Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-02-04
PLACERS YIELD
MUCH GOOD DIRT
Spring Will See Great Activity in
Manhattan Mining
District.
RUNS TWENTY CENTS A PAN.
Machinery b Being Installed and Dis
trict VIII Extend over Many
Miles of Country.

With the coming OF spring the placer
mines OF Manhattan win cause one OF
the greatest rushcs TO that vicinity
that win fairly startle the old state OF
Nevada. AT present the workings are
somewhat handicapped OWING 90 the
GOODNESS OF the weather. which causes
tho rifles in the sluice boxes 10 freeze,
but when the weather i'm the north
takes change for the warmer things
win begin to hum says the Tonopab
Bonanza For over distance of five
miles the scene Of placer operations ex-
tends and already O few of the leases
are Installing pumps and whims. Tho
original discovery was made at Cen
tral. about two and a half miles below
Manhattan, and from there the territory
extends for over three miles farther
down the creek. one OF the peculiar
features of the ground U.s. that there are
two channels, a wet and a dry one. The
water used for the sluicing comes from
the wet channel
The mines are being worked and OPP
Grated principally hy Manhattan pcO-
pie with one exception. that being Dry
Wash Wilson of Round Mountain. who
recently paid a fancy price for an iu-
tcrcst in the Davis property. This sale
was made after a few miraculous dis.
covtries were made. which resulted In
values being received that went in the
vicinity Of S. 70 the pan.
ABOUT FIFTEEN LEASES.
In am there are about fifteen leases
and properties being worked. and
new leases are starting daily Il has
been predicted by several prominent
mining men that the placer workings
viii extend through the townsite and
probably out 10 West Manhattan, and
"a fcw are of the opinion the pay dirt
VIII eventually reach Peavinc valley,
% short distance OF some IA miles
from Manhattan. Should this prove 20
Doe true the district win equal the
famous Klondyke.
The Hayward. AuXier and Carew
workings have reached bedrock at a
depth of AZ feet and have run four
drifts in different directions. In order
TO test the ground they sent about
20 cubic yards OF dirt through the
boxes, which averaged over 81 20 the
yard Their shaft and workings are
on the wet channel and a few days
ago they installed a pump with which
they keep the shaft free from water.
WASH RICH DIRT
About ten days ago the Humphrey
and Alertcn lease worked out 2,2OO
pounds of dirt that averaged $40 a
yard. When the report OF this clean
mp was circulated IL caused consider
able excitement in the town and
numerous offers Were made for the
lease. all OF which were refused.
The Stevenson ana Mautc lease en-
countcred a fve-foot body of pay dirt
Saturday at a depth Of A. feet PAN
nings were made from this body which
resulted IN from 10 10 20 colOrs to the
pan. This body IL is thought will
average about $50 TO the yard. A within
has been installed on the property and
the dirt viii be extracted and placed ON
the DUMP.
TWENTY CENTS a PAN.
On the Jim Barney lease pay dirt
was encountered at "a depth OF 90 feet.
aud two and oue-half body OF gravel
was found from which 20 cents can be
secured from a miners pan. Al Hines
is also working IN the pay dirt ana
rich punches have been found In several
places. These workings are somewhat
Handicapped owing 10 tho amount of
water encountered. which nccassitates
the installing OF a pump which will
probably be In operation Inside of the
next two weeks
Davis and Wilson will also install
a pump and the work ON hcii prep
erty viii Dc rushed They have Sc
cured Ia several places dirt that
averages over 81 90 tho pan and
when everything is u shape they
expect 10 make some startling cleau-
ups.
dered hoist for their property and
they viii also start sinking new
shaft. as too much water was on
couutered in the old ono when they
struck the bedrock. Price and Wuid-
man have Installed a sluicug pump
md are working ON good body of
dirt
SINKING FOR BED ROCK.
Charles Humphrey and Frank
MaNsdon have just started work on
"a large body of ground. but hay, mot
reached the bedrock get They viii
install a. complete equipment auI
when the bed rock ls struck win rush
the operations.
The bedrock ls found throughout
the district at about au average
depth ~ A. feet and the width of the
channels run from 100 60 300 yards.
Paintings can be secured from the SURE
face down, but tuc rich ground is
found near the bedrock Several dry
washers have been n operation in
Manhattan Tor several yDIT ou the
Little Grey ground. Iud excellent Ic-
turns are brlus secured by th.m.
Tho simplex Auto COMPANY o. mak-
ing daily Trips Goo Manhattan and that
vicinity ami they report that tha tr1N-