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Show MANHATTAN A SECOND CRIPPLE CREEK. Goldfleld, Nov., August 28th. The Manhattan mining camp is taking on tho airs of Cripple Crook. Tho atmos-phero atmos-phero is surcharged with energy and aggressive development work. Tho great mining companies of the district aro working day and night shifts In - opening up tho immense oro reserves ! f" that have been hardly scratched over. Greater depth is being obtained overy day and tho richness and extent of the oro bodies aro showing constant Improvement. Im-provement. Tho chill air of tho early i mornings and lato evenings seem, to huvo started into renewed activity tho men who aro delving Into Mother Earth to wrest from her treasure store I tho gold that has been plethorically deposited in the hills surrounding that mining town. Immense hoisting plants I aro being installed and an era of real systematic mlnincr has net In. !A11 details of the great milling projects pro-jects that tho Tonopah Exploration company Is back of, have been per-k- fected and work Is progressing rapid ly towards Its consummation. When completed, tho mill will have a capacity capac-ity of 200 to 300 tons per day. With such adequate milling facilities promised prom-ised for present needs, tho mine operators opera-tors of tho district feel an Incentive to greater efforts, and with a prospective pros-pective outlet for the production of the camp there has como a marked acceleration accel-eration in tho development of the mines and prospects of tho camp. Gold Hill Is just now one of tho principal prin-cipal centers of activity. Tho Stray Dog estate, sceno of the first spectacular, spectac-ular, strike has never lagged In popular popu-lar favor or in its sensation-making proclivities. From the resources of its treasure vault has been brought forth a gold-glutted tonnage of rare valne, and specimens of its quartz present a surfaco spangled over with a conste-1 lation of glittering, golden star points. Tho oro reserves aro valued at one-half one-half million dollars, and tho net shipping ship-ping returns for July wore In excess of $32,000. Development is being furthered fur-thered with three full shifts, and the oro tonnage at tho surface and the underground un-derground reserves aro constantly being be-ing augmented. Tho property gives overy assuranco of developing Into one of tho geat bonanzas of Southern Nevada's great mineral zone. Sidelining with tho Stray Dog and tho celebrated Union No. 9 claim is the no less famous estate of tho Jumping Jump-ing Jack company. Shipments from tho property, aggregating 73 tons, were made on July 11th and July 25th. Tho net proceeds were $15,704.23. Like Its plutocratic companion, tho Jumping Jump-ing Jack Is a treasure repository of almost al-most unlimited wealth, and Is a strong rival In tho production of specimen oro. Tho company has acquired all leases on tho acreage and Is pushing development work night and day with three full shifts of miners. Tho rich Stray Dog-Union No. 9 ledge has been tapped In tho crosscut run out from tho 100 foot level of tho Jumping Jack ' shaft and is showing five feet In width. T Three feet of tho vein "breaks" at the rate of $252.00 per ton, and tho remain-der remain-der has an average gold value of $157 per ton. Every pound of rock mined is ore, and tho work is being prosecuted prosecu-ted with a view of establishing a monthly output having a gross valuation valua-tion of from $30,000 to $50,000. J. D. ("Jack") Campbell, the man who doveloped tho world-famed world-famed Rellly loaso on tho Florence estate at Goldfleld, Is general manager of tho Jumping Jack, Stray Dog, and Indian Camp proper-ties. proper-ties. In speaking of tho former, ho recently stated that it presented more . favorablo indications of holding im- menso deposits of high grade oro than did tho Rellly at tho same stage of development. Tho owning company pays Mr. Campbell $10,000 per year as compensation for his knowledge of matters mining, so It Is safe to assumo that ho bases his statement on tho jhysical conditions of tho mine. Tho Indian Camp property, third In tho trio of millionaire-makers, lies to tho northwest of Its fashlonablo associates, asso-ciates, but like them rubs sociably Union No. 9. Operations at this tlmo aro confined to tho sinking of a shaft to tho depth of 300 feet, whero oxten-slvo oxten-slvo development work Is to bo prosecuted. pros-ecuted. In tho upper levels a 12-foot ledgo of high grade milling oro is exposed, ex-posed, and it is expected when tho body is tapped at tho 300 foot level, shipping values will provall. Dry washer operations on tho Indian In-dian Camp aro averaging three ounces of gold dust per day for each man en-gaged en-gaged by running tho. gold-burdened surfaco deposits through tho machine. Tho Jumping Jack, stray Dog, and Indian Camp properties surround tho gulch from which this gold is being mined, and tho ledgo from which It was washed has been opened on tho threo estates. That it Is quartz gold and not placer gold Is evidenced by tho fact that nearly all tho nuggets of any size have pieces of quartz clinging cling-ing to them. Tho Mamiattan Consolidated, Consolidated Con-solidated Extension, Pine Nut, and Llt-tlo Llt-tlo Grey aro rapidly forging to positions posi-tions of promlnenco In tho mining world of Neyada. Their great deposits depos-its of gold oro aro proving of Immense sizo as tho shafts go down, and below the 135 foot level there has been noted In each property a most satisfying increase in-crease in gold contents. These properties prop-erties aro now in condition to yield a tonnage of hign grade milling oro that will give to tho camp a justly deserved deserv-ed prestige as one of tho great gold centers of tho Sage Brush State. Of tho preferred "prospectB," the Sedans Se-dans and Belmont aro now In the glare of tho Hmo light. On tho former a ledgo Is showing which returns assays as high as $555.00 in gold across Ave feet of oro. Tho samo vein Is being developed on the Belmont, and at a nominal depth tho .quartz shows a gold value as high as $350.00 to the ton. Operations are being advanced on both estates, and the concensus of opinion among mining men familiar with that section, is that both will develop de-velop Into great mines. Tho Broncho, Mustang, Wolftono, Crescent, Yellow Horse, and a scoro of others aro showing to great advantago and from all view points tho future ot tho Manhattan district presages years of prosperity, plethoric production and plenty. The real growth of tho camp will dato from the fall of 190C. |