The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-11-30
NEWS OF MANHATTAN DISTRICT

water need be feared; at least until such
time as the Thanksgiving workings are
inundated to a level with the bottom Of
the Mustang shaft. The water course
follows the main Mustang contact max
ing into the Thanksgiving. This con-
tact was first discovered in the Mustang
and was later opened up by the Thanks
giving management. II yields high grade
gold contents in both properties.
DONG Rood wo1x
At a maximum cost of but $4,000
Messrs. Gurnee. Garside n Jurgensen
have sunk a shaft on the Crescent
Eureka property to a depth OF 1so feet
and have made surface improvements
consisting of a blacksmith shop. shaft
house. and ~assaying OUTFIT. a telephone
system connecting the shaft house with
mine workings. and a gasoline hoisting
plant having a lifting capacity from a
depth of 500 feet. Most of the develop
ment work has been done in person In
stead of by proxy and with the object
of making the company funds go as far
as possible. The record is in striking
contrast to that Of certain other Man
haitian mining companies whose funds
are being FILTERED away in payment of
salaries to absolutely needless employees
and officials and who depend upon the
lessee to develop their acreages. From
surface to bottom the Crescent-Eureka
shaft is in ore and from the 1s0-foot
point down Is in s~ulphides. At the lower
level a drift has been run along the
hanging wall of a 9-foot ledge all Of
which can be milled at profit. A 2-foot
streak carries an average gold content
of s25 the ton. The sulphide ore is n
replica of that mined In the Thanksgiv-
ing and which Is said to carry tellurium.
Like the Thanksgiving rock referred to
the sulphides sweat" gold when sub
jected to heat. The drift at the bottom
level Is to be continued a distance of
800 feet to connection with shaft No. ..
thereby affording n free circulation of
air through the workings. onc hundred
tons of $40 ore are on dump and below
ground there are 500 ton which will top
that figure somewhat. All ores are
practically free milling and are to go
to stamp as soon as local plants can
arrange for their reduction.
TEE orz1o c1ossCur
Sulphides show freely in the breast
of the crosscut at the 200-foot level of
the Otero shaft and the mineralized rom
dition Of the formation indicates the
nearness OF the rich ledge opened and
developed at the 120-foot point. The
oxidized ores in the upper workings are
streaked with seams of high grade and
are profitable mill rock just as broken
down. Quite a large tonnage has ac-
cumulated on dump and together with
that blocked out below ground is to go
to stamp early in 1908.
TIE roQuYMA
With the freeing of the shaft of water
| sinking has been resumed by the To-
quima Copper company n is to con-
tinue until the sulphide ore zone is well
! entered. The first round of shots
touched of after the resumption of
operations disclosed peacock copper and
various other occurrences of the red
metal. At water level the ledge varies
in width from s to 10 feet. and the
values now coming in would indicate
that the concentrates could be shipped
at profit. From surface down the ledge
carries. a fair per cent Of copper and
shows considerable c~halcopyrite.
FINE I'LL DEvELoPlCENT
DEVELOPMENT of the acreage of the
Pine Hill Mining company is to begin
at once, the decision having been
reached concurrently with a visit to this
camp of Fred w. Fuller. who owns the
largest individual interest In the COM
pany A deep main working shaft is to
be sunk and from it's bottom a crosscut
run to contact with the ledge system
which outcrops so boldly. The acreage
lies north Of the Broncho and yields
gold returns of an encouraging nature
at surface.