The San Francisco call., 1896-05-05


kentuck Con-. $7I3lSIlver King Sls5
Occidental-......- 35 Savage. ........ lb4
The weekly reports from the Comstocks are az
follows:
cut from the south drift. $50 feet south OF the
shaft station or 40 feet north of the south
line, is in 21O feet. The formation is porphvry
with seams Of clay and quartz. The west crosscut
from the north drift the 1000 level $50 feet
south of the south boundary OF the Mexican mina
is in 309 feet. Porphyry and clay are In the face
In the openings above the sill floor of the old
Sentral tunnel Workings OF the ophir in the north
western part OF The mine they continue 10 .ollow
smsn streaks OF ore, and extracted therefrom
per ton. F0' ''
COZ. CAL. d VA.-165O level-Have been max
ing necessary repairs in the south drift on the
nlnlh noor' the nrst floor above the sill floor OF
this level The east crosscut from this south
Drift, at point go feet north from an east line
from the Consolidated Virginia shaft, and con-
aeoteH a with Ihe stope work on the sixteenth
hoor from the 1850 level forms an important con
necIon ior mine ventilation and aids in the re-
noVa OF ore from this part of the mine. 1850
level - From the fourteenth to the twentieth
noors at the nortn end of the slopes In old ground
oi W FORMER workings and from the nor vest drift
upralse on the east side of the ledge, have ex-
tracted during the week $50 tons OF ore the aver
the cars in the mine was s63 81 per ton In worl
ing 10 the southwest from the above mentioned mn
raise on the NINTH tenth and eleventh floors (aboye
the Sill hoor) they have followed a streak OF ore
ieet IN width, assaying from $50 TO $25 per ton.
it' iooO Ievel-No work has been done this level
Ihere In snort time. 1000 leyel-West crosscut
2, started at point in the north drift 500 feet
north from the Consolidated Virginia shat station
mas oeen advanced % feet; total length 237 feet
passing through hard porphyry and clay seams
ihe Total extraction OF ore for The week amounted
10 LOU tons the average assay value of which, per
samples taken fr0m the cars when raised to the
SURFACE, was S62 b5 per ton. Have shipped TO the
Morgan mill 2S6 tons and l710 pounds of ore as
saying, per railroad-car samples $43 90 O ton
~, dhe average assay value per battery samples OF
al ore worSed at that mill during the week-46O
tons ana ZOO pounds-was $40 so ton. Bullion
snipped TO the office in San Francisco, assay value
In the Union Consolidated mine the north drift
from the upraise from the joint west DRIFT so
rect above the sill floor of the 900 lie vel and 1920
teet west from the shaft, has been extended during
tne week !V rect: total length 212 feet face in
Huarlz ana porphyry. This drift has been stopped
1ney nave commenced an east crosscut 200 feet
north from the upraise and advanced the same IL
leet, uriftlng through 10 feet of quartz; face Is
now IN porphyry. East crosscut o. which
wss started from the Sierra Nevada north lateral
drift at a point so feet north from east cross
cut on this level has been dvanced 20 feet
during the week; total length SO feet face in
quartz
In the Layton tunnel workings of the Sierra Ne
vsua line Inc west crosscut recently started Is In
with strong flow of water
IN tne Hale q Norcross mine no change is re-
ID the condition of the slopes above the 975
ieNei. Iney extracted from the various open ngs
uurIhg the week 70 carloads of ore, saying per
car samples S24 20 gold and 23S7 ounces OF silver
per TOE. shipped TO Daze5 mill during the week
81 tons and l400 pounds of ore, being the final
snlpment OF the accumulation in the bins on
hsiCn =. wagon samples assayed $26 AZ gold
and 2S o6 ounces silver per ton. Forwarded TO San
Francisco Office April 81 751s pounds crude bull
hon. valued by an assay at S221S
BRUNSWICK LoDE-The following Official re-