The morning call., 1893-02-26
ON THE COMSTOCK.
Weekly Bulletins of Work Done in
the Mines.

VIRGINIA CITY, New, Feb 25.-Appended
will be found the official letters OF suDeriu-
tendents of operations in the Comstock
mines:
Cox. CAL. & VA-1500 level-We con-
tinue running water through the old slopes
at different points and continue the eXtrac-
tion Of ore and filings in working upward
from the sill floor in the old south slopes.
1000 leYel-No work has been done on this
level during the week. The main south drift
and the east crOsscut leading therefr0m
have been completed. 1860 level-Have
continued making necessary repairs TO the
drifts on the sill floor. We continue TO ex.
tract ore from the old Slopes eight floors up
In upaIise carried up from the main north
west drift, also from the old slopes in
working north from the old slopes
west from the northwest drift. The
Wine started In this west crosscut in
old timbers has been sunk % feet; total
depth 80 feet. In porphyry and quartz
formation OF very low assay value. Have
extracted during the week from the 1900
leyel slopes and 1850 northwest drift open
lngs and raised TO the surface 405 cars of
ore, making about 400 tons Shipped TO the
Morgan mill S57 1l20-2000 tons of ore.
Average assay value per railro ad-car
sample, S37 So The average assay value
per battery sample of all the ore worked at
the mill during the week $50 tons was
S33 so per ton. Bullion on hand in our as
say office, about Slf 900
OPHIR-1465 level-Have continued the
work of cutting out chamber In the north
lateral drift on the sill floor of this level at
point where connection was made with
this DRIFT by the upraise which was carried
up from point SO feet below on the north
side OF the crOsscut, run east from the DRIFT
run south from the Mexican into the 0phr
ground.
MExIcAN-On the 1865 level the drift run
IN fro Tho
bottom OF the Wine sunk 10l feet below the
Sill floor OF this level near the south line of
the mine has been advanced II feet; total
length $40 feet. continuing in O harder
pOrphyry formation.
GOULD e. CURRY-200 evel-During the
past week west erOsscut started in north
west drift 432 feet from main west drift
has been advanced ID feet, passing through
hard porphyry. total length 327 feet On
Sutro tunnel level the joint east cr0sscut
with the Best 81 Belcher Company from the
main north drift has been extended 10 feet;
face in porphyry; total length 80 feet. Also
did some repairing.
HALE & NoRcRoss-We continue repair
ing the main shaft above the 800 level.
Main incline - Are making the neces-
sary repairs. 400 evel-We continue re-
tlm0erlng the main north drift on this
leyel 1900 level-West crosscut from the
main south drift was advanced 10 feet,
total length 146 feet; face in porphyry.
West cr0ssent 3 from the main north drift
was extended II feet, total length 352 feet; ;
face in porphyry, with small seams of
quartz West crosscut4 from main north
DRIFT was advanced l6 feet, total length 1872
feet; face in porphyry.
BEST & BELCHER-200 level--Durng the
week west crosscut ], started in northwest
drift 10 feet from our south line. has been
advanced 10 feet, passing through quartz
and porphyry showing some value; total
length IS feet. 900 level-West crosscut 8,
from top of upraise from 1000 level, has
been extended 10 feet passing through clay
and porphyry: total length 143 feet. Sutro
tunnel level-On this level we have done
some repairing to the joint east crosscut
with the Gould IL Curry Company, and also