The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-05-26

will be started also from the other
end of the road. The new road
leaves the present Manhattan-Tono-
pah road at Pipe Springs, about five
miles from Manhattan.
The grade of the road is only 5
per cent with the exception of a few
feet of Z per cent grade at one
point. The total length of the new
road when completed to the mine
will be three and three-quarters
miles.
Union Amalgamated
AS development proceeds in the
Union Amalgamated property dis
coveries are being made that are
calculated to give increased impetus
to the great interest that is being
manifested in the Manhattan min
ing district. The high grade ore
that is being opened up in this
property at a substantial depth,
bespeaks for the district another
big mine DOT to be added to it's
already producing properties.
The important feature about this
discovery is that it proves beyond
a doubt that the lime belt, which
is the ~ore-bearing formation Of this
district, and is the same lime as
that of the White Caps mine, ex-
tends far west of the White Caps
property, and leads the close OBJ
SprVpr tn hplinvn that nonu
mines will be discovered within its
confines, as development is extend
ed both east and west from the al
ready proved ore-bearing zones
The big lime belt that passes
through the Manhattan district can
be traced on the surface for thou
sands of feet and adds greatly to
the potential value of the properties
through which this belt passes. The
limitations of this lime belt both as
to width and length are not yet
known as development in the White
Caps and other properties prove
conclusively that it widens as depth
is attained. This being true, it is
reasonable to believe that properties
lying close in and adjoining prop
critics that have the lime cropping
on the surface. will also have the
lime formation at depth, which adds
to their prospective value.
1t has been admitted for years
that Manhattan had a wonderful
surface showing, and now that a
greater mineral showing has been
proved at depth. the eyes Of the
speculative world will be focused
on this camp, watching every new
development that takes place.
Manhattan Consolidated
The sinking of the shaft has
reached a depth of $40 feet, and a
station is being cut at this point.
This work was commenced more
that a week ago and extends fully
Is feet from the shaft, in the di-
rection of the ledge. C~rosscutting
will be commenced just as soon as
the station is finished, and 1t Is es-
timated that the cross-cut will have
to be extended a very short dis
lance before cutting the ledge.
When this is done, sinking to the
40O-foot level will be resumed, the
ledge again being cut in the shaft
somewhere between the 800 and
4OO-foot levels. The expert shaft
men who are at work at the Conso-
.lidated, under the direction of Mark
Page, are making rapid progress
and it will not be long before the
400-foot level is reached and cross
cutting commenced to tap the ledge
again.
The close proximity of the ledge
to the shaft makes it possible to cut
the ledge in three different places
in the sinking of the, shaft from
the 200 to the 4O0-foot level, which
furnishes a splendid opportunity to
Judge what might be expected at
greater depth.
The working shaft Of the Morn
ing Glory has now reached a depth
of 70 feet. The gold values en-
countered on the lime-shale contact J..
which is being followed in the shaft
cunning hdfC DCCh StCduIlJ ihipION-
ing as depth is gained, and in but a
few feet deeper, should the rate of
increase be found to be consistent,
the values should be high enough
so that material broken and hoisted
in the shaft sinking can be classed
as ore.
Manhattan Red Top
The Manhattan Red Top, reor-
ganized, on Tuesday last e%ncount-
cred a formation of limestone in it's
shaft at a depth of 70 feet. This
a at least 20 feet in advance of
the expectations of the engineers
who have examined the ground and
should bring the limestone-shale
contact, with an ore deposit. to
within 200 faat IF thp surface or