The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-10-10

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represent are financially able thor
oughly to improve their lease and are
going to install a modern plant as soon
as possible. W. S. V~oorsanger, who IS
in this city at present, will slap in
Manhattan and with Otis will have per
sonal charge of the operations, AMI in
addition will interest himself 10 t@c
newspaper business of his district. He
is stopping at the Riverside ana when
seen yesterday said,
81 and my friends AVE always had
confidence in the future of Manhattan
as a permanent camp. The ore is there
in unlimited quantities and careful,
iudicious and conservative management
will spell success for any man who oper-
ates in Manhattan. Nothing can alter
that fact and we intend to operate
along these lines. We have plenty of
money and we are going to stay. Per
sonally, / like Nevada and this city,
and / expect to make my future home
in this state
There has been a great deal of activ-
ity on all the Manhattan properties re-
Gently. Several have been shipping ore
that returned a fortune to the owners
notably the recent shipment from the
Union No. , lease of the Litigation Hill
Merger Mining company last week of
81 sacks valued at 800 to $3.50 a sack.
With four custom mills running full
blast in the camp and modern machin-
cry installed on nearly every property
there, the output for the coming year
should establish a new record in Ne
vada. Among the leases in Consolidated
gulch the work goes on without a
hitch. These leases are all in good ore,
averaging $50, and the Rose-Nash
lease in the gulch has IL feet of $50
rock and two feet that will go as high
as $1,100. Adjoining the Rose-Nash
lease on the north is the Riggs La Lime
lease which has been working on the
same ledge. A steam pump has been
installed that drains the entire gulch.
Adjoining their lease on the south
is the lease of Miss Wilson and her as
sociates. This is also a continuation of
the Rose-Nash ledge and, in addition,
shows a quantity of very rich stringers.
All these properties are equipped with
gasoline and steam hoists of the latest
design.
Across the gulch on the east side are
three sets of leases comprising the
estate of the Big Chief Gold Mining
company. For the past six months
these leases have been milling ore that
has averaged better than $50 and their
owners have been walking around with
contented smiles on their faces.
Less than 5000 feet away is the
Shey-Davis lease ON Union No. 9 which,
while only $50 feet down, has by drift
ing and stopping succeeded in shipping
a recent lot of bullion amounting to
$50, OOO.
1t is such developments as these that
instill confidence in Manhattan per
manency. The general character of the
mineral formation is a tale and lime
spar. The ore is free milling and very
soft, making it easy to mine. In a num-
Der of mines a depth of 800 feet has
been attained and in the Thanksgiving
mine the shaft is down to 335 feet and
still in ore. In fact the deeper they go
the better the ore and the greater the
quantity. With every lease being
operated and equipped with machinery,
with plenty of money in the camp and
such men as Messrs. Voorsanger and
Otis following a conservative policy,
always having for their goal the steady
development of their property, it looks
as if Manhattan is entering upon an era
of unprecedented prosperity, and n
which will, in the opinion of many,
cause the rest of the State to look to its
laurels.