The morning call., 1895-02-10
ON THE OOMsToOK.
Weekly Reports of Progress in the
Underground Work.

Underground Work.
VIRGINIA, New, Feb. 9.-Following are
the official letters of the superintendent:
Con. CAL. 81 VA.-1650 Ievel-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 a south
drift started at the south end of the slopes
has been advanced % feet 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 point ten feet back from the face
of the drift has been enlarged to the size
OF 10 feet in length, north and south, by
II in width, yielding ore which assays
$50 per ton. On the twelfth floor, the
fourth floor above the sill floor of
this level, the south drift started at the
south end of the slopes has been extended
feet total length 25 feet; face in ore
which assays $40 per ton. AT a point on
the sill floor of this level 200 north from
the Con. Va. shaft on the west side of the
ledge we have reopened an old east cross
cut from the main north lateral drift for a
distance of 46 feet. The face is in quartz
formation and the top shows some ore that
ASSAYS $50 a ton. The ground through
which the crosseut runs has settled so that
the upper part of the face (two-thirds)
of the crosscut is exposed in solid
quartz. 1850 level-We have stopped ore
from the south side of the WINE sunk
from the 100 level, north and south, from
the fifth floor up to he'seYenth floor with
out any change in the quality of the ore.
The north drift started at the north end of
the slopes on the fourth floor on the north
side of the Wine has been extended 16
feet, total length 46 feet; face in quartz
formation OF low grade. About 1874 tons of
ore have been extracted during the week
from all Of the aforementioned openings,
the average value of which per mine-car
samples was $33 81 per ton. We shipped
TO the Morgan mill 81 tons 742 pounds of
ore, assaying per railroad car samples
$50 25 per ton. The average assay value
per battery samples of all the ore worked
at that mill during the week (175 tons) was
$37 go per ton.
OPHIR-1465 level-The drift running
north from the top of the upraise which
was carried up so feet above the sill floor
OF this level from point in the east cross
cut from the main north lateral drift has
been extended 20 feet, total length 81 feet;
face in porphyry, clay and quartz, which
carries a IoW-assay value.
Central tunnel-The drift running north
from northeast drift run from the
southeast DRIFT on the 80 level of the
mine has been extended 50 feet, total
length 70 feet, continuing in the old
workings, which contain filings that ASSAY
few dollars per ton. The southeast drift
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 up-
raise III feet above the tunnel level mas
been extended II feet, total length AZ feet,
continuing in porPhy1ry formation.
UNION CoN.-900 level-The west crosscut
from the Union Con. south lateral drift
from the west drift 1920 feet west of shaft
has been extended "a feet during the week.
total length 493 feet; face in a formation
of clay, quartz and porphyry, with a
small flow of water from it. East crosscut
3 started from the Sierra Nevada
the Joint west drift from the shaft at a
point 600 feet north from the Joint west
drift has been advanced IS feet, total
length Ill feet; face in porphyry, clay and
quartz.
MExIcAN-1645 leveI-The north drift
started from the top of the upraise which
was carried up As feet above the sill floor
of this level at point 40 feet west of the
main north lateral drift and 100 feet north
from the south boundary of the mine has
been advanced 81 feet, total length 4S feet:
face in porphyry. AS joint work with the
Ophir Company we are making repairs in
the Ophir shaft on the LOO level and up
ward.
ANDEs-420 leyel-During the week we
have been engaged IN timbering in the
north drift. This work is completed
BEST q BELcHER-250 level-We have
started from the north drift which was run
from the bottom of the Joint Wine at
point 90 feet from the Wine west cross
cut 1 and extended it Il feet, passing |
through quartz and porphyry. 800 level |
East crosscut started in the north drift |
100 feet from west crosscut has been ad- |
vanced Is feet, total length 1873 feet; face |
in porphyry, clay and quartz.
GOULD IL CURRY-200 level-The south |
drift started from the bottom OF the joint |
wiilze which was sunk on our north bound !
arv has been advanced IA feet, total 81 |
feet; face in porphyry and quartz. 250 !
level-West crosscut which was started |
In the northwest drift 432 feet from the
main west drift was advanced feet, total |
length 1852 feet; face in hard porphyry. !
HALE 81 NoRCRoss-975 level-We have |
No. west crosscut IA feet, total !
length IT'S feet; face in porphyry.. West |
2 started from the north drift |
from No. vest crosscut has been adj
vanced ID feet, total length Is feet; face In |
porphyrv. The south drift from No. l |
west crosseut on this Level was extended /
3 feet, total length S5 feet. The ore streak
in the face of this drift is narrower than at
the last report. intermediate leyel-Ihe
vest crosscnt nom the station in the HOO
upraise 80 feet below the 975 level was ad-
yanced 20 feet, total length 80 feet; face IN
and stringers OF quartz. This
crosscut passed through a small streak OF
good ore the past week. We extracted