The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-02-05
PLACER MINING NEAR
MANHATTAN, NEVADA

With the coming OF spring the plac-
or mines of Manhattan will. cause one
OF the greatest ruShes to that Vicinity
that will fairly starue the old state
of Nevada. At present the workings
are somewhat handicapped owing to
the coldness of the weather. which
causes the rifles in the sluice boxes
to freeze. but when the weather in
the north takes change for the warm
or things Will begin TO hum. says the
Tonopah Bonanza For over distance
Of Ave miles the scene of placer opera
tions extends, and already few OF
the leases are Installing pumps and
whims. The original discovery was
made at Central. about two and a
half miles below Manhattan aud from
there the territory extends for over
three miles farther down the creek
One of the peculiar features of the
ground is that there are two chan
nels, wet and dry one. The water
used for the sluicing comes from the
wet channel
The mines are being worked and
operated principally by Manhattan
people with one exception, that being
DRY Wash" Wilson Of Round Noun
tain, who recently paid a fancy price
for an interest In the Davis PROPERTY
This sale was made after a few mi
raculous discoveries wore made. whicn
resulted IN values being received that
went in the vicinity of Sc to the pan.
In all there are about fifteen leases
and properties being worked and
new leases are. starting daily 1t has
been predicted by several prominent
mining men that the placer workings
will extend through the townsite and
probably out 10 West Manhattan, and
few are of the opinion the pay dirt
Will eventually reach Peayine valley.
q short distance of some IA miles
from Manhattan. Should this prove TO
be true the district will equal tho
famous Klondyke
The Haywood, 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 gronnd they sent about
20 cubic yards Of dirt through the
boxes, which averaged over 81 to the
yard Their shaft. and workings are
on the wet channel and few days
ago they installed pump with which
they keep the shaft free from water.
About ten days ago the Humphrey
and Mertel lease worked out 1900
pounds of dirt that averaged S35 a
yard. When the report of this clean
up was circulated 1t caused consider
able excitement In the town and
numerous offers were made for the
lease, all OF which were refused
The Stevenson and Maute lease en-
countered a fivefoot body of pay dirt
Saturday at a depth of 40 feet. Pan
nlngs were made from this body which
resulted in from 10 to 20 colors TO the
pan This body II Is thought VIII
average about $40 to the yard. ~
whim has been installed ON the prop
erty and the dlrt-wiI be extracted and
placed on the dump.
On the Jim Barney lease pay dirt
was encountered at a depth of 90 feet.
and two and one-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 and
rich lunches have been found In sew
eral places. These workings are
somewhat handicapped owing to the
amount OF water encountered, which
necessitates the installing of a pump,
which will probably be In operation
inside of the next two weeks.