The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-02-14

The report of the United Com
stock Pumping association today
shows that during the week, the wa
ter level at the old Con. Virginia
winze has varied from 196 feet to
205 feet below the collar of the
Wine, the Starrett pumps holding
the water at those points. Some re-
pairs were necessary to the pumps
during the week. On the $500 level,
the north drift from the Con. Vir-
ginia winze was cleaned out and re-
paired for a distance of 10 feet;
total distance in repair $40 feet. On
the goo level, the Wine station
has been cleaned up and a new floor
is being put in. The station timbers
are in good condition. All pumps on
the various stations ran successfully
throughout the week.
The Ophir company continued it's
prospecting and development work
the past week on the intermediate
level, about tie 2400, the southwest
drift from a point 65 feet up in the
Accompaniment raise having been
turned to a westerly cross-cut. 1t
was advanced 16 feet to the 99-foot
point, and during the week has cut
through quartz assaying from S5
cents to So per ton. From the cyan
ide plant, one bar of bullion valued
at $1,OS4.29 was shipped to Selby
Smelling & Lead company.
Consolidated Virginia, on the
1OOO-foot level, advanced the east
cross-cut from the southwest drift
a distance of 20 feet; total length
"a feet. The cross-cut has passed
through a heavy clay seam, having
the strike and dip of the east vein.
A heavy flow of water was also en-
countered during the week. The
cross-cut passed through punches of
quartz, assaying from 80 cents to so
cents per ton. The company, Jointly
with the Ophir and the Pumping as
ISOLATION, has been repairing the
southwest drift from the Ophir shaft
station on the 1465 level.
At the Monte Cristo mine, there
was hoisted from the slopes and de-
velopment worn 436 cars of ore, and
326 tons were shipped over the tram
way to the Mexican mill. The latter
mill ran SO per cent of the time and
crushed sci IONS of Monte Cristo
ore, 215 tons of which were taken
from the storage piles. The average
value per ton of the ore was 1857,
and the apparent extraction was IS
per cent.
At the Savage mine. the west drift
on the d street tunnel level, vas adj
vanced 23 feet; total length LAG feet.
The face in is porphyry and string
ers of quartz. At a point $50 feet
in the drift from the main drift, work
was started sinking a winze. 1t was
carried down 10 feet and the bottom
is in fills assaying $4.O3 per ton.
The report of the Sturges group of
mines shows that good Roadway was
made in the work of retaining the
old workings below the 400 level.
In the Joint Crown Point and Belch-
er incline, the water was lowered an
additional rs feet, and repairs made
to the incline. The water now stands
at a point 125 feet below the 1900
level on the incline. The north COM
partment of the incline is being open
ed under the 1900 station, and work
was started %reopening the east drift
from the 1900 station, it being
| cleaned out for a distance of six feet.
The south side of the station was
also cleaned up. At the 100 sta
ton of the incline, necessary repairs
were made. Repairing the south drift
No. 1 on the 1900 level has been
started and eight cars of low-grade
ore saved.
The Yellow Jacket company at the
| surface sem 23O tons of ore to the