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                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              WASHINGTON, DC 20549


                                    FORM 8-K

                             CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT
                          TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


                                July 15, 1998
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                Date of report (Date of earliest event reported)



                      NEVADA MANHATTAN MINING INCORPORATED
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             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

                                     NEVADA
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                 (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)


               001-12867                             88-0219765
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       (Commission File Number)           (IRS Employer Identification No.)

      5038 N. PARKWAY CALABASAS, SUITE #100, CALABASAS, CA         91302
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               (Address of Principal Executive Offices)         (Zip Code)

                                 (818) 591-4400
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                (Issuer's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)



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Item 5.           Other Events.

     This  report  is filed  solely  to file with the  Securities  and  Exchange
Commission the press release issued on July 15, 1998 announcing that the company
and certain company  stockholders  filed a lawsuit in the U.S.  Federal District
Court in Los  Angeles  seeking  damages,  among  other  things,  for an  alleged
fraudulent scheme to depress the market price of the company's common stock.


Item 7.           Financial Statements and Exhibits

         (c)

         Exhibit Number                                             Reference

         (99)     Additional Exhibits

         Press Release dated July 15, 1998                        Exhibit 99.1


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                                    SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the  requirements  of the  Securities  and Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned thereunto duly authorized.


                                      NEVADA MANHATTAN MINING, INCORPORATED
                                      (Registrant)
 

Date:   July 15, 1998             BY:    /s/ Jeffrey S. Kramer
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                                       JEFFREY S. KRAMER
                                       CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER


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                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

EXHIBIT NO.                         DESCRIPTION
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99.1               Press Release dated July 15, 1998