The morning call., 1894-08-19
ON THE COMSTOCK.
Weekly Bulletins of Work Done il
the Mines

the Mines.
VIRGINIA, New, Aug. 1S-Followipg are
the superintendent weekly reports of the
various mines on the Comstock:
Con. CAL. & VA.-165O level-The faces
Of the ore body in the directions in which
we are carrying our slopes as described in
our last report continue to look we'll, and
we have extracted during the week $50 car
loads, or about 347 tons, the average ASSAY
va!ne OF which per miue-car samples was
SCI SO per ton. 100 level-Twenty-two
feet below south drift the work of tim
beriug In the south drift has been extended
10 feet. all the way in ore which will aver
age $50 Der ton, total length of drift 30
feet; face In ore, the average assay value
OF which is S72 per ton. 1000 leveI-A
drift started at point 80 ieet in
from the mouth OF the crosscut run east
from the bottom of the Wine down % feet.
which was sunk on the east side of the
main drift $50 feet south from the shaft
station, has been advanced SO feet; face
in DOrphyTy. clay and quartz. The west
cTosscut started from the main drift S45
feet south from the shaft station. has been
advanced % feet; total length 1876 feet :;
continuing in Dorphyry and quartz for
nation OF low value; some repairs have
been made In the main drift. The Con.
Virginia shaft from the 1900 station down
to the 1900 station has been secured and
water-pipe has been put In place aud We
ara now continuing the same work up
ward from the 1900 station. Have shipped
to the Morgan mill during the week Col
tons and 700 pounds of ore, the average
assay value of which per railroad-car sam
plies was So 20 per ton. The average as
say value per battery samples of all the
ore worked at that mill during the week
(660 tons) was S53 per ton bullion now on
hand IN our assay Office, assay value about
$4,000; bullion shipped to Carson mint,
assay value S35. 767 81.
OPHIR-1465 level-The upraise started
at point 20 feet in from the mouth of the
east crosscut started from a point in the
main north drift, 124 feet north from the
main east crOsscut from the ODhir shaft,
has been carried up Il feet; total height.
% feet; face In porphyry. clay and quartz
Of low value. Have continued jointly with
the Mexican Company the work Of making
repairs i'll the main shaft at the ITO level
Central tunDel-TEe work of reopening
the old Wine station which was reached
at a point 220 feet from the mouth of the
crosseut run west from the north drift
from the Mexican shaft on the tunnel level
has been completed aud the W inZe reoDened
down 6 feet The crosscut running east
from the northwest drift from the Mexi-
can shaft so feet above the tunnel level. at
point 60 feet north from the shaft and
opposite the west cr0sscut. has been ad-
vanced 30 feet; total length, 50 feet; face
in Dorphyry. clay and quartz showing some
value.
MExICAN-1465 level-The west cross-
cut started from the top of the upraiss
which was carried up As feet above the
sill floor of this level at a point 40 feet
west from the main north drift and 100
feet north from the south line of the mine
has been extended during the week %
feet, total length 800 feet; face in porphyry
UNION MINE-900 level-The Union
Con. and Sierra Nevada joint north drift
which was run from the joint west drift
al point 1920 feet west of the shaft has
been extended during the week Is feet.
total length 59S feet; face in hard
from the joint west drift at a point 1920
feet west of shaft has been extended 10
feet. total length 243 feet; face in
porphvry.
BEST s. BELCHER-200 level--Incline
upraise started in north drift 10 feet
from our south boundary has been carried
up Is feet passing through quartz and por-
phyry. total height 20 feet; at the top of
this drift we started a west crosscut and
advanced it y feet, face in quartz and
porphyry. 750 level-East crosscut /
started from upraise from 500 level has
been extended Is feet through hard quartz
and porphyry. total length "a feet.
GOULD q CURR1-zOU level ne south
drift from west crOsscut 3, 1115 feet from
northwest drift. has been extended II feet,
total length 1875 feet; face ia soft por-
phvry.
HALE & NoRcRoss-975 levsI-Ad-
vaneed north drift Is feet, total length %
feet; face in porphyTy. HOO leyel-N orth
drift on this level was advanced u feet,
total length ~ feet; face In quartz and
p0rphyry.
ANDEs-420 level-The north drift from
the top of the uDraise from the west cross.
cut advanced 10 feet; formation, quartz
and porphyry.