The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-01-04
NEWS OF MANHATTAN DISTRICT

points at or above the f0o-foot ie'ei-
The miners are driving four upraises IN
ore and every pound Of quartz shot down
carries milling values. The rock IS sent
to mill without sorting. At the Tnahks
giving the miners are all working In ore
above the point where the workings are
inundated. The product carries hlsh
grade shipping and high grade mining
values and is to go to stamp almost NE
~mediately. 1t will require the instaii-
ing of a large and expensive Jump
plant to free and keep free or water the
lower levels. Work is to be resumed oh
the Mustang at once. The property Is
in ore carrying gold in commercial
quantity and shipments to local reduc-
ton plants will follow the resumption
of work. The Granny mine is In ore
from collar to bottom of shaft and has
a generous Tonnage of mill md shipping
rock on dump. At the wolftone mine
conditions are equally satisfactory.
MEAN MIME CONDITIONS
A regular and constantly increasing
production will be maintained from the
Ctero during the present t~welvemontn.
Ore is showing at every level ana much
Of IL contains gold in the free. The
deeper drift Is in ~sulphides. thus assur-
ing the continuance of ledge and pre-
cious metal values at depth. Union NO.
4 ground-not the property or the Man
haitian Dexter company-is being devei-
oped altogether by lessee. High grade
milling ore is being mined at a half-
dozen blocks. Seyler-Humphrey ground
is to be explored the present year under
the direction of l.. l.. Patrick, the man
who made and sold the famous Combina-
ton mine at Goldfeld. Little Grey is
the scene of highly satisfactory placer
operations; a portion of the acreage is
piled high with lessee ore that is to go
to stamp very shortly.
Present operations at the Stray Dog
are confined exclusively to lessees, the
same being true of such work as Is be-
ing done on Union No. 3. Dumps or
somewhat gigantic proportions have
been established on these acreages Dy
former leasers and are to be forwarded
to mill at the very earliest possible
date. Crescent-Eureka ground is being
developed by Messrs. Gurnee, Garside q
Jurgensen, prominent firm of mining en-
gineers. Since hard times struck the
camp these men are in person carrying
out the campaign of exploration ar
ranged prior to financial depression. The
property began yielding sulphide ore at
a depth of but 60 feet. Much of the tom
mage on dump will average above $50
gold the ton. Mineral Hill ground has
Just made good; but 1t has made good so
thoroughly there is little question re-
garding production.
THE PREFEHRED PROSPECTS,
All of the preferred prospects hitherto
mentioned are in line to become pro-
ducers during 1908. Each is so located
as to make reasonably certain the dis
covery of pay ore in place at no great
depth. Many of them are already in ore,
and not a few are in what appears to be
the permanent ore zone. Nature has Or
dained that the association of precious
metals with ~sulphides guarantees the
worth and permanency of the deposit in
which the are contained. This law Is
irrefragb1e. Such deposits obtain in
many Of Manhattan's preferred pros
poets.
On the roster Of the camps promising
are included the names of
many properties verging closely on the
preferred prospect border. They offer
much in the way of promising ledge out
crop and vein showing at nominal depth.
Milling grade ore shows at surface on
some of these acreages, and will be re-
duced to gold bullion during the present
year. For the most part they have been
but little developed. so far as explora-
ton has been carried on they nave
proven their worth
MANHATTAN MILLS
The local milling industry did not be-
come an asset of the camp until the
closing months of 1907. Notwithstand-
ing tina fact, however, it's value is al
ready well established. Two of the
three plants are now in continuous oper-
alton and the third is about to go into
commission. All ores thus far treated
at the mill of the Manhattan Ore Reduc-
ton G. Refining company is coming from
the Consolidated mine and have a value
in excess of $40 gold the on. Those
going to stamp at the plant of the Ne
vada Milling & Ore Purchasing company
are from lessee dumps on the Union No.
The initial run at the plant of the
Canyon Milling Company of Manhattan
will be on ore from the Gold Crater
estate. It's average gold grade is $40
the ton. as is likewise that going out
from Union No. 9.
Although but a few weeks operative,
the necessity for adding to the capacity
of these plants is urgently apparent.
Plans to that end are now under way
and will reach f~ruition before next fall.
A sampler is to at once be installed at
the plant of the Nevada Milling & Ore
company. 1t is the intention
to supplement the two 5-stamp batteries
now in action with 40 more stamps.
Forty stamps are also to be added to
the plant of the Manhattan Ore Reduc-
ton & Refining company. thereby in
craa sing its canacity tn 30 sfamnS