The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-08-08

past week, has been repairing the
track and cutting ditch in the east
crosscut started in the southwest
drift at the 193-foot point. Two
switches have also been placed on
this level, and some 15-inch and 3
inch air pipe removed. This work is
preliminary to starting a winze from
this level. At the Central tunnel.
100 feet of tunnel was repaired for
the week; total length in good repair,
525 feet. There was also installed
600 feet of 15-inch air pipe Grading
has been underway at the mouth of
the tunnel for the purpose of INSTALL
ing a ventilation fan. The pumping
association has continued the work
or repairing the Ophir incline shaft
at the 1000 station.
The Consolidated Virginia com
pany on the 2500-foot level, placed
two tunnel sets of timbers in the
northeast drift from the east cross
cut from the shaft station, and stop
of the drift. At point 400 feet in
from the mouth of the drift, west
crosscut was started and advanced
35 feet. The material passed through
continues in heavy vein formation,
cutting quartz streaks assaying from
$1.00 to $1.4O per ton. Necessary
repairs were made to the main shaft.
The Mexican Mining company,
during the past week, unwatered the
$500 level connections to the Union
winze, and began the installation of
hoist, electric cable, transformers and
blower at the $500 level winze. pre-
paratory to unwatering the same and
continuing it to the 2G50-foot point.
installation of track, compressed air
pipe and blower connections was
started. At point 20 feet from the
main north drift, a south drift was
advanced five feet for the purpose of
prospecting the formation which at
that point shows quartz and porphyry
for width of 80 feet The face is
in quartz of low assay value.
The Union Con. completed the re-
pairs to the hoist motor of the Union
winze. On the $500 station of the
winze, a triplex electric pump was
installed, and the water pumped out
of the $500 level west crosscut, and
the water lowered in the winZe to a
point "a feet below the $500 station
preparatory to opening a new level at
the 2650 point.
The Comstock Pumping Associa-
ton completed the concrete bulkhead
and door in the north lateral of the
Sutro tunnel, and started similar
bulkhead and door in the drift con-
Meeting the Union shaft with the
Ophir incline crosscut on the 1900
level. All wearing parts of No. 2
vertical turbine pump were replaced
on the $500 station The pumping
plants worked smoothly during the
week.
The Yellow Jacket mill had a busy
week, and received at the mill bins,
TAG tons of ore, SIS tons being
dump rock and 566 tons Crown Point
mine ore. The new cyanide plant, for
the treatment of concentrates worked
without interruption during the week,
and most successfully On the 100
foot level of the mine, raise No. l
started in the face of the west cross
cut No. !, was extended 22 feet along
the footwall; total length "A feet.
From this work, 81 cars of low grade
ore were saved. Repairs We're made
to the shaft and incline, and 50 tons
of ore delivered to the Crown Point
company at the mine bins.
The Belcher company continued
active exploration work on the 1900
and 1900 levels of the mine, and eX-
tracted 242 cars of low and fair grade