Show 0 operations AT MANHATTAN special correspondence manhattan nov nev april 24 the ore shoot now being developed by the nevada mining development company in its work on the little grey property is fast proving to J be one of the big ore bodies of the camp the ore is being developed from the third level in the mine it was opened at a point in the south drift about feet from the working shaft the third level is about feet from the surface and ore was struck from that level last year before the lease closed down the ore nonbeing now being developed is a continuation of the ore shoot above mentioned and is exposed by several crossel cuts into the hanging wall west from the drift the ore is lout about ten feet between ILI walls and its known length already is over fifty feet sloping operations on the ore have already been started and about tons of a good milling grade of ore has already been placed on the ore dump the big pine the operations in the witten berg mine and mill during the past few days has exceeded all expectations the glory hole work has been confined to breaking ore about the foot point from the surface the grade of ore going through the mill has more than tripled in value A new shaft was placed in the rock crusher and since then for the last three days the mill has been kept busy for twenty four hours each day the average tonnage passing through the tube mill has been brought up to tons per day whilst no figures as to values are available the looks of the mill plates shows how the gold is piling up it has been found necessary since the ore improved so in grade to clean the mill plates each day grading is going on for the installation of a heavier hoisting plant when this hoist is operating it will be possible to double the hoisting capacity at the mine and with a larger crusher and revolving in operation the costs per ton of ore mined and milled will be close to the vanishing point white caps mining company the report to the stockholders of the white caps in regards to the proposed plan of reorganizing in nevada increasing the capitalization and also making the capital stock assessable it is understood is on the press and will be in the mail to the stockholders iby by the end of this week this plan seems the only logical way out of the troubles that have come up in the company and without a doubt if all those interested will pull together it will be but a short while before them the white caps is producing again with the caps it is not a matter of finding the ore there are thousands of tons of high grade mill ore already developed and exposed in the mine workings when the necessary milling process is installed in connection with a cyanide plant there is sufficient ore in sight in the mine to operate for two years a fifty ton plant without carrying forward the development work vork necessary to outline ore reserves with systematic development work prosecuted there is no reason why there should not the ibe for a long time to come at least two years ore in sight ahead of the mill the fact that the chite white caps ore is refractory may prove but a blessing in disguise as it will mean that the property will have to be liand handled led systematically with the proper milling facilities or lese not at all |