The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-07-28
MANHATTAN DEVELOPING
,continued From Page One) .

the erection OF the assay OillCe loT
mine and mill work. In the mill,
the flue for the wedge rooster is be-
ing installed, and when this is in
place, with but a few small parts of
machinery to go in, the mill will be
ready for operation. The c%rushers,
rolls. conveyor belts. etc.. are now
being tried out preliminary to the
mills starting.
Manhattan Cons.
Mine developments during the
week in the Consolidated have been
most favorable. After encountering
the jog in the footwall of the vein,
and following the ledge along a
course due south for 20 feet, the
ledge has Strengthened its course as
shown from the second level 20 de-
grees south of east.
The drift is being extended on
the footwall of the ledge, and the
ore body so far has been explored
for 40 feet in ore, with one cross
cut where the ledge was encounter
ed, 2S feet from hanging to foot
wall. Now that developments have
reached their present stage it has
been proven that the 40 feet of the
ledge on the second level which lies
between the ore body proper and the
mud fault, practically barren of
values, the same segment of the
vein on the third level is found to
be high grade ore
The recent developments have
demonstrated virgin ore, and have
added immensely to the ore reserves
of the mine. If the ore is found
from the third level correlating with
the same portion of the ore on the
second level, the third level will
have an ore body exposed for twice
the length as from upper levels.
That portion of the ore as already
developed is unquestionably twice as
rich as any of the upper level ores.
The face of the drift on the vein is
showing high grade ore. The writ
er took a panning from the top of
a car of ore as hoisted, and without
mortaring the residue in the pan
showed a long string of wire and
flaky gold. a conservative estimate
of such ore being 800 per ton. The
hard. fine-grained dark blue quartz
which is the main constituent of the
ledge contains gold disseminated all
through it with a large proportion
of the values found in sulphides.
The general characteristics of the
ore is similar to the White Caps ore
bodies, punches of ~calcite, anthony
and arsenic stains being occasionally
noticeable. In addition to the de-
velOpments on the east ore body, a
cross-cut is being extended from the
third level to tap the downward eX-
tension Of what is called the high
grade vein of the Consolidated, the
crosscut is now a distance of 80 feet
from the shaft and in another 20 to
80 feet should encounter the vein.
Manhattan Morning Glory
The Morning Glory management IS
installing the old IS h. p. gasoline
hoist at the collar of No. 3 prospect
shaft. An air line from the COM
pressor has already been laid and
a jackhammer is now doing the
drilling in the shaft. This shaft
has reached a depth of 60 feet on
the lime and lime shale contact and
is to be continued in depth.
Practically all of the contents of
this shaft can be classed as ore.
some assays running from 500 to
5000 per ton and over. although
the average probably will be from
$12 to $25 per ton from top to bot
tom. Three shifts will be employ
ed on this work as soon as the hoist
is installed. Two shifts are at work
in the sinking of the main working
shaft of the company. This shaft
has now reached a depth of 165 feet
on the contact.
Assays show considerable of the
ground passed through to average
from 81 to IS per ton. with small
stringers running considerably above
the highest figure. The location of
the Morning Glory estate is very ia
vorable for ore bodies being develop
ed, as the lime and lime shale con-
tact which is proven to traverse the
ground for over 1900 feet, is of the
first importance in the location OF
the ore bodies found in the lime
stone belt throughout the eastern
portion of the district, the ore
bodies as a rule making from the
contact into the limestone belts.
In addition to the new ores being
developed in the eastern portion of
the Morning Glsry ground, a contin-
uation of the Consolidated veins into
the southwestern part of the Pine
Nut No. 2 claim of the Mo:ning
GlCry is very probable as surface de-
We. cpments tend to prove.
Union Amalcamated
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