The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-05-18

now a total of 131 feet. The 81
fe ct all in ore, the drift has been
discontinued as the western limits
of the shaft orebody pipe, has been
reached. The raise from the fifth
level, 504, in the east orebody has
made II feet for the week, now up
from the level a total of 12S feet
with a most excellent grade of ore
showing.
This raise will have so feet
further to go before breaking into
tie level above at 406 sill. If the
grade of ore continues as at pre-
sent it will demonstrate a block
of the richest ore in the mine. The
balance OF the weeks work in the
mine has been devoted to ore ex-
tt action. The tonnage hoisted for
the mill during the week has aver
aged 134 tons per day. On the
Sth there were 292 cars hoisted
from the mine, which segregated
into ore and waste shows 1877 tons
of ore and 10 tons of waste for the
days work.
The mill is operating without a
hitch anywhere. The cleanups for
each two weeks prove that the
grade of bullion produced is stead
lily improving with each clean
up in %fineness, the last shipment
of gold bullion averaging $17.25
per ounce. A short time 81 there
was trouble in the mill with fumes
from the rooster. Upon investi-
CATION it was found that the dust
chamber in the flue was choked
with dust. This chamber, which
is 4 by 6 by 80 feet was cleaned
out and since then there has been
no trouble whatever with the
fumes.
To handle these fumes and the
dust automatically, an additional
section is to be added to the
smokestack and this section is now
Oh the ground ready to be swung
il to place. 1t is intended to add
the section of flue without stop
ping the mill rooster as it will be
hoisted to place with a gin pole
and and band collar will hold the
sections together.
A blast air pipe has been intro
duced into the flue dust chamber
so thai after the new section or
fIue is in place the dust and fumes
will be blown into the flue and
tie suction will carry both hign
above the level of the mill build
ing into the atmosphere
Manhattan Consolidated
The face of the work cross-cut-
ting and drifting from the fifth
level of the Consolidated workings
has advanced to a point 200 feet
south and east from the shaft. AS
the cross-cut from the shaft car
ried a s~outheasterly direction, 1t
has been decided to drift east for
about so feet and then to cross
cut for the ledge.
The total footage made for the
week is 35 feet. The last 20 feet
of this work has been in the east
drifting as mentioned above. The
drift is in the footwall of the lime
stone belt which carries the ore
and is being driven along a soft
81 ale belt. A north cross-cut from
tie fifth station has just been
started to prospect the block OF
Morning Glory limestone which
was crossed in the shaft sinking
Just below the fifth level.
This block is highly mineralized
and as a heavy flow of water was
encountered when it was develop
edin the shaft it is quite possible
than an important ore zone will be
explored in the new work The
volume of water struck in the
shaft below the fifth level is
steadily being depleted by the mine
pumps from the fifth station.
White Caps Extension
The prospecting work for the
White Caps Extension during the
week has been the continuation OF
the southeast drift from the 40O-foot
level following along the limestone
block which the drift recently en-
tered. The weeks progress is given
at 81 feet.
Since striking the block of lime
stone a footage of 100 feet has been
made. Several lively looking string
ers Of calcite lave been crossed in
the work. This limestone is identi-
cal with the limestone which con-
tains the White Caps great ~orebodies