The morning call., 1894-12-30
ON THE COMSTOCK.
Weekly Reports of Progress in the
Underground Work.

VIRGINIA, New. Dec. 90 -Following are
the superintendent weekly reports of the
various mines on the Comstock;
Con. CAL. & VA.-1650 level-We have
continued to St0pe out ore from the new
ore body above and below the sill floor OF
this level from the sixth floor up to the
eleventh floor, and on the eleventh floor
have opened out two sets of timbers in
wall from north to south. From the south
face on the eleventh tloo- in the south
west corner we have opened out three sets
of tim bers upward. The twelfth floor car
ries five feet OF good ore lying against the
west or foot WALL and the south face on
this floor is in OLE of good quality. 100
lsvel-ln working upward from the sill
floor of this evel and outward 10
the north and south we have continued
to extract good ore. 1850 level-FrOm the
sill floor of this level ON the north side of
the Wine sunk from the 1900 level. our
stopping in the ore body has been carried
up to the fifth floor, and from the second TO
fifth floor we have extracted 300 IONS of
ore, assaying on the average S24 "a per
ton. From all of the aforementioned
openings we have extracted during the
week $40 tons of ore, the average value of
which per mine-car samples were S54 47
per ton. Shipped to the Morgan mill $40
tons and $50 pounds of ore, the average
assay value OF which per railroad-car
samples was $50 IS per ton. The average
assay value per battery sample Of all the
ore worked at that mill during the week
Q75 tons) was $40 67 per ton.
OPHIR-1465 level-The west crosscut 81
feet up from the upraise carried uD 80 feet
above thu sill floor of this level at point
70 feet in from the month of the crOsScut
run east from the main north lateral drift
and 124 feet north from the main east
crosscus from the shaft was extended II
feet; total length 1873 feet, continuing in
porphyry, clay and quartz carrying some
value. Have continued jointly with the
Nj exican Company the work of making
repairs Ia the main shalt from the 1lO0
level upward. Central tunnel-From the
southeast drift on the go level of the mine
at point 30 feet in from It's mouth
northeast drift has been advanced feet
through quartz formation aSsaying from
81 TO So per ton. From this southeast drift
at a point so feet in from the mouth
we have sunk feet below the sill flour
aud extracted therefrom II tons of ore as
saying $21 SO per ton. The drift running
north from the end of the crosscut run
west from the drift run north from the top
of the upraise lit feet above the tunnel
level has been extended 10 feet, total
length 80 feet. in porphyry formation
carrying fine lines of quartz.
MERCHANDISE level-The drift run
ming north from the end of west cross
cut started from tee top of upraise which
was carried up 45 feet above the sill floor
of this level at point 40 feet west IRON
the N ain north drift and 100 feet north
from the south line of the mine has been
extended during the week II feet, total
length 215 feet, face 10 porphyry. AS joint
work with the Ophir, we are making re-
pairs in the Ophir shaft on the HOO level
and upward.
UNION CoN.-900 level-The west cross
cut from the Union Con. south lateral
drift from tile west drift. 1920 feet west of
shaft, has been extended seventeen feet
during the week. total length 371 feet; face
in clay and porphry An east crosscut
started from the Sierra Nevada NORTH
lateral drift. which was run from The joint
west drift from the shalt at a point 600
feet north from the joint west DRIFT, has
been advanced twelve feet; face in hard
porphry.
ALTA-During the week we have ex-
tended the west drift on the $50 level
teet, total length 7S6 feet, face of the DRIFT
is in clay of the keystone vein; are Tim ber-
ing the drift, and t will take three or tour
days longer To com plete. The north lateral
drift same level was extended 20 feet, total
length 131 feet; expect to make the con-
necIion IN few days.
SAvAGE-On the 1000 level on the north
lateral DRIFT from the east drift they con-
tinue to extract ore from the sill floor up
to the eighth floor. On the 1850 level in
the south DRIFT started from the east drift
80 feet from the south ore slopes they con-