The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-02-16
MANHATTAN DEVELOPING

week, 22 feet. Three shifts OF smart
miners are employed and no other
work is being carried on for the
present except driving the shaft down.
The water flow is practically
nothing except seepage which is
easily handled by baling a few
brckets on each shift. The carload
of shaft timbers for which the sink
ing was delayed for some time
awaiting same has now arrived in
Tonopah, although sufficient tim
bers were finally obtained in Tono-
pah to carry the timbering down
for over 100 feet below the level,
or past the 5O0-foot point.
Unless something unforeseen
comes up, it is the intention of the
management to continue the shaft
work until 600 feet of depth is
shown in the shaft before starting
lateral work.
Manhattan Union Amalgamated
In the shaft repairing of the Earl
shaft of the Amalgamated company
tie work has progressed to the 1872
foot point in the shaft. The past
week has added "a feet to the work
in the shaft. Three shifts of shaft
timbermen are employed in the
work. The present rate Vt speed
continued will show the shaft en-
larged to two full compartment and
completely timbered to the 600-foot
level of the Bath workings by the
middle of the month.
On the surface, the new trans
former house at the Earl has been
completed and the two banks of
transformers have been installed
ard the power cut in. Everything
is in readiness to abandon the old
Bath shaft for mining purposes as
soon as the Earl shaft reaches its
present objective.
Manhattan Red Top Mining Co.
Lateral work is being continued
at the Red Top driving along the
fault plane which was struck from
the 110-foot level of the Red Top
working shaft 1874 feet east from
the shaft. Since the fault plane
was cut, it has been drifted upon
for a distance of 20 feet northwest
and the present work is continuing
the southeast drift on the fault, the
face of the drift now being 50 feet
from the point where it was first
encountered.
The fault plane has been found
to carry some gold values along tie
west side In a gouge material and
this fact is looked upon as a most
encouraging condition and should
be considered as a direct lead to
an orebody when the limestone belt
is reached which carries the values
along Litigation hill and in its vici-
nifty. The footage made in the
drifting work for the week just
past is given as "a feet.
White Caps Extension
Conditions in the White Caps Ex-
tension are now most encouraging.
The lateral work being carried on
from the 400-foot level of the work
ing shaft has reached a point 12S
feet east from the station. driving
through alternate bands of quartz
lite and shale.
The last 26 feet in the drift has
shown a decided change Of forma-
ton, stringers of limestone having
been encountered crossing the drift.
These stringers vary from an inch
to eight inches in width, and several
have been cut, two being very highly
oxidized. These indications can be
viewed as evidence that the lime
stone belt is not far in advance of
the drift.
Due to it's locality directly east of
the White Caps orebodies in the
limestone, whenever the true White
Caps limestone is encountered, the
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