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Show TALK ABOUT MANHATTAN. "W. Ballautyne Enthusiastic Over That Section of Nevada. V. Ballantyno of Manhattan, Nov., Is a guest at tho Wilson hoiol, having arrived ar-rived In the city Thursday morning. Mr Ballantyno Is prominent in tho mining Industry of that region and a mombor of tho Manhattan stock exchange. His description de-scription of that auriferous camp was edifying ed-ifying and entertaining. Geographically speaking, Manhattan Is situated about sixty miles northeast of Goldilcld, In area, tho gold-bearing zone Is six miles In length by about three and a half In width- In general tho ore-bearing area Is overlaid with a covering of slilst, shale and other substances. Tho gold Is contained con-tained In rhyollte or slonlte, which Is found whorover prospected for In every portion of tho district. Tho oro runs from ns low as $5 in places on tho surfaco to $500 to tho ton at depth. Speaking of development thus far mado, Mr. Ballantyno says thnt tho deepest shaft In the district is 165 foot, all In solid ore-bearing rock, which Increases in richness as depth Is attained, a fact which gives confidenco that the ore bodies go down to the deep, and establishes es-tablishes beyond question tho limitless mngnltudo of tho ore-bearing district. From a careful analysis of the oro sampled In all parts of the district from tho surface down to tho bottom of tho deepest shaft by competent experts, it has been ascertained that Manhattan's oro output will average $35 to tho ton. The season of excitement and speculation specu-lation consequent upon the many rich finds a few months ago Is In a measure past, and tho work of development Is now being Inaugurated and going on In earnest. earn-est. Six hoists are already In operation and fifteen others aro In process of erection. erec-tion. There are over 700 minors at work, which of Itself speaks pretty wolf for the merits of a camp only a few months old. Tho population of Manhattan three months ago was estimated at 600, I' now contains what may be reckoned a permanent population of from 3000 to 3500. Tho majority of those that havo left Manhattan wero composed of prospectors, pros-pectors, speculators, grafters and tho floaters who, Invariably, rush in myriads to ever' now gold excitement. Thoy havo gone to try their luck in tho other now gold camps which have recently sprung-up sprung-up In that region of tho State. The season bids fair to bo a busy ono In tho erection of stamp mills. Tho Manhattan Man-hattan Gold company proposes building a mill of 100 stamps and several others of a lessor number of stamps are in con-temnlatlon con-temnlatlon of erection. Tho oro Is a frcc-mllllng frcc-mllllng proposition and ns there Is amnio water at hand for milling and mining purposes, the Manhattans feel confident that theirs Is tho richest, surest rind most extensive gold district in the State, and that future devclonments will demonstrate dem-onstrate that this confidenco Is in no wiso mlsplaoed. |