The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-01-25
(By w. p. De Wolf. Special Representa-
tive of The News.)

(By W. p. De Wolf. Special Representa-
tive of The News.)
Manhattan, New. Jan. 21.-The po-
tentiality of the lessee. that ever potent
factor in the making of mining history.
is daily becoming accentuated in Man
haitian. He is the prime factor in the
mine development of this camp now as
he was in its earlier period, and to bet
ter purpose at present than ever before.
His operations cover a scope OF terri
tory extending from Central TO beyond
Litigation hill. and his dumps dot the
landscape in every direction. That he
is making good is subject Of as much
congratulation to Manhattan people in
general as IL Is to himself. Upon him
depends the prosperity of the camp and
its business men. Where one company
is working at this time there are three
lessees. the ratio obtaining in all sec
ions of the pay belt. When he has
biazed the trail to fortune along ledge
and dyke owning companies will reap
the larger benefit. In the interim he is
making a pot OF money for himself:
which is as IL should be.
wEE1E HE II BUSY
You can find him delving on the
Union No. .. the Stray Dog. the Gold
Crater. the Joker. the Jumping Jack.
the indian Camp. the Little Grey, the
Seyler-Humphrey. the Union No. 4. the
Turtle Dove. the Granny. the Earl, the
Blackboard. the Big Mogul and the Kis-
met. The more centralized points of his
endeavor are Gold and Litigation hills;
as a natural result he Is more univer-
sally successful there than elsewhere.
Once a member of the corps more nervy
and venturesome than his fellows de-
votes his mining attention to the out
lying territory there is every probable
ity of a farther extension of the pay
belt. Let one of them strike the scent
of gold and his fellows press hard on
his trail: toiling. searching. delving I'M
til the goal is reached.
WHAT HE II DOING
In the Litigation hill country he
swarms on the Union No. 4. the Turtle
Dove. the Granny. the Earl. the Buck
board and the Seyler-Humphrey. At the
Rose-Nash lease on the first mentioned
he has but recently solved the water
problem by the installation of the pumps
formerly in use at the great Consoli-
dated mine: since then he is working to
better advantage. At the 65-foot level
of that holding the drift is out from the
shaft a length of 80 feet and is in ore
all the way. The ledge is fairly well
defined and shows no indication OF
pinching. Where followed along the
foot wall gold values are higher than at
other sections. About 400 tons of rock
are on dump which will average SIS
gold the ton. This ore is to go to mill
as soon as. the present run on 100 tons
of Shea-Davis lease ore is completed at
the plant of the Nevada Milling & Ore
Purchasing company.
THE La LIME LEASE
At the la Lime lease on the Union
No. 4 development is progressing under
favorable conditions and with the daily
hosting of milling ore. Several hum
bred tons of quartz are on dump which
will probably yield an average gold con-
tent Of $50 the ton. A number of sacks
TERED near the shaft are reputed to con-
tain quartz that runs greatly in excess
of 500 the ton.
LEASE ON THE XIS19ET
Rowland and associates. leasing on
value of from $50 to $3.50 gold the ton.
Their holding adjoins the we'll known
Otero mine and is believed 20 carry a
continuation of the rich Otero contact.