The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-12-26

The following is a summary OF
mining reports in the Comstock dis
trict the past week, as compiled from
the official letters of the super
intendents.
Con. Virginia extracted zoe cars of
$3.50 ore from stope above u
drift from $500 level raise. Company
shipped $50 tons of ore to the Kin
kead mill.
Ophir company reopened the Gen.
trail tunnel to the 1.36O-foot point,
through heavy ground.
Mexican in sampling the vein on
the 1900 level under the sill floor
near junction ofn orth and northeast
drifts, took out twenty-five tons as
saying $2S.96 per ton. In the south
drift sampling on sill foot gave nine
teen tons averaging $7.15 per ton.
Union Con. west crosscut on the
1850 level is in porphyry and quartz
stringers at the 369-foot point.
Comstock Pumping association in
stalling air lift in C.. & c. shaft at
the 1000 station. Water held at all
ieevs.
Yellow Jacket mill received 400
tons of mine rock and 81 tons of
dump rock, shipping two bars of bull
lion to smelter. On the 1900 level of
from east crosscut, SO cars low grade
ore saved.
In the Belcher, $40 cars of ore
were extracted from the raise above
1000 level north drift. North drift
extended Jointly with Crown Point,
and SO cars low grade ore saved. Re-
pairs made to joint incline where
water was held below 1 900 level at
95-foot point.
Crown Point repaired manways On
1,400 level, and worked jointly with
Belcher in 1000 level north drift.
Overman prospecting 1900 evel,
east crosscut from south drift ad-
vanced to hanging wall of the vein
through quartz and porphyry. Oppo-
site to east crosscut, west crosscut
advanced four feet in pohphyry and
quartz.
Caledonia driving for vein at head
of Accompaniment raise on 1000
level, west crosscut advancing four
teen feet through porphyry and clay
and quartz.
East crosscut on 200 level of joint
Observation-Disclosures shaft
extended through porphyry and
quartz of low assay value.
Tttr tho rocf unnI (Onc0li-
date-Virginia company in the south
drift from the $500 two-compart-
ment raise worked on the eleventh,
twelfth and thirteenth floors and ex-
tracted 206 cars of ore, averaging
$3.50 per ton. A connection has
been made from this point with the
southwest drift on the 2,400 level.
The company shipped to the Kinkead
mill $50 tons of Con. Virginia ore.
The usual repair work was carried
on in the main shaft.
The Ophir company continues the
repairs to the Central tunnel, six
teen feet having been made for the
week; total length now in repair, L.
$50 feet. The ground is still very
heavy, but it appears to be more open
just ahead which will make better
progress possible. No work was done
in the deep levels.
The Mexican company continued
the sampling and prospecting work
on the 1890 level, and in the north
drift near their junction worked un-
der the sill floor to a depth of six
or seven feet, extending the sam
ping for a length of three sets.
From this work twenty-five tons of
ore We're obtained of an average as
say value of $2S.96 per ton. In the
south drift from the northeast drift
sampling continued IN the sill floor
and resulted in nineteen tor of ore
being taken out assaying $7.15 per
ton.
Union Con. extended west cross
cut on the 2,650-foot level from the
Union winze, for twenty feet
to the 369-foot point, where the face
shows porphyry and stringers of
quartz.
The report of the United Com
stock Pumping association shows
that the water was held at all points
at the c. & c.. shaft and work was
started installing an air shaft in the
shaft at the 1000 station.
Abe Yellow Jacket mill received
sol tons of ore the past week. of
which BIZ tons were from the Jacket
dump, and 400 tons of Belcher mine
ore From the weekly cleanup two