The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-06-09
MANHATTAN Mines DEVELOPING
and OPENING RICH ORfBODIES
CFrom Tonopah Miner)

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sinking operations of the White
Caps six days ago. 1t was neces-
sary to devote practically the en-
tire week to the work of fighting
the water.
The regular sinking pump. a No.
5 Cameron air pump, for the time
being unable to keep the water
down. An additional sinker. a No.
: Cameron, was brought hurriedly
from Tonopah and is now working
in conjunction in the shaft drain
ing operations.
Since the second pump has been
working, the flow has diminished
so that as this is written the min
ers are at work in the shaft bot
tom, putting in a round of holes,
and from now on nc more trouble
with the water in the shaft is ex-
pected. The shaft bottom is now
approximately 70 feet below the
fourth level. In the east drift the
water flow is steadily decreasing,
put into the face of the drift, to
expedite the draining Of the water
has been prosecuted since the water
pocket was struck two weeks ago.
To handle the water from the lev
els, the large station pump install
ed on the fourth level, a 6xS tri-
pick, has had it's 12-inch pulley ex-
changed for an 1S-inch, thus speed
ing up the Jump more than e
half. The Axe triplex on the third
level also is kept working. The
total output from the four pumps
above mentioned represent 375 900
gallons of water per day.
The mill construction is now in
it's last stages. The seven expert
bricklayers brought from Reno to
build the brick work for the Wedge
rooster, have finished the first
hearth and the center column thing
is nearing completion. The eleva-
tor hoist for the roasted ore has
been hoisted into position, ready
for operation. In the tank building
the canvas and cocoa mating bot
toms for the teaching tanks have
been laid, the piping to the fresh
water storage tanks above the mill
is complete, and within the next
few days the mill tanks will be
filled with water. The machinery
in the roll house is being rapidly
installed; the trommel is in place.
also the whip tap shaking screen.
In the constructive work in the
White Caps mill, the rivetting OF
the rooster shell, etc, has been
completed. The form for the
brick work for the first hearth has
also been finished, ready for the
brick-layers. Seven expert brick
layers with a leader are now en-
rou.e from Reno, to lay the brick
for the rooster. The rooster when
complete will have seven hearths
and one drying hearth. The total
weight of the rooster as shipped
from the east is 525 tons, and
with the exception of about 100
tons of brick which is still in To-
nopah, the entire material has been
delivered On the ground. The ca
pacity of the rooster, when in oper-
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ximately 125 o n for each "a hours
of White Caps ore.
The maximum capacity is 175
tons, the difference in tonnage
handled depending on the heat re-
quired in roasting the ore, a dead
roast naturally requiring more time
to each charge of ore. The mine
or mine construction completed and
a Dodge 11X15 ore crusher is now
installed on it's foundation close to
the collar of the mine shaft. The
crusher building and housing, COW
ering 20x6O feet is in progress of
erection.
The main belt %conveyOr installa-
ton is finished, and this finishes
the installation of all belt convey
ors with the exception of a short
section of the co%nveyor to the roast
err which will be finished upon
completion of the rooster. The new
wagon road to Pipe Springs from
the White Caps has beef completed
to the first summit above the mine.
Ploughing and ~scraping work is the
program on the section of the roa
east of the summit.
Union Amalgamated
Superintendent Durkee reports
the following weekly footage made
in the Union Amalgamated property.
From the 600-foot level, the east
drift has advanced 80 feet, now a
total of 210 feet from the shaft.
North cross-cut from raise in fis-
sure, 2 feet. for a total of 80 feet;
west drift from No. 8 north cross
cut, east, 6 feet; No. 4 raise, west
10 feet, making a total of 40 feet;
No. 2 raise, west. 5 feet, making
for the weeks work a footage of So