The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-06-23

the White Caps has now reached a
depth of 103 feet below the fourth
level. The shaft sets of timber are
all in place. 1t is intended to sink
the shaft to 125 feet depth below
the 400 before starting to cut the
fifth station. Although consider
able water is still showing in the
shaft work it has not delayed the
sinking to any great extent during
the week.
Lateral work on the third level
in the west drift has been recon-
nenced, and in the east drift the
water pocket has been reduced un-
til shortly work will start again in
extending the east drift. The flood
gate in the east drift is in and
drilling will start just as soon as
the concrete, of which the gate is
made, has set in place.
The cutoff wagon road con.
structed by the White Caps has al
most reached it's destination, Pipe
Springs, at the foot of the. main
Manhattan summit. The road
should be completed in three days.
\ branch road will then be con-
structed to the White Caps Exten-
sion property, the road leaving
the White Caps road about a mile
from the White Caps mine and
striking southwest to the location
n: tho EyfnnSinn ond Ion1ihor oDn,
pany shaft.
In the mill construction, the fin
ishing touches are in order. From
the crusher house the fines belt
and the sorters belt are both in
place. The motors for the crushers
are installed, a 20-hp. motor for
driving the Sx12 Blake secondary
crusher which reduces the product
from A inch to 3-4-incn and a 80
hp. motor for driving the 11x15
Dodge crusher which brushes the
ore as hoisted from the mine.
The trommel and automatic ore
feeder of plunger type is in place
in the rolls house ready for oper-
alton. The foundation is being set
for the 50-hp. boiler which will
furnish the steam for heating the
mill in cold weather and also fur
nish the necessary roasting heat
for the Wedge rooster. The fourth
hearth in the rooster building is
nearly completed. The combustion
chambers will be installed shortly,
The only possible delay in start
ing the mill will come from the
non-completion of the roaster as
the mill proper is about in shape
now to commence operations. AL
though the Wedge rooster is the
first of it's type to be installed west
of the Rockies, it is classed as the
last word in roasters and great
things are anticipated after the
rooster and mill get tuned up.
Manhattan Consolidated
The conditions in the Consoli-
dated property indicate that the
long sought for orebody on the 800
foot level is practically uncovered.
The lateral work on the third level
has been extended a distance of
1873 feet east from the shaft. The
last 40 feet of the drift has been
paralleling the fault, the drift
crossing out from the faulted zone
at the 143-foot point.
The last machine round drilled
in the drift while the face is in
silicified limestone and broken up
ledge material, showed from the
drill holes that the formation was
s%oftening. A drill hole extended
about 8 feet from the more under
a slight pressure. The hole was
plugged in a hurry, and as this is
written the sinking pump is being
started in the shaft stump.
The initial water flow only
amounted to about so gallons per
minute before being plugged, so
no trouble is anticipated and the
round will be shot as soon as the
pumps are working. The water
from the stump is handled by a No.
6 Cameron sinker and pumped to
the second level and from there a
4x6 Deming triplex electric driven
station pump put the water to the
surface.
Red Top Company
The shaft sinking on the Red
Top is proceeding as fast as can
be expected considering the ma
ture of the ground and the fact
that hand steel is used. Nine feet
was made during the week. The
second shift added to the mine crew
will speed up the footage from now
on. The past So feet in the shaft
has been in limestone. Something
interesting can be expected when
the lower plane of the limestone is
reached. n. K. Franklin is the
mine superintendent at the Red
Top.