The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-03-28
NEWS OF MANHATTAN DISTRICT

portion Of the pay shoot holds an aver.
age gold content Of 5000 the ton. Tan
tons OF high grade were mined vbtls IN.
leasers were seeking the most faboyahl.
point at which to sink a shaft Az ,h.
johnson lease high grade ore is tbs r,,a
wherever the ledge is prospected AZ sur
face and nominal depth. The vsrv
gratifying mineral conditions at this
property Indicate that II is to be an i'm.
portant factor in establishing the per-
manent worth of Manhattan ore bodies
MANHATTAN con.
A pronounced increase in mining ac-
tivity at the estate of the Manhattan
Consolidated company has once more
brought that splendid property into the
limelight. Never has this mine failed
to respond to every call made upon its
ore reserves. and yet despite that fact
but little inroad has been made upon
them. The main ledge is 20 feet in
width and is exposed on the 100 and
200-foot levels. 1t will average $40
gold the ton. There are 100, 900 tons in
sight. The mine can provide every
stamp in every mill in the camp with
ore sufficient to keep 1T In constant ac-
ton for the remainder of the present
year-and then some. Ore is being
stopped at both the 100 and 20o-foot
levels. High grade shoots in this
magnificent deposit are filed with gold
in the free. There are thousands of tons
exposed that will average $50 gold the
ton. Ten thousand tons lave an aver
age gold content Of 800 the ton. Dur
ing the lark and dreary lays that
dragged their slow lengths into the long
months of M%anhattan's recently COM
pleted period of penance. the Consol-
idated mine was the mainstay of the
camp. If doubt were expressed of the
worth or permanency of the districts
ore bodies the doubter was either re-
ferred to or shown through the Con-
solidated workings. That 1t exerted a
powerful influence upon men who might
have otherwise lost faith in Manhattan's
now manifest destiny there is no doubt.
The Manhattan Consolidated we'll de-
serves from Manhattanites a tribute of
praise.
MANHATTAN COLI Bah
Recent work in the crosscut tunnel
on the estate of the Manhattan Gold
Bar Mining company would tend to in
dicate that the main contact was being
neared. Work has progressed in this
bore for nearly a year without cessation
and during that time it has been driven
a length of more than $50 feet. AS 1t
was driven ahead stringers and seams
of high grade ore were ncountered from
time to time, but it was not until re-
Gently tina the formation presented the
characteristics which are easily recog-
nized as the f~orerunners to tapping the
pay crack. Where opened at surface
the ledge yielded quite generous gold
contents, a circumstance that leads the
management to believe that pay ore in
place will follow the tapping of the de-
post in the tunnel
MANHATTAM's NEW CAMP
That Manhattan may keep in fashion
and not be outdone by the mineral at
fractions at Rawhide and Hart, 1t is
indulging in a mining excitement of its
own. finding incentive therefore in the
really promising discoveries made some
months ago in Cloverdale canyon.
Cloverdale canyo lies at the foot OF
the west slope of the Peavine range
and is about 35 miles distant from mere
Most of the claims thus far located
stand in the names of Manhattan mining
men. The formation is rhyolite and por-
phyry. report having it that the ledges
are well marked and readily traced.
Specimens recently brought here snow
much gold in the free. With the FAR
sighted policy proverbial to the average
~sojourner on the desert. a TOWNSHIP mas
been laid out in preparation for the an
t~icipated rush"