The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-05-07
MANHATT TAN MINES
MEET WITH SUCCESS
Chamber of Mines of Camp
Gives Resume Of the
Camp Conditions.

The Manhattan Chamber Of Mines an
organization Of mining men devoted to
the welfare OF tho Manhattan district and
TO the dissemination OF reliable informa-
tion about the mines of that section. has
prepared statement OF conditions which
Will he read with great deal Of inter
est throughout the country. This follows
in fun.
a number Of exceptionally important
strikes have recently been rnadc, notable
among them being the opening OF aboHt
seven feet of high grade ore. ranging IN
value from SO to Sloo per ton. IN the
Consolide ted, Associated with this ~
ten to twelve feet Of ore averaging about
The Mushett- Wittenberg leose on the
Manhattan Consolidated Is showing at a
depth OF l30 feet i've feet Of orc worth
r being fsS sunk * TO- @ the PEI 925foot % level to get
additional depth on this ore
The Steiner lease on the same prop
ten TO thirty feet in width and averaging
bout SEQ per ton exposed to a depth OF
200 feet, Development Us progressing mp
Idly and with continued favorable re-
4 splendid showing is being made by
the White Caps, which has been and VIII
continue 10 be one of the important pro-
d1cers OF the district. Its ores are of a
high grade and the ore bodies are very
large
tQted by number Of new companies
which have every assurance OK a splen-
did future, The Morning Glory. whose
property lies between the Manhattan Con-
solidated and the White Caps. is now
crosscutting on the 1oo-foot level from lts
20o-foot shaft TO reach a very promising
surface Other development that should
result In good discoveries on this prop
erty Will soon be started.
The above properties are all located
a
ton mil recently completed by tho Asso-
ciated Milling company and which began
Litigation hll ls the scene Of much 40
tivity by companies and leasers. The
Manhattan Amalgamated company. own
Ing the Liberty and Granny claims. has
and will crosscut eastery in expectation
Of enoonntering the Eicn ore body Just
OH the Manhattan Consolidated
The Dexter Union Mines company he's
also started operations during the past
two weeks and has splendid showing ms
claim.
The Big Four company recently took
over the famous Poak. .stoen- Cicala 1! Lease as
shaft from the 400 20 the o00-root level
60 open It's immense ore bodies at that
depth. The ore shoot has already been
encountered by the shaft a. short OILS
tance below the 40o-foot level The COM
pany 10 also planning early construction
OF 9 n1ty-tor mill.
Control OF the Mustang company has
recently been secured bY .. 3. Steen and
others and company operations Will soon
be started. A rich discovery has lately
been made or this property by lessees
A good showing Of pay ore is being
made IN the new shaft Of the Toro Blarco
company, controlled by New York par
ties: Their shaft Is now down about SIX
ty-five feet.
The Mineral Hill Consolidated conpsn ny
is getting some high assays from vein
developed by It's tunnel which IL in near
y 700 feet. II is believed that the rich
ore shoot exposed on the surface VIII soon
be encountered.
Another company. the Manhattan Eagle.
Is preparing TO start work within a few
days and viii contract for the sinking
OF a 2o0-foot shaft at the start This
company takes over the old Blue Jay com
pany holdings.
Many other properties are being active
ly developed In various portions Of the
district by leasers and companies, and
excellent results are being achieved. The
general outlook for the district is ex-
ceptionaliy encouraging and investors may
find almost uneoualed opportunities fol-
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