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Stray Dog Mine: If you like Mining History this stock is for you

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Stray Dog Mine: If you like Mining History this stock is for you
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Every miner needed luck and in Manhattan that luck came in a Stray Dog named Bob! (See full story below.) This mining company was named for Bob. Stray Dog Manhattan Mining Company. Number 3237 for 100 shares to Charles W Pinniger. Signed by RB Cradlebaugh and J Campbell. Place of business: Goldfield. Utah Lithography Company. Mine holes, heavy vertical folds and a dog ear right top. Still is a nice specimen. So, was this mine lucky? It was originally incorporated as the Manhattan Gold Mining Company. The owners must have been lucky for a little luck and they changed the name. An ad in the March 18, 1906 newspaper says that it is the biggest shipper of 'high grade' in Manhattan. The March 26, 1906 Mining and Engineering World would agree! " In the camp and on hills the workers are at a high tension continually and nowhere more so than on the Stray Dog claim (on Stray Dog Hill)." "Five leases are being operated on the Stray Dog and all in cross fissure formation shipping ore and producing sensational values." "The ore of the Stray Dog is honeycombed and composed mostly of lime spar non mineralized to the eye but panning free gold quite liberally. Leasers find various classes of shipping ore and the mine is PERHAPS THE RICHEST ever opened in Nye county."



Stray Dog Bob was a mutt. He was a medium-sized collie mix with a short tail and sharp ears. Nobody seemed to know where he came from. Rumor spread that he belonged to an old Indian who was turned out by his tribe and left to die. His dog would remain by his master’s side. A group of miners was thought to give the old man a decent burial and the dog followed the miners back to the Manhattan gold fields.



It wasn't long before his legend began. He was present when Clark Davis made the richest discoveries on the April Fool lease. He then just happened to be with Annie Laurie when miners discovered rock so infused with gold that it was used as jewelry. And he was at the Nellie Gray when rich ore was discovered there. Within days of Stray Dog Bob paying a visit to the Iron King and Queen placer diggings than rich deposits were found there. It became common whenever a new find was made that the question would be asked, “was the Dog there?”



The miners knew good luck when they saw it. They put our treats and tenderloins to lure Stray Dog Bob to their claims. They set our boxes of soft cotton next to their tents so they would sleep within yards of their claims. All in the hope that Stray Dog Bob would grace them with a visit. But like Lady Luck, Stray Dog Bob was difficult to predict.



Then one day he could not be found? Manhattan was searched from east to west; from north to south. The collie just wasn’t there. The miners hoped he had not experienced bad luck. They hoped he had returned to the Indian tribe from whence he came. Then all of a sudden word reached camp. Stray Dog Bob was in Millers. Millers was a mining camp about 40 miles south of Manhattan. And, as you might have guessed, within a week of his arrival the leasers found good ore!



Like Lady Luck, Stray Dog Bob was on the move again. The last report from Millers was that he was seen heading to Goldfield. Date: 1906 Location: Manhattan, Nevada HWAC# 59659