The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-03-30
MANHATTAN DEVELOPING

(C~Ont1nued from rage OneJ
with no true hanging-wall in sight
vet. AS already mentioned the great
size of the orebody makes it easy
to keep the mill supplied, as one
! round of holes drilled by two min
ers. when shot, breaks down over
ESQ IONS of mill ore.
A great convenience to the White
Caps employees is the new boarding
house and clubhouse which was
started up two weeks age. An
average Of rs men now make use
of the boarding house.
In the mill an average tonnage
of lis tons is being treated each
day. The last weekly partial
cleanup of precipitates gave returns
from the mint of $4,000 for the
par of gold refined from the precipi-
tates. This information is mention
ed simply to prove the fact that the
1rine is a fine paying investment and
mas only just had the rough edges
broken from the ore reserves.
Manhattan Con.
It was hoped that the shaft OF
The Consolidated would be drained
by the time this is written so that
a resumption of mining could be re-
ported. Unfortunately, due to pump
trouble when Is feet from the bot
TOM, the water flow gained and 1t
was necessary to again change the
Jumps so that at present the White
Caps big Gould sinker is pulling the
water from the shaft.
The heavy flow of water Will
! probably cause the management To
change the plans already announced
and instead of carrying the shaft
ON down to the 6OO-foot level before
starting lateral work to develop the
various orebodies in the mine, 1t
will be decided to install the mine
auxiliary station pump at the 9Th
level and pump the water from
there to the 400, where the recently
purchased Knowles triplex pump is
installed and handling the water to
the surface, in which case lateral
development will be started from
the 5th level.
1t is hoped that it will be possible
10 pump the shaft dry first though
SO that the shaft bottom can be
tested for ore, as the sudden influx
of water is considered almost an in
fallible sign of the proximity of an
orebody.
White Caps Elk.
f.. The development work from the
4OO-foot level of the White Caps
Extension in prosecuting the lime
stone block recently entered has
now reached the footwall of the
limestone and proves the block to
be SO feet in width from hanging
t.. footwall.
The development work now will
pe the 6AtcLuluS u thS NAh ~
The footwall lime-shale contact in a
southeasterly direction to reach the
next break between the limestone
masses. 1t will probably be at
least 200 feet before reaching the
erd of the limestone block just
c. ossed.
Union Amalgamated
1t has been decided by the Anal
gamated management to ease the
shaft sinking temporarily. as with
nearly so feet of shaft below the
6OO-foot level it will serve an i'm
portant purpose as a stump Tor &C
cumulating the small flow of water,
which will be pumped to the sur
lace whenever it nears the level
Work has been concentrated In
development from the 6OO-foot level
for the week. The mine is rapid
ly being put into shape so that the
large ore blocks can be broken and
hoisted economically. The mill SUI
perintendent, j. P. Montague. has
returned to Manhattan preparatory
to the overhauling of the mill.