Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1907-11-06
MANHATTAN.
lParadise RECORDS


At the Manhattan a saaft is being
sunk on the Badger claim. This claim
Is in the Perry Smith group, Just be-
yond the springs, westward. The shaft
is sunk in lime. not far to the south
of the porphyry contact. An abund-
ance OF iron is close at hand The
shaft is now down 80 feet and with
the aid of windlass depth in the soft
lime is being rapidly gained. From
the shooting of one ROUND of holes Mon
day, 40 buckets were -hoisted.
Taking into consideration the pres
ence here of lime and iron and the
proximity OF porphyry, together with
some ore showings previously eneount-
cred near by, it is confidently believ-
ed that ore will be struck soon in this
badger shaft The rock encountered
at present is very good Indication
of ore 1t should also be noticed that
garnet is-present here also. Aand, as
garnet is abundant on tne MannaItdn
property, ore almost invariably occur
ing with II, the indication here is re-
garded as all the better.
Il was in the tunnel at Smiths
springs, only short distance to the
southeast and in the same lead, that
some of the prettiest sulphide ore seen
In the district was taken out. This
tunnel is 40 feet Iong;N and drift
leaving il not far from the portal was
run for about so feet. There is, how
ever, a steady stream of water from
| this drift, making further progress in
this working rather difficult.
Only three men are engaged at pres
ent in the accomplishment of the an
nual work or the Manhattan group.
When the weather is unfsvorable for
sinking the Badger shaft, which is not
covered, the assessment work is done
in the 1000-ft. Smith tunnel. in Juh's
canyon, near the present camp Of the
company. In drifts, tunnels and wines
upward of 1000 feet of work has been
/ done in this place At times stringers
and punches of a good grade Of copper
sulphides we're encountered, bearing
| of. apparently: ia most cases, towards
| the north, while the tunnel itself is
driven in a southeasterly direction.
When at work here, the miners are
engaged in driving a drift to the LEFT
| (norsheast) about 700 feet from the
portal and 800 feet from the face
When this drift, now 30 feet in langth,
was IN about Is feet, most of the face
Of the drift was in ore running 4 per
| cent copper (suiphidesl, ounce silver
and 90 cents in gold. It also carried
some zinc There was quite bunch
Of this ore. and though there is very
1 little ore 10 evidence now in the lace
of the drift, the face is improving IN
] appearance; and it is not improbable
1 that they viii come into the ore again
without changing the direction OF the
drift In driving straight, there was
| left in the left wall of this drift plenty
Of ore, and it may later be decided 70
follow this ore. The vertical depth al
this point is not known, but is prob
ably not over ESQ feet.
This drift is entirely in lime. with
no wall, and porphyry is some distance
away. There is a 25-ft- shaft-an oio
working-on the hillside, to the left
of the drift about 800 feet, disclosing
some credlfable copper sulphides. j
4 is in the direction OF this blowout, and
/ not toward the proposed destination
OF the tunnel, that the ore vein jusi
Preferred TO seems to bear Hence II
may be later decided to explore the
territory east and north from this poini
IN the tunnel, possibly sinking on the
old shaft mentioned
In addition 10 trackage and ore car
the tunnel Is equipped with air pipe
for the entire distance
II Is not known now at what othei
points on the property work viii be
done this year. II is possible that some
work win be done at the northwest end