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Show o GREAT IS THE STRAY DOG. Goldfleld, Nev., Dec. 2G, 190C. Tho first official announcement made by a Manhattan mining company as to the amount of ore in sight in its property has just been made by the Stray Dog Manhattan Mining company over tho signature of its ofllclals and its general gen-eral manager. It shows that during 190C, with 13G4 feet of development work, $977,000 worth of ore, assaying from $25 to $300 per ion, is now blocked out In the mine, without taking tak-ing Into consideration upwards of 25,-000 25,-000 tons ot milling ore which will average $35 per ton, now Included 'in tho dumps about the six shafts on this property. Neither was tho tonnago of high grade oro already shipped from this property taken Into consideration. In brief, tho value of the ore In sight down to tho 200-foot level, including the milling oro on the dumps, is upwards up-wards of $1,500,000. Tho following tablo shows tho tonnago ton-nago of ore of different grades in tho Stray Dog, and tho value of each, together to-gether with the net values, disregarding disregard-ing the ore on tho dumps. The cost of mining is $5 per ton. Value Net Tons Per Ton Value Main shaft on dump 500 $ 50 $ 22,500 Net, $45. Mill oro No. 1 incline shaft 8000 40 280,000 Net $35. Shipping oro No. 1 incline shaft 2000 300 590,000 Net, $295. Mill oro No. 2 incline-shaft 1000 30 25,000 Net, $25. Shafts Nos. 3, 4, 5, approximately .. 1000 25 GO.000 Total $977,500 Tho rapidity with which discovery after discovery of importance has been made on tho Stray Dog property during dur-ing the past thirty days, is surprising. surpris-ing. About tho middle of November, a rich streak of oro was opened up, assaying about $180 per ton. With each day's additional development of tho voln, this streak widened and increased in-creased In richness. About December 1st, this vein had widened materially and the rich streak had increased from $180 to about $350 per ton. With each day's work this vein continued to show marked improvement, and before be-fore tho middle of December It was showing values running as high as $300 across tho entire vein, which .had widened to more than four foot. Along the hanging wall was. about eighteen inches of oro which assayed from $1,100 to $1,G00 per ton. This Strny Dog vein Is still improving, improv-ing, each day's development work hnv; lng added to tho grade of tho ore, and tho richness of tho co'iitcnts. During Dur-ing the past week President L. M. Sullivan, of tho Sullivan Trust Company, Com-pany, made a tour of inspection of tho properties In tho Manhattan district, in which ho Is interested. While he was at the propel ty, oio assaying $10,000 per ton was broken down in a winzo which is being sunk from the 135-foot level nnd tho vein had widened wid-ened more than a foot during the week, without locntlng tho foot wall. Work Is now centered In following tho hanging wall down and the indications indica-tions of a material Increase In tho width of the vein were most favorable. favor-able. Tho grade of ore was still Increasing. In-creasing. Three feet of oro assaying $1,100 per ton was being sacked, and tho four feet of milling oro In the vein was averaging $G5 per-ton, giving giv-ing a general average across tho width of tho vein of $508. The showing, then, in tho Stray Dog lias demonstrated that the property is today the second greatest mine In tlru entire district, tho single exception being tho Indian Camp property. No other properiy in the district has such a showing of high grade oro in sight as tho Stray Dog, and, In order thnt the true conditions of tho property might be mado known to stockholders or other interested parties, orders have been issued to permit any visitor so desiring to go through tho property nnd measure up tho oro for himself. This issuance of such an order is nn innovation in mining in Nevada, whereto where-to inspect tho important properties of tho district it has been necessary to secure permits-. . Naturally, curiosity is aroused when tho statement Is mado that, oven with tho showing in tho Stray Dog, that property is surpassed in importance by the Indian Camp. With upward of a million and a half dollars worth of ore in tho Stray Dog, a mino which promises to bo oven greatqr, is worthy of most serious consideration." Tho Indian Camp shaft has reached a depth of 200 feet. At tho 100-foot level, a cross-cut has been run westward 300 feet. At a point about, 100, feet from the shaft, tho cross-cut entered tho foot wall of an enormous vein, which proved to bo 195 feet wide, To demonstrate that tho foot wall ofthis vein has been encountered, a drift was run north and south along tho vein G7 feet, piovlng conclusively that it had been located. This vein carries strong. sulphides, which assay from $12 to $10 per ton. Another huge vein is now being explored In tho shaft, which is porpendicular and passes through 58 feet of voln matter, all showing values which assay from $20 to $G0 per ton, tho shaft being thoroughly thor-oughly sampled every flvo feet of depth attained. Tho vein through which tho shaft passes is entirely separato and distinct from that encountered in tho crosscut cross-cut the two paralleling each other. With these two veins, one nbout 40 foot wide and tho other 195 feet wide, carrying ore which will avorago oven $10 per ton, tho Indian Camp property today Is ono of tho greatest milling properties in all tho State of Nevada. Discussing, this proporty and Its possibilities possi-bilities when dovoloped to a depth of 500 to 1,000 foot, General Manager Ed. Hoffman declares that it can not bo too highly regarded and that In all his experience in Utah (where ho developed devel-oped twelvo of tho famous mines of tho state during tho past twelvo years) ho has never seen a property1 which gives such piomiso at tho cor-esponding cor-esponding state of development. When it is remembered that Mr. Hoffman is thoroughly familiar with every mining min-ing district of importance in- tho Rocky Mountains, this statement is fraught with much meaning. Tho Indian In-dian Camp property Is to be developed to a depth of 800 feet, with stntl&ns nnd levels nt each hundred feet. Mr. Hoffman Is ndwlnS;tlt Lake City, vherok ho,-1& placing orders for $25,-000 $25,-000 worth of ctfmpro&ar' machinery, ' which is. to bo shipped to Manhattan ( and tho niost expensive cnpalgn of development is to bo inaugurated upon l tho Indian Camp property, between i Tonopah and the Conistock lode. With the announcement of tho results re-sults which have followed the plan of development of the Sullivan properties proper-ties in Manhattan, Inaugurated and laid out by Consulting Engineer John D. Campbell, the district has been attracting at-tracting more attention during the past six weeks than over and it is estimated that tipwaids of 800 people have" "been ntfdod to tho population of tho camp. Mining men from nil over tho country 'afo turning their attention atten-tion to tho district, and, as ono "enthusiast "en-thusiast describes it "Manhattan la forging ahead so rapidly thnt you can't head It of with a Gatllng gun. |