The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-01-10
MANHATTAN OPERATIONS

IL was ueClueu tueu, W sIdTL Opcid-
tons on the Mustang mill, upon
which hill the mill is situated, and
thus obviate a three-fourtbs mile
haul for the ore from the Reilly
Fraction to the mill during the bad
winter weather and necessarily bad
roads.
The Mustang Hill ore zone shows
every sign of being a duplicate OF
the Reilly Fraction, both for aver
age value of gold content, and for
area of enrichment. For cheap min
ing and milling, the Reilly Fraction
g~lory-hole, combined with the Wal
Eagle mill, has established a record
that will be hard to equal anywhere
in Nevada. The depth of the Reilly
Fraction open cut is about So feet,
length 16O feet and average width
about 80 feet.
The ore taken from this work is
a soft, easily fractured schist, with
absolutely free gold content found
in it's seams and on it's various faces.
The average tonnage passed through
the mill has for weeks at a time ex-
ceeded 100 tons each "a hours. The
highest short run was made during
a day towards the last of November,
when in IL hours, So tons of ore
passed under the mills ten stamps.
At the present time, the mill is be-
ing enlarged, two more five stamp
units being in course of addition to
it's present ten-stamp equipment.
Manhattan Placers
For a distance of over three miles
the Manhattan gulch is being placer
mined. The first active work is
found within the town limits, con-
siderable placer gold being found on
and near the surface, at the foot OF
the Big Four hill or it's northern
slope. This ground is owned by the
Dexter-Union Mines company. Sew
eral placer leases are operating cn
the Mustang Extension property, di-
rectly north of the Wolftone hill in
the main gulch.
This property has already pro-
duced close to $4,000 during the
past three years, since placer was
discovered in the gulch, and good
pay is still being taken out each day,
from the three separate channels
found within the confines of the COM
panv ground. Barney Francisco,
operating a portion of the Wolftone
property, is raising and washing a
good grade of gravel.
The San Antoine Placer company
has been working steadily Tor
months and it's plant is equipped for
handling an immense yardage OF
gravel. Jos. Plourd is operating
placer ground close to the old vii
lage of Central and in close proxim-
ity several leasers are operating. The
syndicate of Italian miners who TOOK
over the Thos. Wilson workings are
rushing the hosting of gravel and
are making very good profits. From
this ground, the largest nugget
found in the district came, an esti-
mate of it's value being 5000.
From rim to rim of the valley
there are found usually three dis
tinct pay channels, following de-
pressions of the bedrock from 10 to
40 feet in width, and with two OF
the channels containing dry gravel
and the surface drainage system OF
=, x,-I ~ thn chonn nf tho
so-called wet channel, OF about the
same average dimensions as the dry
channels, and with the same grade
of pay gravel theIe Elm.
The Manhattan Post says that
the new year finds Manhattan
looking very promising in a mining
way, and with prospects OF a gold
production greatly in excess of that
of preceding years. There is not as
much activity here as some months
ago, but several reasons may be as
signed for this. One is h a the
consolidation of a number OF good
properties of the camp has for the
time being caused a suspension of
operations III tdlA quoi "
other reason given is that at this
time of year the weather is rather
unfavarable for surface work.
This applies particularly to the
placers. When a severe cold wind
is blowing it is almost impossible
to do top work. Sluicing gravel in
winter is anything but a pleasure.
But despite the inclement weather,
Manhattan's placer output for De-
cember was approximately $4,000.
This is the estimate given by a man
who keeps in close touch with oper-
atiOns in the gulch.
n. X. Franklin, who has charge of
the Atlas Manhattan Mining COM
pany's property, has a force of -four
men at work performing the annual
work on the company's six claims,
located east of camp.