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Show HOW BARRETT STRUCK GOLD AT MANHATTAN MANHATTAN. Nev.. July $0. Lee (far- j rett has struck It rich; and richer than he ever hoped. He said he would have been satisfied with a good milling proposition, propo-sition, but on account of his modest statements, providence saw fit to reward blm with Immense riches, and today Lee can see his way to a big fortune. Mr. Garrett made - his phenomenal strike on the Sedan claim which adjoins the Copper Farm of the Manhattan Nevada Ne-vada Gold Mines company on the north. He discovered the ledge which others had passed scores of times, and It attracted his attention. He took an assay across twelve feet, and received values of $16.40 per ton In gold. Buys the Property. , He Immediately purchased the property from the owners, and started to sink on this ledge. At a depth of fifteen feet he struck a vein which proved to be ten feet wide, and when opened up. was found to be exceedingly rich. He took three assays as-says at different points on this vein, and to his surprise, they yielded $340, $570 and $160$ per ton respectively. When Garrett got his assay certificate, and saw the returns, he could not get back to his property fast enough. He immediately sunk through the vein, and at a depth of thirty feet started drift under It and had not driven more than three feet when he struck a vein two and a half feet In width, heavily impregnated with manganese of iron. Much Free Gold. Upon taking samples to the surface he was delighted to find that many of the pieces oontalned large quantities of free gold. The ten foot ledge, which closely resembles a bull quarts, and Is of a whitish whit-ish color, contained considerable gold In the free state, but the manganese vein far eclipses It. One panning of about eight ounces of rock, returned the finest string of free gold that has been seen in camp for many a day. A sample was taken across this two and one-half feet and brought to town, and left to be assayed and returned $210 per ton In gold. All Are at Work. Everyone owning property In the vicinity vicin-ity ef the new strike is now working hard to open up the rich vein, and already the Manhattan Belmont, to the southwest of I the Sedan, has three feet of ore containing contain-ing free gold. The surface of the El Dorado Do-rado claim of the Manhattan Nevada Gold Mines company pans free gold, and work will be started on this claim In search of the same vein. It Is predicted by mining men who have visited the scene of these strikes that the rich vein continues through the hill from the Sedan, across the Belmont and El Dorado claims and into the Monday claim of the Original Manhattan Man-hattan Mines company. As the vein on which Mr. Garrett is working is one of the richest that has been opened up in the Manhattan district, great interest is being shown In the development of the other properties, adjoining the Sedan and on the strike of that wonderful vein: Gives It a Start. The strike on the Sedan, coupled with the finding of rich ore on the Combination, Combina-tion, Original Manhattan and Paymaster Mining companies, has given the western section of the Manhattan district a strong lead in the matter of successful development, and everything points to the fact that several good producing gold mines will be opened up in the vicinity of Central. The management of the Manhattan Mammoth has lust placed an order with Fairbanks-Morse company for a com-presser com-presser plant to Install in its tunnel to hssten development work. This company has good ore In its workings, and will be In shape for extensive mining as soon as the mill Is erected at East Manhattan. Hoist Now in Place. The hoist on the April Fool of the Sey-ler Sey-ler Humphrey Gold Mining company is now in place, and will be In operation within a few days. A very fine panning of free gold was brought into town last night by Superintendent Diehl of the Manhattan Joker Mining company, which came from that company's holdings. The gold wss very coarse and of a good quality, quali-ty, and very much resembled the placer gold of the Manhattan Cowboy. Dhy washers are still at work on the latter company's ground with very good results. A very substantial- strike was made yesterday on the Manhattan White Caps, adjoining the Manhattan Mother Lode on the north, and very close to the latter company's line. A four-foot ledge was uncovered that yielded values of. $60 per ton in gold, and shows great signs of permanency; per-manency; . |