The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-02-08
tBy w. p. De Wolf. Special Representa-
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fBy w. p. De Wolf. Special Representa-
tive of The NewsLl
Manhattan. New, Feb. T.-Manhattan
mines and mills enter upon the month
Of February under decidedly suspicious
conditions and with an ever Frightening
prospect for increasing prosperity dur
ing the present year. The dark days of
financial disaster which have dimmed
the luster of the Sullivan holdings here
for an extended period are about to be
followed by a brighter epoch now that
they nave passed into the possession of
Frank Peterson and associates Of New
York city under the terms of q 5-year
lease tenure. II is the purpose of these
gentlemen to proceed with the develop
ment of Jumping Jack. Stray Dog and
Indian Camp acreage on a scale level
Immediately place the properties on
practically a self supporting basis by
sending their ores to stamp at the plant
Of the Manhattan Ore Reduction q Re-
fning company. which they are also
under long lease tenure.
DEvExoY1RHT PLANS
Operations at the acreages before
mentioned are to be resume at once.
and with a. view to depth getting at the
same time that ore bodies already in
sight are explored. mined and shipped.
Just at first the three hoisting plants
Installed by the former management will
be utilized. but ultimately a deep main
working shaft is to be sunk and the
three estates explored through its me-
dunn. Survey is now being made of the
..o-to.,c on~oaUog onA nnra favorable
point is located the work Of starting
the new shaft will begin. This shaft Is
to be sunk to a depth of 1000 feet and
is to be equipped with one Of the most
powerful hoisting plants ever estab-
nshed on the desert. No sub-leases are
to be granted. and effort is being made
to secure control Of such leases as are
now operative. These efforts are not
meeting with the success the new. man.
agement could wish. owing to the rich
ness of the ores being mined. The quartz
coming from the Stray Dog this time Is
particularly rich in gold yield.
PETERSON MILL PLANS
With the passing of control OF the
plant Of the Manhattan Ore Reduction
& Refining company to Peterson and as
sociates, plans are rapidly crystalizing
for increasing its capacity by the In
stallation of 10 more stamps, and the
remedying of such defects in mechanism
as have become apparent during the
three months the mill has been In oper-
alton. The first move to that end will
be the placing Of boilers having larger
steam producing capacity. Following
that two more 5-stamp batteries will be
c.-L NO houa haon an
tered into by the former management of
the plant are to be carried out. but no
further agreements for treating ore Will
be entered into. To all purposes the
mill is already practically out Of the
custom field. as the present management
anticipates an ore production from the
mining properties before mentioned that
will supply grist a-plenty for the stamps
and tube mill. 1t is understood. however.
that the prevailing contract with the
Manhattan Consolidated Mines company
for the reduction of 5000 o of high
grade milling quartz is to be carried out
rapidly as possible.
At THE LEMON I'LL
After completing successfully a run
on 100 tons of $40 ore from the Shea
Davis lease on the Union No. 9 claim of
the Manhattan Dexter Mining company.
the plant of the Nevada Milling & Ore
companyTLemon mills
now regularly busy Oh Krist from the
dump of the Rose-Nash lease on the
Union No. 4 claim Of the Union Exten-
sion Mining company-not a Dexter
property" The statement at the end of
the preceding sentence is called forth by
the persistency with which 1t is being
and stated. hat Union 4 is a
Dexter asset. Whatever claim the Man.
Dexter company had in the acre
age passed at the time that company de-