The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-03-09

Inc OUTSTANDING AcdbuiC VI thO
weeks work in the White Caps
mine has been the development of
q new section of the east orebody,
a continuation of the 302 stope,
which when carried up to the sec
ond level proved to be entirely in
the hanging wall of what was sup
posed to be the main orebody upon
which the second level was run.
Connection has been made to the
second level from the head of the
Slope proving the above statement
ccnclusively.
From the second level the new
ore proves to be 80 feet between
wall, or solid ore of good mill
grade. The ore at this point is
partially oxidized. The orebody
being too wide to stull is being
mined by the shrinkage system, a
crib shoot being carried up through
tile ore above the second level.
Each round of ore broken is
dropped through the chute to the
third level, from there being
trammed to the shaft and hoisted.
Slope SOC has been furnishing ore
OF excellent grade during the week.
The sill floor is being cut at this
point to the west, and the ore is
being cross-cut to the hanging wall,
now showing "a feet of solid ore
with no hanging wall in sight yet.
Ore has also been stopped for the
mill from stope 406, these three
Slopes as mentioned furnishing the
weeks tonnage for the mill. This
tonnage is each day being slightly
increased and at the present time
125 tons per day is being hoisted.
Development work is being
prosecuted in the advancement of
west drift from the fifth level. The
face of the drift is now out from
the station a distance of $40 feet,
the weeks footage reported being
&c feet. The indeterminate contact
zone between the shale and lime
stone are cut as the drift advances
through the shale and quartzite
formation. The true limestone belt
Is not expected until an additional
20 feet or Whereabouts has been
made in the drifting.
In the White Caps mill steady
work is reported for the past week
the only shut downs being due to
outside power line trouble. The
same average extraction is report
ed as in the last weeks summary
of mill work, from S3 to 50 per
cent of saving being made on the
lowest grade of ore treated. The
daily tonnage handled in the mill
has not been materially increased
above 100 IONS for the week.
With these figures, the manage
ment announces that the mill is
producing over $1,000 per day.
White Caps Extension
The development being %prosecut-
ed in the White Caps Extension
from the 40O-foot level of the mine
after crossing through the fault
zone 100 feet east from the shaft
for a distance of % feet the lime
stone block has now been cross-cut
81 feet from it's hanging wall.
This block is probably 100 feet
or more in thickness and although
oxidized stringers have been cut
during the last weeks work, no ore
is expected until the footwall o.
the limestone is reached.
Union Amalgamated
The work in the Earl shaft OF
the Amalgamated company for the
week has been mostly replacing the
air pipe lines. The sinking pump
has been repaired and placed in
readiness for use rs some water
has been encountered in the cutting
of the pocket below the level for
the skip to load from.
However, unless a great deal
more water shows than at present
it can be easily handled by bailing.
and it will not be necessary to in
stall the sinker. The shaft has
been lowered three rounds below
the level for stump. One shift per
day is all that has been working
during the replacing of rails and
pipe in the shift, but three shifts
are now at work in the shaft bot
tom.
Manhattan Consolidated
The weeks work in the Con-
solidated has been devoted to cut
ting a station at the 50O-foot point