from $3.50 to
$50 the ton. Like the Kopenhaffer
property the estate is covered with cop
per blossom.