Show I. I MANHATTAN CAMP T TO BOOM Special to The Telegram GOLDFIELD Nev July 3 Maphat Manhat Manhat Manhattan tan the mining camp with a boom a year ago that surpassed all aU other boom camps of Nevada Nevada is destined to rise again and that in the near future For Forthe Forthe Forthe the past six months little has been said of Manhattan owing to the greater excitements elsewhere but the mining companies have been working along steadily and have made some very rich strikes and another era of leasing In Inthis Inthis inthis this district is about to begin The Thanksgiving at a depth of f feet et has richer ore than ever and is isnow isnow isnow now erecting a large steam hoisting plant to raise it to the surface In the east drift of the shaft fifteen feet feat of ore has been opened up with bonanza values Five l lve feet of this ore body carries values of from 12 to O 30 per r ton while the balance a assays y rr from 50 t to per t ton Free gold ore is to be found In ance The Thanksgiving will undoubtedly undoubted undoubted- ly become one of the Nevada record- record breakers as with every foot o of depth gained the ore pody ody grows stronger T T. T B. B Rickey president of the State Bank and Trust company and the present present pres pres- ent ant controlling spirit of the Sullivan Trust company was In the camp this week looking over the Sullivan proper proper- ties A short time ago it was decided to lease parts parts' of the Stray Dog Jumping Jack India Camp and As- As You Like properties and with that end in view Engineer MacGregor had the ground measured off off and today several leasers are at work with good success On the Stray Dog Mr Griffin a Manhattan Manhattan Manhattan Man Man- hattan merchant has six men working his lease and extracting very high grade ore It ii is Jf so rich that a warehouse was built in town and the ore is being sacked preparatory to shipment Mr Griffins Griffin's shaft Is at present eighty feet deep and the bottom is all in high grade ore Other leasers easers on the Stray Dog are meeting meeting meet meet- ing with very good success with present development A lease on the Jumping Jack has has' just been granted to William J J. Douglass president of the Midway Mining company com corn pany papy of Tonopah and n T. T W. W Kendall a fo hrc k well known operator of f that camp g They selected the tho ground after a most careful examination and are now erecting a gallows gallows gallows gal gal- lows frame and installing a horse 15 power motor These people operated very extensively on lease No 3 on the Union No 9 claim of the Manhattan Dexter Dex ter and feel that they can take out large quantities of ore from the Jumping Jack |