Show BUY INTO MANHATTAN Salt Lake and San Francisco Men Close Crose a Big Deal Fr Prank M I Benedict of this city and C D Porter ot of San Frncisco Francisco accord accordIng according Ing to te the Sa San Francsco Francisco Mall lal have just closed a del deal for the purchase of I the Pine Nut property in the Manhat Manhattan I Ita ta tan district Nevada for the I highe highest price that any property in the I new cp camp ha has yet gone at The pur purchase chae chase of the property was made after a thorough examination that wa was con conducted conducted ducted by Captin Captain TompkIn Tompkins connected wih with the metallurgical engIneering firm ot of Luckhardt Co ot of Sa San Francisco The orIginal locators of te the gound ground were W C Robbins Bobbins and W W Moore who were among the earliest pioneers In the Manhattan camp They located the gound ground lat last July uly and have been continuously at work upon it ever since last Augst August The frt first blast fred fired by byone byone one of the leaser leasers who ho later gt got a chance at a porion portion of the ground die closed ore of extraordinary value This the paper says is not to be wondered at as the shaft of the Manhattan Con SIver Silver Pick claim is within sixteen feet teet of the PIne Nuts eat east end endline lne line As te the Siver Silver Pick Is te the prop property erty that ha has made the district famous it is argued tat that the Pine Nut cannot fai fail to turn out a bonanza Benedict ad and Porter declined to give the Mal ay any detailed information tion concerning the proper property other ta than to admit the fact facts in connection with the purchase of the property Mr Benedict is wl well known here in Sat Salt Lake trough through his connection wit with va 0 noun rious Bingha Bingham undertakings He was largely instrumental in rounding up the property and in the organization of the Haven company one of the present gat great shipper shippers and money earners of te the district district He ws was in on onte the organization of the Bingham Cen Central te company company which is tr making another big mine i in camp of copper ad and he ha has also been identified with some ver very successful and meritorious Nevada propositions Mr Ir Porter is a brother of Peter Porter who is now wih with associates operating the Montezuma property at Bingham The tle entry of these men into Manhattan Is a strong argument in support of the camps merit merits for they are not to be classed with the wildcat element element by any means |