The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-17
ON THE OoMsToOK LODE.
Reports of the Superintendent of the
Various Mines.

VIRGINIA CITY, New, March 16.-Fol-
lowing are the reports of the superintend-
ents OF the various mines on the Comstock
lode for the week ending to-day:
| Coz. CAL AND VIRGINIA MINE-1650 level
| On the sixth floor in the new ore body, the sec
ond floor above the sill floor OF this level, the
| east crosscut started at point 125 feet south
| of the vertical Wine which connects with the
| 1900 level has been extended rs feet, to total
| length of 90 feet, passing through a quartz
| formation assaylng $40 per ton, and reaching
| Ihe ola stope tlmpers. AT point In the south
drift on this floor 80 feet south from the verti-
! cal Wine a west crosscut was started and has
been run 20 feet through low-grade quartz to the
| west, or footwall On the ninth floor the drift
running south from the south end of the slope
| has been advanced 81 feet to total length of
| 80 feet, its face being in porphyry. On the
twelfth floor the east croSscut has been extend
| ed 5 feet to total length of 20 feet, with it's
| face in porphyry and low-grade quartz. From
this east crosscut, to point 1S feet in from its
| mouth. two drifts have been run, one to the
| north in low-grade quartz II feet, and the
| other to the south feet in formation carry
! ing narrow streaks of ore which give an average
assay value OF $22 70 per ton. An opening has
been made from the thirteenth floor up to the
| fourteenth floor 10 feet long and 6 feet wide,
| through low-grade quartz, porphyry and some
| clay.
| The stope started from the south drift,
from from the e+o east GF2sseut from the he main main
OF this level at point 20 feet in III from its
mouth, has been carried up feet to a total
| height of % feet. This opening is 10 feet long
i anu % leel Wlue, through ore D 1eeJ IN WlQJl,
lying against the west wall, and carrying on the
| average an assay value of $50 per ton. 1850
level-From the end of the drift running south
from the south end of the stOpe the fourth
| floor two crosscuts have been rum one to the
east Is feet through porphyry and quartz of
| lew assay value and the other to the west 8
| feet through low grade quartz TO the west wall.
| A small portion of the ore extracted during
| the week came from thirteenth floor, above
| mentioned, and the remainder from the open
Ing made from the south drift from the east
| crosscut on the sill floor of the 1850 level,
amounting to % tons which assayed, per car
| samples $40 90 per ton.
| OPHIR-1465 level-The drift running north
from the top of the upraise which was carried
up 80 feet above the sill floor of this level from
POINT IN the east crosscut from the main
north lateral drift has been extended 10 feet,
to a total length of 1S4 feet, with its face in
porphyry, clay and quartz, which carries a low
assay value.
Central Tunnel l. $50 level The upraise
started from the south drift from the top of the
upraise carried up % feet above the south
drift on this level has been carried up IA feet,
to a total height of % feet. its top in forma-
! ton of porphyry and low-grade quartz. From
the bottom of the Wine, which has been
opened down to point As above the tunnel
| level, an old west crosscut has been reopened
| for distance OF "a feet, passing through q
quartz formation assaying from 81 to $40 per
| ton. On the tunnel level the north drift from
| the end of the west crOsScut from the north
| drift from the Mexican shaft has been advanced
10 feet, to total length OF 90 feet, continuing
| In 1oW-grade quartz
! MExICAN-1465 level-The north drift started
| from the top of the uprafse, which was carried
| 45 feet above the sill floor of this level at a
point 40 feet west OF the main north lateral
| drift and 100 feet north from the south boun-
| dairy OF the mine, has been advanced D feet,
| to total length of III feet its face in por-
| phyry and quartz.
AS joint work with the Ophir Company we
| are making repairs in the Ophir shaft on the
| UNION CoN.-9OO level-The west crosscut
from the Union Con. south lateral drift from
| the west drift 1920 feet west of the shaft, has
1 lFln6 n T1rTT1 f1,n, a.
| total length of 5S3 feet its face in formation
| of clay, quartz and porphyry with a small flow
| OF water from it. East crosscut 3, started from
| the Sierra Nevada north lateral drift, which
| was run from the joint west drift from the
| shaft at point 900 feet north from the joint
west drift. has been advanced 20 feet, to a total
length of 200 feet, its face in porphyry and clay
| with q small flow of water from it.
| ANDEs-42O level-The west crosscut from
| the end of the south drift from east crosscut
| from a point so feet in the upraise has been
advanced II in a formation of quartz.
| GOULD & CURRY-200 level-The west cross
\ cut 3, which was started in the north drift 49,
| feet from the main west drift, advanced
| ID feet to total length OF 1900, its face is
| hard go level-The west crosseut 1 started
| in the south drift which was run from the joint
winze has been advanced IL feet through
| quartz and porphyry to total length OF 81
1 feet.
| BEST & BELCHER-25O level-At a point in
| the north drift 100 feet from the bottom OF
| the joint incline Wine we have started west
| crosscut and extended it IL feet, passing
1
| East crosscut 1 started in the north drift
| 100 feet from the west crosscut 4 has been adj
| vaneed 10 feet to total length of 256 feet
| It's face being in hard prOphyry.
! SAvAGE-During the week they have hoisted
| $50 cars of ore, car samples averaging 1913 SO
| per ton There was shipped to the Nevada
! mill 1921 tons. There was milled 235 tons,
| the average battery sample of the same being
| $21 81, with bullion yield of 1851 So
| There shipped to the United States mint at
| Carson on March from the Brunswick mill
| 423sl pounds of bullion, of the assay value of
! 1893.
| HALE & NoRcRoss-975 level-We have adj
| vanced the southeast crosscut from west cross
| cut l, Is feet, total length 81 feet; face in
| quartz and porphyry. We have stopped work
in the face of west crosscut 2. Started a west
crosseut near our northern boundary and adj
vanced it II feet face in quartz and porphyrv
South drift from west crosscut on this level
was extended feet to a total length of rs feet
The face shows narrow streak of fair grade
ore intermediate level-We have stoned
work in the north drift on this level and ad-
vanced the south drift Is feet to q total
length OF 81 feet its face is in porphyry and
stringers ofquartz. We have extracted during
the week eight cars of ore assaying as per mine
car samples %29 % per ton.
BELCHER--1100 level-East crosscut Q is still
commenced a south drift Jointly with the Seq
| Belcher Company which drift now is in
only few feet. The face shows quartz of no
value. The Belcher people hoisted SO tons of
| fair grade ore during the past week
| JUsTICE-During the week the WELD was 25
| tons OF fair grade ore above the tunnel level