The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1910-10-08
AND OPHIR TURN
OUT $4,000 in A WEEK

Although little is said these day
about the famous old mines at Virgins
City, they are being steadily worked
the Ophir and Mexican properties pro
ducing something over $4,000 per day
and this aside from the production OF
other properties. An account of opera
tions for the week ending Oct. l, as
published in the Virginia Chronicle, is
of interest. Says the Chronicle:
Mexican and Ophir of the north end
mines have had a good extraction of
ore this week, the outjut from the two
properties being in excess of $4,000
for the six days. Both Ophir and Mex
lean have made substantial gains, and
the output from Mexican is the largest
for any single week in its history, fig
uring close TO $1,000. The extraction
was from the following levels, 1900 lev
ell, 70 ears averaging $31.40 from the
south stope of the Wine 1900 level, in
the raise south of the winze, 40 cars
averaging t$31.60; 2,400 level, from the
incline raise, 121 cars averaging $17.34
per ton. The 1900 and 2,400 levels
yielded approximately $4,000 each, and
the $500 level nearly that amount, so
that shree levels are all looming up
strong. The chief feature is the 1900
level situation, where the ore extracted
has been in the ordinary work of rails
ing, no work being done in the ledge
either north or south. The outlook Tor
future l:oJast'on from these points
is held to be of the best. The ship
ments to the Buffers mill was the larg-
est since shipments began, 306 tons,
the estimated assay value of which is
close to 81, 900. Mexican is showing a
vast improvement at all points. On
the $500 level of the min, it is reported
that an undercut of six feet was made
near the east crosscut below the loor
of the drift, and the stringer carrying
was found to extend downward togeth-
er with smaller s%tringers containing
good values on the east side. The
north drift from the east crosscut was
advanced 81 feet and is now out 76
feet. The face is ~porphyry and quartz
giving low assays.
The output of the Ophir mine is con-
siderably in excess this week over the
previous seven days, and the total ex-
traction was ZIG cars, giving a total as
say value of $S,3SS.10. The assay value
of the ore on all three levels now yield
ing increased over a week ago, more
noticeably on the 1000 level, where the
average value per ton jumped from
500. S4 to $4,000. The output by lev
els was: Understope 1000 level, 33
cars averaging $4,000; 1890 level,
Slope in the south drift, 81 cars, aver
aging 1929; 2,40O level, 122 cars, Nv
eraging $266.17 per ton. The increase
in values in the 1890 stope is also no.
ticeable, the average values per ton in
creasing over a week ago by 1886.
The south dri t on the 2,400 level was
advanced II feet through a strong vein
filed with quartz, but of low assay val
The main south drift on the 1890
level was continued through quartz
and porphyry. The new west crosscut
the 2,100 level from the main north
east drift was advanced 13 feet through
p~orphyry. The company shipped dur
ing the week one railroad car of con
censrates to Selby &Co.
At the Con. Virginia mine on the
LOO level, the west erosscut from the
top of the raise was advanced Is feet,
and the face is now reported to be In
porphyry and quartz. The west cross
cut from the main south drift on the
1,75 level was carried forward % feet
through porphyry. From the stope on
the 1900 level the extraction for the
week was 1O7 cars of ore assaying
1856 per ton, an increase in values.
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