The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-06-20

reply disconcertng but Mr.. Canovan explained
There is only ledge in the central portion of dis
trict and it at least fifteen hundred wide course
it not all and all quartz but broken by
faults and ntrusions However, it is all ledge The
ore lies within it in lenses
In the upper, oxdized, levels of both the Mohawk
and Combination it is impossible determine
waste by the 1t is all rusty and dusty
presence of the gold is only deermnable by assaying
panning However, the limitations of the been
carefully determined by these there is no danger
of the miners sending top labeled waste or the
Copper In the sulphides
Below the water line the presence of values is more
stasy determined There streaks of black suphdes
traversng all the high grade bodies the attendant of
god-copper quickly from the high grade
ing the workings with suphate STAIN The copper is
faithful servitor 1t the gold although it
never occurs in sufficient quantities interfere with plate
amalgamaon The average copper in of ship
ping grade is only about onehaf of per cent.
1t is noticeable that under the mana cement the
system OF tmberng has been radically changed Com
stock square sets everywhere in evidence They
are so constructed that swelling them
The heavier the ground the greater the
In fact the timbers in 'gumbo steadily being com
pressed In time they will have the hardness iron An.
other Comstock innovation the of pegs take up
pressure They are placed between parallel vertical sets
and the rock presses in pegs imbed themselves in
the pressure is relieved by cutting away behind
The air in these properties excellent goodly sup.
ply comes from the drills but there pipes in abund
ance and the workings are connected throughout
In one long crosscut noticed slopng for about
ten feet TE;s the superintendent explained caused
by the connection made ago between the
Combination and the Mohawk Work progressed very
quietly in this working 1t during the late labor
troubles At that time the strikers large num-
bers the railroad track between the properties when
shifts changed for the purpose intmdatng the
strike breakers One day the pickets disan-
poinment When the shift was due to change
no hosted from the Combination and none
went down. 1t the day when the crosscut was com
peted and all the miners lowered through
the Mohawk shaft from which they proceed to the
company boarding house without moestaton.
Ore Stored Old Shafts
order of procedure is also noticeable the man
of storing in the mine preparatory shipping
to the big mill Sandsorm ridge The shafts
be utilized for this purpose possible the famous
"glory hole' on the Combination These receptaces will
contain tremendous tonnage and the drawn off
beneath desired The various be filed with
of different grades that any particular
be tapped that will provide the necessary hold
ing the output of the mill given value thus
ensuring steadiness of production.
Our party took few minutes breathing spell at the col
lar of the Combination and then redescended
from starting point, the Mohawk shaft. Surface i'm
provements going steadily and rapidly. The Com
bination hoist being worked its capacity but
within few weeks the 300horsc power be trans
ferred from the Mohawk and in its stead will operated
a steam plant, crude oil being the fuel utilized.
The High Grade Drift
surprise awaited party at the 311 station of
Combination After several vain pleas made o General
Manager Mackenzie he finally permission inspect
the south drift the 311
At the entrance to this level stood with buncf
of keys, gazing through heavy bars He nodded
greeting the super but greeted the remainder of thu
party with suspicious However vouched for
and the heavy swung inward The unusual sigh
was the underground changeroom. Something evi
IDENTIFY doing 81, something that the world had n,
knowledge Passing the change room, found anothe
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