The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-10-01
ON. THE COMST0CK. :.
Weekly Bulletins OF Work Done. in

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VIRGINIA. New, Sept Following are /
the superintendent weekly reports of the !
various mines on the CONS tock:
:. Con-: CAL. 81: NA.-165O level--We have
continued TO slope out ore from the new
ore body: from the 1900 level. opening up.
to the ninth floor, which is one: floor ABOVE.
the sill floor In .165O level: The faces of
the slopes are looking as we'll: as hereto
fore.% On the 100 level we are enlargfug
openipgs and making preparations to sink
a Wine therefrem in the near future:
From these Openings we have extracted
during the week $50 carloads of ore-ab6ut
347 tOns-the average assay value of which
(per mine car samples) was $50 90 per ton.
We have shipped during the week to the
Morgan mill 592 tons 1900 pounds of ore.
the. average assay value al which (per
I: Ialroad-csr ssmples) was $50 IS per tom.
T. he average assay value per- =battery
samples Of all the ore worked at the mill
uring THE week-S70 {ons-was@ SIS O4
per ten. Bullion now on hand, in our as
say office, assay value about S3QGQ,: bul-.
lion shipped tn the Carson Mint assay
vafpp. S4S, 3D0;22 +.
+. .0PHm-i465 1eyel-The npfaise started a.
a point 20 feet IN from the mouth of the
east crosscut started from q point in the:
north drift, 124 feet north from the ma in
east cr0sseut from ,tne Ophir shaft has
been carried Up Z feet. Total height SO
feet; face in porphyry. clay and quartz of
| low value. AZ, a: point. 81 feet up the up
raise: west. crescent has been advanced
II feet In p0rphyry: and quartz of, low
assay value. Have continued ;. Jointly:
with the Mexican COMPANY the work Of
making repairs fn:the M ain shaft. between
| The 100. and 1900 levels Central tnnnef--
| From: tile bottom of the old Winze 100 feet
I, -" la
! feet in from the mouth of tine crosScut run
west from the north drift fran the Mexl--
can shaft, have, reopehed and retimbered
+ the old. s0ntn. drift for a distance of AZ
| feet. Total length Teopened IS feet, which
| IS the end of the OLD work. The face of
| this drift has Just: entered uDexplersd
grAunu,. consisting OF port hyry and
| quartz assaying fren So to $40 per ton.
|. The crosseut running west from the end
! OF the drift run north from the end of the
crosscut run west frem the. northwest
drift from the Mexican shaft, &C. feet above
the tunnel level. has been ,adyauced. 20
| feet. Total length, 140 feet in quartz
/ formation. of. low assay value.
/ UNION CoN.-900 slevel-The east cross
/ cui from the Sierra Nevada north lateral
drift which was run from the joint west
i drift al point $50 feet west OF the shaft
has been advanced during the, week q
| feet, total length 20 feet face in clay and
/ porphyry. The west: croSscnt from the
| Union Con. south lateral drift.run frem
| the joint west drift at a.. point 1920 feet
! west OF the shaft has: been advanced 81
1 feet, total length rs feet: face in clay and
/ p0rphyrp. - -. =. -. ':'
! MExICAN-1465 level-The west crosscut
started from the top of the upraise which
was carried up 40 feet above the silt floor
/ of thi. level at point 40 feet west from
the main north drift and 100 north from
the south line Of the mine has been: ex-
tended during the week Is feet, total
length 41g feet: face In hard pOrphyry.
From this point a south drift has bean ad-
vanced eject in DOrphyry, clay and quartz
of low assay value. - :: -. -. =
.ANDEs--420. levei--East crosscut from
i the north drift run from the: topof up-
I raise up 80 feet advanced Is fee:; forma-
lion in quartz and clay.
4 HALE. d. NORCRoSS -:975. l6vel--Ad.
yanced north drift 5 feet. tataIlength 81
feet: faca is in porphyry. Have stopped
work in the face Of tifis drift and started
No. l west erosscut from END of drift and
| advanced the same 8 feet; face is il
porphyry. ,a11O0 leyel-The nor b drift or
this level was advanced 8 feet, t0ta
length 1O5 feet; face is In quartz anl
| porphyry. Work was discontinued in the
face, and an east: crosscut was started
from the end of this drift and advanced
Is feet; face OF croSscut- 10 porphyry anC
strlngers of quariZ.r Have made some
ucCcsohl4 tcpdIS vi UOlu: VI tuo dDUts
levels the mast week. -; -
Il GOULD. d: CyRRY-200 leval-From the
end OF the south drill. we ran an cas-
crOsscut 4, for a. distance of, II feet a nj
discontinued same, with face. in. :hart
per phyEy; also started a west .9crosscut-
| from this south drift ard extended it'll
feet during the. past week; face is II
perphyry and stringers of luar:Z: ::
BEST BELCHERA20O level-Tbe mort
drift started. from incline: apraiss 80 fee
! above this level has been extended IS feet
passing through porphyry, clay and quartz
Total length. 12S feet. " 500 level-Th
west crnsscut started at a point 90
feet from main north drift was advance
+ 10 feet; iota! length $40 feet, face in har
i poruhyry. : =
! BELCHER-On the 400 level some neces
! l.sary repairs are being made. On the 100
!: level the main north lateraldrift has bee
cleaned out and rstim bered a distsnce Q
: 13 feet. making the total length 465 les
g from The incline station. The main sout
internal drift on this level is being RI
| paired. Sixteen tons Of fair-grade ore hs
been hoisted during the week.
SEC. BELCHER-On the 200 level th
t south drift has been cleaned out aud r.
paired distance of 80 feet. making /
total length 800 feet from the Belcht
Y shaft. Have hoisted during the week
K | TINS of fair-Qrada ore.