The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-11-04
ON THE COMSTOCK.
Weekly Bulletins of Work Done In
the Mines.

VIRGINIA, New. Oct. 27.-Follouing are
the superintendent weekly reports of the
various mines on the Comstock:
Con. CAL. Il VA. MINE-165O level-We
have continued to stope out ore from the
new ore body. from the sixth floor ND to
tenth floor, and the faces of the slopes
continued to look as we'll as usual. We
have carried out two upraises thirty feet
apart in ore from the tenth floor to the
eleventh floor, leaving the top of these
openings in porphyry and quartz of low
assay value, with three or four feet of
good ore lying against the west or foot
wall.
The winZe has been sunk during the
week sixteen feet; total depth on stops
tifty-six feet; the first FIVE feet being in
ore which assayed 500 per ton and the re-
naming eleven feet in ore assay
ing S33. Samples taken from across
the bottom of the Wine gave
an average assay value of $40 95
per ton. We have extracted during the
week from the slopes and from the Wine
BAT tons of ore, the average assay value of
which per mine car sample was SGT 20 per
ton. We have shipped TO the Morgan mill
324 tons and 1900 pounds of ore, the aver
age assay value Of which per railroad car
samples WAS SOz OF DeT IoD' L ne average
assay value OF all ore worked at that mill
during the week 459 tons and 1850 pounds)
was $50 Ga per ton. Bullion shipped to the
Carson Mint assay value) $50, So 05.
Bullion now in assay Office assay value)
about $4,000, 1850 LIVELIHOOD progress
is being made in our preparatory work for
drifting 10 intersect the ore body on this
! level.
| OPHIR-1465 level-The west crosscut
| 60 feet up from the upraise carried up so
| feet above the sill floor of this level at a
! point 20 feet In from the mouth of the
crosscut run east from the main north lat
erai drift and 124 feet north from the
main east crosscut from the shaft was ex-
| tended IL feet, total length 90 feet; con-
| tinuine in pOrphyry aud quartz of low as
| say value. Have continued Jointly with
! the Mexican Company the work of making
repairs in the main shaft of the HOO level
and upward. Central tunnel-The drift
running southeast from the end of the
south drift from the bottom of the WINE
ON the $50 level of the mine has been ex-
tended IS feet, total length &c feet, face
in a quartz formation which carries a 10 W
assay value. From the end of the drift
| run north q feet from the top of the up
raise Q17 feet above the tunnel leveD a
southeast drift was started, and it has
been advanced "a feet; face in mixture
of porphyry ands quartz OF low assay
value.
UNION CoN.-900 level-The east cross
cut from the Sierra Nevada north lateral
drift which was run from the Joint ives,
drift at point 1920 feet west of the shaft
has been advanced 20 feet, total length 16I
fret; face in quartz. clay and porphvry.
| The west crosscut from the Union Con.
south lateral dri!t run from the JOINT west
drift at point 1920 feet west Of the shaft
has been advanced "a feet, total length I95
feet; face in clay and porphyry.
MEXICAN-1465 level-The drift running
north from the end of west crosscul
started from the top of the upraise which
was carried up 40 feet above the sill floor
OF this level at a point 40 feet west from
the main north drift and 100 feet from the
south line Of the mine has been extended
during the week II feet, total length 81
feet; face in porphyry and quartz carry
Ing some value.
ANDEs-420 level-The west crosscut
from the north drift from the top of the
upraise up 90 feet has been advanced
feet. total length IS feet; face III porphyry.
HALE Il NoRCRoSs-975 level-HaVe ad-
VanceG west crusScut 10 feet, total leug' u
20 ieet; face in porphyry. Stopped Work
temporarily in the face OF this crosscut'
About the end of cI0sscut have started 9
north prospecting drift on small seam OF
ore and advanced the same feet lloO
level-Are working on the second MOOR I'D
the upraise started from the END o! norm
drift in the old stope and have saved car