The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-11-16

Manhattan New. Nov. illumination
Is to have a boom: is TO nave a boom de-
spite the present financial stringency
and miping stock depression and the ill.,
discriminate boosting hysteria OF GER
tain spa The near-boom is now
on and will be followed shortly by the
real article. The one thing which can
head on an almost immediate revival of
the mining industry here and the grad
ually returning confidence Of the invest
ing public in the worth of Manhattan
mining propositions Is the o~ver-eager
~ofiiciousness of certain mining writer's
10 engage in a campaign of promiscuous
boosting. Aside from the pernicious
mining fiotations launched In the early
days Of the camp no evil has been more
far reaching in its scope tina that hav-
warranted and woefully garbled reports
camp. 1t made good copy" but IL
wasn't true. and won't do.
Manhattan mining acreages never
showed to as good advantage as now
and-it is futile ia gid the lily. The
truth is good enough; and a plain. un-
vanished tale Of the mining ~esource
of this district carries with greater d.
rectness to the mind of the investor
than a hurly burly of glittering gener-
alities and a golden tumble of figures
with ciphers attached vieing in length
the tail of a boys kite. The
ment that a Litigation hill lease had
uncovered a body of $40 OF $50 ore does
not look as large in print as though a
couple of more ciphers were added but
1t appears more credible to the average
mortal: and the average mortal is the
one who must be interested IL mining
stocks are to be sold and mining acre.
ages be developed.
The oft published statement that a
certain mining company has purchased
a powerful hosting plant and will i'm
mediately begin sinking a deep shaft"
fails to be convincing after going the
rounds of the press a few times. The
public tires of such sameness of detail
and would rather read the fact that the
certain had a powerful
hoist on the ground and was really en-
gagged In sinking a deep shaft" Ever
a varied sameness is preferable to the
UNMARRIED article. And yet when one
stops to reflect. two years is a long time
to have waited for the sinking of that
deep shaft"
The two 5-stamp batteries at he mil
of the Manhattan Ore Reduction com
pany are grinding ore without cessation
and within the week the stamps will b.
dropping at the plant of the Nevad;
Milling & Ore Purchasing company oil
Wolftone ridge. December LIST shoult
record the initial run on ore at tn
plant Of the Canon Milling company o
Manhattan. Quarts from Gold Crate
estate will be the first to go through thu
Huntingtons. The Gold Crater manage
ment is now preparing to develop a
greater depth the ore body alread!
opened up and which carries a hig
grade milling average.
The more recent of a number of min
ing companies to throw open its acre
age to the lessee is the Granny on Mus
tang hill. r. r. Paterson has the dis
tinction of being the first person to OBJ
tain a lease thereon and bids fair t.
mine a fortune from his holding. Within
a few feet from surface and within {
few days after obtaining his concession
Mr.. Patteson encountered a body of orr
showing considerable free gold and re
sembling closely that being mined b,