The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-03-28
Interest IN COMSTOCk LODE
Still CENTERS IN OPHIR Mine

80 per cent. Two bars of bullion were
shipped to the Selby Smelling Com
On the 16O0-foot level of the
Union shaft, Jointly with the Union
and Sierra Nevada companies, neces-
sary repairs we're made.
The Monte Cristo mine during the
week hoisted 40S ears of ore from
the different slopes and shipped 262
IONS of 1857 ore over the tramway
to the Mexican mill.
The Savage company on the ri
street tunnel level, at a point $500
feet in the northwest drift sunk the
winze for a distance of nine feet,
total depth, 90 feet. The bottom of
the winze is in p%orphyry and quartz
of low assay value.
The Crown Point, yellow Jacket
and Belcher companies during the
past week have continued work in theI
joint Crown Point-Belcher incline,
and held the water below the 1901
station. Temporary station sets have
been put in at the 1900 over the in-|
cline. On the 1500-foot level of the|
Belcher from raise No. l started att
a point 40 feet in the south drift No..
1, on the sill and first floors. there|
was saved Al cars of an average as
say value of $11.40 per ton. South
drift No. l on this level, was repaired
for a distance of sc feet; total length
in god repair 1876 feet. From this
work there was saved sc cars of an
average assay value of $5.07 per ton
The Yellow Jacket will continued
in operation throughout the week.
and $50 IONS of ore were received
at the mill bins. At the surface on
the Jacket, 800 tons of ore were sent
to the gloryhole from the shaft, and
1876 tons of Crown Point ore received
at the mine bins. Only a little work.
was done in surface TUNED raise Mo-
3. and AZ cars of low grade ore taken
out. General repairs were made I'd
the shaft and incline.
The Crown Point company reopen1
ed and timbered north drift No. l on
the 1900 level for a distance of 21
feet to the 165-foot point, and from
the work saved 113 mine cars of ore
of an average assay value of $9.O{
per ton. In raise No. 1 on this level
located Is feet in north drift No. 4
work was carried on at the sill, first
second and third floors, and 1911 cars
of low grade ore extracted.
The Overman company on the
12O0-foot level advanced the west
crosscut started at a point of connect
ton of the southwest and northeast
drifts, for a distance of eight feet;
total length, "a feet. The face ex-
poses favorable looking quartz.
At the joint Confidence Challenge
Imperial shaft on the 200-fOot level,
the west crosscut started in the south
drift was extended for a distance of
10 feet to the 11O-foOt point, the face|
showing %porphyry. Work in this|
crosscut has been stopped for the
present, and an east crosscut started
at a point opposite the west crosscut|
and advanced three feet, with the|
face showing quartz and p%Orphyry.|
On the 11O0-fOot level of the Gale
dOnia company the past week, there
was extracted from the raise in the|
southwest drift, 1O9 mining cars of
ore of fair milling grade. Work on|
this level has been suspended, pend
ing the making of connections to bet-|
ter facilitate the handling of the ore.
On the 1200-fOot level, the northwest
drift was advanced to the SO0-fOot|
point, the present face showing quartz
of low assay value.-ChrOnicle.