The morning call., 1895-02-17
ON THE OoMsTooK.
Weekly Reports of Progress in the
Underground Work.

VIRGINIA, New, Feb. 16.-Following are
the official letters OF the superintendent:
Con. CAL. 81 VA.-1650 level-We have
continued to stope out ore from the new
ore body above and below the sill floor of
this level from the sixth floor up to the
ninth floor On the sixth floor the south
drift started at the south end of the slopes
has been advanced 25 feet, total length "a
feet; face in porphyry and low-grade
quartz. On the ninth floor the excavation
made on the east side of the drift run south
from the south end of the slopes at q point
10 feet back from the face of the drift has
been enlarged to the size of 20 feet in
length north and south by Is feet it width
| yielding ore which ASSAYS $3S go per ton
On the twelfth floor, the fourth floor above
J the sill floor of this level, the south drift
started at the south end of the slopes has
been extended % feet, total length AZ feet;
face in porphyry and low-grade quartz.
The east crosscut from the main north
lateral drift on the sill floor OF this level
started at point 200 feet north
| from the Con- Virginia shaft has been
extended IA feet; total length 60
| feet. From the end of this crosscut south
drift has been advanced 6 feet. Some ore
has been extracted from the top assaylng
| S30 II per ton. 1850 level-No ore has been
extracted during the week between the sill
| floor of this level and the 100 level. The
north drift started at the north end of the
slopes on the fourth floor on the north
side of the winze has been extended II feet,
total length 90 feet; face in quartz forma-
ton OF low grade. From this drift at a
point % feet back from its face an east
crosscut has been advanced 6 feet. The
faces OF these two openings, are in quartz
which carries low assay value. About
Il
| the week from all of the foregoing men
| toned openings, the average value of
which per mlne-car samples was $35 SO per
ton. We shipped to Morgan mill 772 tons
and 40 pounds of ore assaying per railroad
| car samples $41 81 per ton. The average
assay value per battery samples of all the
ore worked at that mill during the week
(S05 tons) was $33 y per ton. The bullion
shipped to the Carson mint had an assay
value of $11, 527.
OPHIR-1465 level-The drift running
north from the top of the upraise 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
l6 feet, total length lib feet; face in por-
pnyry,. clay and quartz, low assay value.
Central tunnel-At a point in the south
drift on the $50 level of the mine-112 feet
south from the bottom of the Wine sunk
from the tunnel level-an upraise was
started and has been carried up 20 feet; top
IN porphyry formation. On the east side
OF the upralSe there was a narrow streak of
ore from which we have saved two tons of
ore assaying $100 per ton. The top part of
this opening is in porphyry and Iow-grade
quartz. A west crosscut started from the
end of the drift run north from the end of
the crosscut run west from the drift run
north from the top of the upraise-117 feet
above the tunnel level-has been advanced
ID foot fare n oIo
ton.
MExIcAN-1465 level-The north drift
started from the top of the rpraise which
was carried up 45 feet above the sill floor
OF this level at point 40 feet west of main
north lateral drift and 100 feet north from
the south boundary of the mine has been
advanced 90 feet total length II feet; face
in porphyryA As joint work with the
Ophir Company we are making repairs in
the Ophir shaft on the 100 level and up-
ward.
UNION CoN.-900 level-The west crosscut
from the Union Con. south lateral drift
from the west drift, 1920 feet west of the
shaft, has been extended 15 feet during the
week, total length sos feet; face in for
nation OF clay, quartz and porphyry, with
small flow of water from it. The east
crosscut No. 3 started from the Sierra
Nevada north lateral drift which was run
from the shaft at point 800 feet north
from the joint west drift has been advanced
Is feet, total length 129 feet; face in Dor
phyry, clay and quartz.
ANDEs-420 level-The south drift from
east crosscut 2 from top of the upraise of
90 feet has been advanced 10 feet, total
length 90 feet; formation quartz.
BEST d BELCHER- level-The west
crosscut l started from the north drift
which was run from the bottom of the
! joint Wine at point so feet from the
winze was extended 8 feet and discon-
tinued in hard porphyry; total length, 26
! feet. We have resumed work in the north
drift and advanced it feet, passing
| through quartz and porphyry; total length,
"a feet. 800 level-East crosscut started in
| the north drift 100 feet from west crosscut
has been advanced 15 feet, total length
203 feet; face i'll hard porphyry, clay and
quartz.
GOULD & CURRY-2O0 level-The south
drift started from the bottom of the Joint
winze, which was sunk on our north
boundary, has been advanced IL feet; total
63 feet; face in porphyry and quartz. $50
| leveE-West crosscut 5, which was started
| in the northwest drift 432 feet from the
main west drift, was advanced feet, total
| length 1850 feet; face in hard porphyry.
HALE d NoRCRoss-We worked in the
mine only two days the past week We
have been repairing and overhauling our
hosting machinery. Work will be re-
ing, the 18th inst.
According to La France Militaire the
small-arm projectile of the future is the
HELLER Kruka tubular bullet. 1t is made
of steel and has tube open at both ends
running through its center This tube
seems to have the effect of diminishing the
resistance of the air and of increasing the
steadiness of the projectile, so that longer
range and greater fiatneSs of trajectory
are obtained without any increase of muz-
zle velocity. 1t is said that a maximum
range of 10000 meters was obtained and
that at 5000 meters the bullet penetrated
Az inches of pine wood.
AT recent sale in Paris a long official
communication of the committee OF public
safety, signed by Robespierre, Carnot and
Herault de Societies. brought 105 francs
The order to execute General de Biron,
signed by Fouquier-Tinville, fetched 81
francs.
Montana's gold output in 1894 was
81, 100000