The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-12-01
MANHATTAN Mines DEVELOPING
and PROMISE Big PRODUCTION

ager of the White Caps Mining
company, after spending a week in
San Francisco on business connect
ed with the affairs of the company,
arrived in Tonopah early this week,
and said:
Regarding late developments in
the mine, l inspected the workings
on the 55O-foot level, where we
have developed the east orebody
for a distance of 200 feet and up
to date we have not reached the
eastern end of it. The cross-cuts
from the drift have demonstrated
up tt the present time a width of
about "a feet, and we are still in
ore at each face. The main work
now under way on that level Is for
the purpose of catching the down.
ward extension of the Shaft ore
body, and we are making excellent
Roadway in this cross-cut.
1--WE are cutting out for a sill
floor on the 425-foot level, IN the
cast orebody. The sill floor is 35
feet wide, with ore remaining in
both hanging and footwall sides of
the sill. AS this work proceeds, it
gives a clearer idea of the immensely
Of the oreshowings on this level.
THE mill is working cry salts
factorily. Our extraction continues
to be good, and we expect to i'm
prove it materially within the next
thirty days. Due to the fact that
we have been engaged in putting
additional equipment in the mill
we have only been putting through
about 100 tons per day, but as
these additions to the mill are
about completed, we will soon be
putting more ore through the
rooster and increasing the ton
rages treated by the mill.
CONSTRUCTION work is occupying
a large force of men on top, and
the clubhouse and the superin-
tendent's house are almost COM
pleted. 1t is expected that these
houses will be finished within the
next couple of weeks.
Il am more than satisfied with
the results of the work in the mine
and the mill, particularly the
latter, and can assure you that with
in the next month or so the mill
will be showing maximum results
The report of operations, as re-
ported by the Manhattan Chamber
of Mines, is as follows:
The weeks work in the White
Caps is as follows: A cross-cut
into the hanging wall of No. 301
stope from third level has broken
into ore. The stope shows a width
of solid ore of 35 feet between
walls. This makes the orebody
ten feet wider than was anticipated
from it's width as indicated on the
sill floor of the level. Raise 407
from the fourth level is up for the
week, 80 feet all in good grade of
ore.
From the fifth level, raise 5O4
is up 80 feet, the weeks progress
being 20 feet, and the ore as de-
veloped in the raise proves to con-
tain much higher average values
than shows on sill floor The west
cross-cut on the fifth level, No. SOB,
shows a gain of 80 feet for the
week, making a total of 1923 for
it's entire length. This is work be
ing run to prospect the shaft ore
body.
The face of the crOss-cut is still
in shale. The shortage in fuel Oil
for the mill rooster has been re-
lieved, five cars Of oil are en- route
for Tonopah and storage facilities
in Tonopah have been augmented,
10000 gallons being the increased
storage capacity added to the oil
tanks. The storage tanks at the
mine have been completed and stor-
age capacity is now $4,000 gallons
of oil.
During the past week a conduit
has been installed down the work
ing shaft to handle all the electric
power to be utilized underground.
Following this installation an cleo
trio hosting plant is being placed
S0n0 Midway OF