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

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CBy William p. Dewolf. Special Repre-
sentative of The Goldneld News.)
Manhattan. New. March 25.-Over on
the Earl estate in the Litigation hill
section Forman and associates are min
ing almost pure gold at their lease-hold-
ing. These men have on deposit in the
vault OF the Bank of Manhattan 200
ounces of gold-hlled quartz which is to
go to mint at Carson City without re-
course to reduction treatment. The
gold in this quartz is so predominant the
latter is almost lost to sight beneath a
golden foliation. Were this magnificent
find in the Rawhide district instead of
here IL would be received by the invest
ing public as one of the wonders of the
ages. Beine at Manhattan It will from
force of circumstances be forced into
the background until such time as
normal mining investment conditions
once more prevail. Its worth will then
be appreciated by the public at large.
rouR INCHES OF SOLID GOLD
The remarkably high grade ore above
referred to is being mined in a well
DEFENDED ledge which is itself a high
grade deposit of more than ordinary
worth. The streak in question is four
inches wide and is plastered full with
free gold. The ledge carrying this rich
bit of natures handieraft in the way of
gliding. varies in width from l to 81
feet. Exclusive of the streak referred
to the vein will average upwards of 500
gold the ton. and the quartz is sacked
just as broken down without recourse to
sorting. For a length of 100 feet this
ledge has been stripped without falling
off in gold grade. From present indica-
lions the same sore of golden treasure
will prevail for a distance of at least
100 feet more along the strike of this
record schattering deposit.
As GREAT AS THE GREATEST
The possibilities for future riches Of
fered by the golden plating of this mar
velous ore body are all but limitless.
To assert that such a high grade streak
would remain a permanently would be
nonsensical, but to assert that II offers
as much in way of gold yielding posi-
bilities as do rich ore bodies located else
where on the desert is well within the
bounds of conservatism. Personally,
the writer is of opinion that it has few
equals in the mining fields of the world.
Eighteen years passed largely amid the
stirring scenes of mining camp comedy
and tragedy lends value to this opinion
in the mind Of your correspondent.
nE1oHBons OF THE EARL
The Earl property is located in the
fashionable Litigation hill section. and
has as %neighbors the Consolidated,
Granny, Pin Nut, Union No. 4 and other
acreages whose names are synonymous
with success in matters mining. 1t is
but recently free from the shackles of
court slavery fastened tenaciously upon
it by lawyers in the early days of Man
hattan's history. Thus bound 1t was for
more thar two years little more than
m%oribund, but vivifed into virile produc-
tiveness the very moment the teaches
loosed their hold. w. S. Johnson. the
man holding down the postmaster's job
at Manhattan is the locator of the prop
erty, and is the largest individual share
holder in the owning company.
While on the subject of mining strikes
in this district it might not be amiss to
once more call attention to the oppor-
tunity offered for the profitable invest
ment of capital in a milling enterprise
here. The four plants now operative are
OF utClutuly lIlllC oPoSihy ''o "
entirely inadequate to the demand made
upon them; even were they enlarged to
the full limits of the buildings giving
them shelter they would yet fail to
meet the requirements levied by the
constantly increasing output OF ore.
The sentences above written are as po-
tently suggestive to a person reading
their message Alright as though they
- A. Tk..af lAothla fist
in manner golden as on the Forman
ledge.
GOLD HILLS Riches
1t is probable that the amount of ore
in sight in the Gold hill section will ag-
gregate 800, 900, exclusive of that show
ing at the four former Sullivan proper
ties-the Stray Dog, Indian Camp. Jump
ing Jack and As-You-Like-It. At pres
ent the milling opportunity o{ered this
large tonnage is circumscribed to -FOUR
reduction plants having a combined
daily capacity of 125 tons. Many thou
sand tons of ore are likewise piled on
dump and blocked out in mine workings
at the Mustang. Thanksgiving. Mustang
Extesnion, Broncho and other properties
in their vicinity. Litigation hill leases
alone can provide an ore tonnage in bulk
sufficient to keep 20 stamps in constant
operation. The mines at Central, Tim
Der hill and East Manhattan are In
position to ship as soon as chance is Of
fered for their reduction.
CONsoLIDATED's RESERVES
At the Consolidated mine alone there
are 200, 900 tons of quartz blocked out
between the 200-foot level and surface.
The management of the plant of the
Manhattan Ore Reduction & Refining
is under contract to treat TO-
600 tons of this ore; at the completion
of contract no further ores from the
Consolidated will be reduced; nor for
that matter will ores from other prop
critics save those which the management
of the milling company has under lease.
This means that the Consolidated peo-
pie will soon be seeking a reduction mar
ket for 100, 900 tons of quartz, exclusive
of the tonnage that will be blocked out
as development progresses, and new
ground comes in. At present the Con-
solidated management is preparing to
establish a milling plant near the mine,
but were they assured adequate ore re-
duction facilities by outside parties 1t
is not unlikely that such a project would
receive it's heary support
GREAT THANKSGIVING TRIKE
The richest ore ever taken from any
property at depth in Manhattan was