The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-06-19
eIG Nuggets RAISE MORE
EXCITEMENT AT MANHATTAN

rh,re was no little excitement '
Manhattan yesterday over the =
81, that the operators of the Gif- =
e. olaeer lease on the Manhattan ,
va.Ja had washed out a nugget '
cold weighing a trife over 10 =
nsss and worth approximately ,
1000. The big yellow boy was =
,.tsn out by the dry washing pro- ,
- which is being used on the ?
c;ssn lease. and soon after its ?
/. discovery, half the camp was "
Aaaded in that direction to see ,
- .jiseuss. The Giffen lease is =
located nearly half a mile below =
4 Manhattan and has been a steady =
orodueer since the gravel stratum =
= was reached. '
. The big nugget is fine, bright '
cold Its discovery has enthused .
: the m and those who had made =
= come predictions as to the produc- ?
: ton of the Manhattan gravel =
= fields are now putting their figures =
M a notch higher. While a good =
4 deal of coarse gold has been =
= found in the placers-nuggets the =
! size of a pea-it has been re- =
= carded as a "fine gold" camp, :
= and the discovery of this NAM =
= moth chunk of the pure stuff is =
= significant of greater possibilities =
: for the camp than has been sus- =
= peeted. =
Manhattan, New, June 16.-The
largest nugget yet recovered from any
property in the main gulch was found
last Friday evening at the Moore
Chindgren lease on the Goldfield and
Raid Mountain Consolidated Mining
eompany's ground, at Central, formerly
owned by Haywood, Auxier and Crews,
saws the Nugget. The nugget weighed
50 pennyweights and measured three
ana one-half inches long, two and one
half inches wide and one-half inch
thick. 1t contained a small amount OF
martz and its value is estimated to be
about $40. A second nugget, worth
81. was found at about the same time
in the failing dump. The quartz show
ing in the two nuggets is of a redish-
brown color and is something new to
the miners, who declare that it is the
first rock Of the kind showing gold yet
found at the placers.
From the days cleanup made Fri
day evening at the lease, eight unces
and nine pennyweights of amalgam and
four ounces of nuggets were recovered
in addition to the two large nuggets
mentioned above.
When the big nugget was brought uI
town it created intense interest and
many tempting offers were made for It,
but they were declined by the owners
rheumatic Dredger Coming.
A. X. Nurse, general superintendent
for the Pneumatic Dredger company, OF
Sacramento, who has been in Manhat'
tan TOR several weeks overseeing thesin
butt on the September claim for the
dredger which the company proposes tt
install on that ground, as soon as the
machinery arrives, states that the
equipment, which was shipped from
beloIt, Wisconsin, early last month, ha:
reached Reno, and will, in all probabil
ity be in Tonopah sometime this week
and will then be rushed to Manhattan
and installed on the ground where Il
will be given a thorough test. Mr.
Nurse stated that with ma week from
tAe time the machine reaches here i
will be in operation. He states that bee
rock, at a depth of about 80 feet, wi!
lie reached inside of half an hour afte.
the dredger has been put to work.
A 40-h. p. motor will operate the com
pressor and a 25-h. p. motor will run thu
pumps. An additional motor Of 20
4. ?. capacity will be installed later t.
operate the hoist.
Capt. o. Henry, through whose effort
the rheumatic Dredger company was in
dueed to come to Manhattan to try on
the rich placer fields, has been in cam
Tor two months, working increasingly IL
the eompany's interests. He had tn
following to say concerning the dredge
and its capabilities:
The device works somewhat on tn
principle of a suction carpet-cleaner. l
consists of a 12-inch casing, shaped hk
a stove-pipe. Inside of it is a smalle
pipe carrying air to the end in tn