The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-11-14

the tide moving in their direction and
that the camp itself would do the
rest. The Manhattan Committee was
| formed with this idea in mind, and
! the committee went still further and
resolved to separate the chaff from
the wheat, and to let the world know
the difference between the good and
the bad Manhattan
Words were not minced at the first
public melting mat was held, and
men spoke what was in their minds.
The result was that a permanent or
ganiZation was formed, and a COM
mittee appointed to determine what
properties were worthy of aid, ana
to weed out the companies which
sought money from the public on the
strength of properties they had no
intention of working This scheme
has been pushed through and the
Manhattan Committee now stands
ready to report to the intending in
vestors, on any property in the camp.
The committee will stand between
capital and the wildcats.
The program mapped out by the
Manhattan people appealed to the
men of Tonopah, and a similar COM
mittee was organized in Tonopah,
only with wider scope, namely, to
investigate and to exploit all the
tributary districts of the great cen
ter, as Tonopah has even been. 1t
was Just at the time when the two
committees got down to business to-
gether that the wonderful strikes
were made. There were samples of
ore from Manhattan brought in here
that set men wild with the fever of
the days of the boom. The ore was
exposed in windows and in public
places in Tonopah, and the excite
ment was intense here for several
days, There were excursions to Man
haitian and the men of Tonopah, com
ing back, met the men of Goldfield
going out, the latter, too having be-
come excited by the stories and the
samples that came from the northern
camp.
Then came the suspension of the
State Bank and Trust Company, and
the succeeding holidays which re-
duced everything to quite. The
crash would have made less nervy
men than those of Manhattan throw
up the sponge. But the men of Man
haitian are made of different stuff.
They, out of the line of the railroad,
and general communication, did not
know how long the condition of
things was going to last They knew
that they had the ore in the hills,
and to the hills they turned as the
salvation of themselves and the camp
Leases were applied for and received.
Men who had been used to the brok-
ers desk, and to the routine of Of
flee went out in the hills themselves
to work their own leases with a
practical mind to direct them.
The Bank of Manhattan controlled
by Bert Smith, the well known Me-
vada banker, saw the doors of the
State Bank and Trust Company
close, and those of the Nye and Orms-
by follow suit. Cashier Raymond
of the bank could not get in commune
cation with Mr.. Smith, the president,
and not knowing what else to do,
he kept his doors wide open, and told
the depositors to come on. The Bank
of Manhattan was doing the biggest
business in the town, and as long as
it was open the people were encour-
aged.
Then Bert Smith reached the
camp. He had been out in the
the investment of some mines. He
made an auto run of one hundred
and twenty miles, and reached Eu-
reka to learn of the suspension of
the banks 1t was impossible to find
out what was going on in Manhattan,
for the wires were down. He took an
hours rest, long enough to get a
meal, and was then on the road once
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ty miles to Manhattan: bat luck was
with the banker. The trip was made
without, a mishap in six hours. He
approved of what his cashier had
done There was another week of
the holidays, and the instructions of
Mr.. Smith to Cashier Raymond was
to disregard them, and to keep the
doors open. And there never was a
time in business hours when the
bank was closed; in all the smashing
of the securities in the East, and the
cry for money; when misfortune
overlook the San Francisco houses,
and all the banks of the country were
put on a clearing house certificate
basis, the Bank of Manhattan was
still doing bushines at the old stand
This will serve as an illustration of
the sand of which the men who would
restore Manhattan to its old time
form are comDosed
1t is impossible to down the Man
haitian man for he knows that he
has the goods. Here is what has been
going on since the suspension of the
banks.
Several leases have been let on the
Buck board, two of which are already
in active operation. No 1 and 2 have
been taken by II. L. Sheldon and his
associates, and work upon them is to
be commenced right away Two
leases have been taken on the Seyler
Humphrey, which is said to have one
of the best showings in the camp;
several leases have been let on the
ground of the Big Chief and the for
mer lease of Cole and Sinclair on the
Union No 8 has been re-let to Shea
and his associates, who have the rich
lease on No. 9, formerly operated by
Kendall and Douglass. Charley Cole
has a lease on the Little Grey, plac-
err lease, and he has already made
rich cleanup.
What will happen to Manhattan
when capital gets in there to lubri-
cate the wheels of development?
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