The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-10-23
ROCHESTER EAST
VEIN IMPROVING
ROCHESTER, co. EXPECTS BUL.
LION PRODUCTION THIS
MONTH TO BE $4,000

With further development the ex,
traordinary ore body which is being
blocked out in the east vein OF the
Rochester Mines company's proper
ty on Rochester hill is assuming
wonderful proportions together with
some of the highest values ever
taken from the slopes, says the
Lovelock Review-M Miner. 1t is prov"
ing a splendid ore preserve and will
go far to substantiate the prediction
now made that the bullion production
of The Rochester mill will reach
$4,000 for October.
The new strike was made III
raise from the 800 level in block
l of the Crown Point claim, where
stopping has been carried on in big
zone of ledge matter to reach the
hanging wall. Several days ago
they broke into rich ore in ruby sill
yer and gold, showing five feet OF
ore, two feet of which runs 500 a
ton. The balance of this ore goes
from $25 to $50 ton.
With further stopping this ore
body widened out yesterday to teh
feet and returns values Of SIG ton
clear across.
Simultaneous developments on this
vein in other parts of the mine indl-
cate that it is of wonderful extent
and proves that it constitutes an ore
reserve of many thousand tons 1t
has been opened both above and be
low the 800 level and for lateral
, extent of $50 feet between what are
known as the Codd winze on the
north and the Big our deep winze on
the south.
The Big our winze is down over
$50 feet and the COdd winze is
down 70 feet, both being in from fl &c
to 81 ore that has returned values
ranging from $15 to $40. From
this deepest level to the top OF
/ raise 8, this ore body has been OPEN
ed for approximately 200 feet on the
/ dip, but since it has already been
mined from the $50 level it is evi
| dent that it is now blocked 800 feei
vertically by $50 feet longitudinal
Excluding all reference to the west
and Foreman veins, and ignoring tne
possibility of further work on the
east vein either north or south OF
the present limits, or sinking below
, the present deep level it is apparen,
that in this one block of ore Ro-
chester Hill is proving itself Won
derful mine.
With the rapid progress OF the
Friedman tunnel which will tap the
veins at the 1900 level, the atten-
ton of the camp is now being more
closely riveted with each days
breaking down of the face. AS has
j previously been reported, seven
foot vein of commercial ore was
struck at 1880 feet from the portal,
but it is now generally conceded that
this is blind lead and has no con-
nection with the Foreman vein out
cropping on the hill furthest to the
west and which naturally would be
the first encountered at the deep
level The tunnel is now in 100
feet, proceeding through very hard
country rock, but since it was Origi-
nally estimated that it would be
necessary to drive 1900 feet and
over to reach the lodges at depth, the
big story will be held in allegiance for
some time to come.
| Throughout the upper workings
in all veins the mine was never j.
better condition. The Foreman
lease, which is practically the only
lease on the Rochester Mines COM
pany property, engaged in active de-
velopment, is still taking out $40
ore from the drifts both north and
south of the transportation tunnel
On the 800 level. Slopes in the west
vein are producing heavily, the re-
suit being that the company is
breaking down about 270 tons each
day, or about $50 tons more than
the mill can handle. The surplus Is
being stored in the old slopes for a
mill reserve available at any time.
The mill has been pounding away
constantly, milling 120 tons a day,
and it's bullion production this month
should run close to $500 every "a
hours. Early this week a slight de-
lay was caused in the hauling facili-
tics of the Nevada Short Line rail
+, road. which takes the ore from the
mine.