The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-04-10

Inc Ing Is q Suuiuud' VI lhc
mining operations ON the Comstock
the past week, as taken from off,
cial reports of superintendent:
Con. Virginia discontinued pros
pecting work on the $500 level and
Jointly with Ophir will start work re-
opening joint Ophir-Con. Virginia
winze to 200 level, to be used by
these companies in carrying On work
on the latter level.
Ophir developing Central tunnel
workings, improving ventilation and
prospecting, saving 3OS cars of ore
for the week, and milling ESQ tons
at the Kinkead mill.
Mexican company, on the 1900
understope sampling $10.11 per ton;
and so ton sampling $1O,1O from
the stope in the north drift. On
$500 level, on north boundary line,
repairs started to old winze.
Union Con. extended west crosscut
on 265O-foot level to the 605-foot
point, face in porphyry and quartz.
Quartz passed through during week
sampled from low assays to $50 per
ton. South drift in porphyry and
quartz. Repairs started to the old
Wine on north boundary line.
Comstock Pumping Association in
200 level recovery work, completes
placing of guides. centers and lad
ders in Ophir-Mexican Wine down
Ii the 2760-foot point. Excellent
progress made in this work.
Yellow Jacket mill received S55
tons of ore during the week, 3O1
tons from the mine, and 554 tons
from the surface dump. Shipped
n bar of bullion to the smelter.
Yellow Jacket mine holding water
20 feet below 1900 station of the in
cline and cleaning out stamp. Con-
tipued prospecting and ore extrac-
ton on the 1900 level, saving 344
cars of ore.
Belcher at joint incline now work
ing close to the 1900 station; south
compartment having been reopened
to 174-foot point below the 400 lev
ol on incline measurement.
Caledonia advanced north drift on
vein on the 1OOO-fOot level to the
117-foot point through quartz.
Overman continues raise in vein
from 1900 level east crosscut, top be-
ing in favorable looking quartz.
Consolidated Virginia on the $500
level sank the two compartment
winze at a point 557 feet in the
northeast drift for four feet to a to-
tai depth of ~ feet, and the bottom
shows two feet of quartz assaying
from $1.7O to $3.50 per ton. All
prospecting work on this level has
been discontinued, and material is
being taken from the drift on the
vein. During the coming week Con-
sOlidated Virginia Jointly with the
Ophir company will start cleaning
out and repairing the old east cross
cut from the main north drift which
leads to the joint Ophir-Consolidat-
ed Virginia winze, the latter being
situated on the boundary line be-
tween the two mines. This winze is
to be used by these companies in
their work on the 1900 and 200
levels, which will soon be avilable
for prospecting, with the drainage
Of the 27OO level soon to be accom-
plished by the COmstock Pumping
association.
The Ophir company continued the
development work in the central tun-
mel workings, which included the ad-
vance of south lateral No. l to the
226-foOt point; cleaning out a Slope
above this point for the purpose OF
improving ventilation; extension of
south drift No. 2 to the 144-foot
point, and making connection be-
tween the tunnel level and the Sc
foot level at a point north of the
main crosscut. The ore saved from
this work included sos carr and
ESQ tons were milled at the kinkead
mill, which is now being operated to
capacity. No work vas done in the
lower levels of the mine during the
week.
The Mexican company on the $500
level continued the extraction of ore
and from the understOpe in the north
drift took out so ton of ore SAM
pling $10.11 per o n From the stope
in the north drift, at a point 12S
feet in, 60 IONS were extracted sam
ping 5000 per ton. On the 25OO
level, work was started making al
terations and repairs to the old winze
located on the boundary line between
Mexican and Union. This winze will
be used for operations on the 27OO
level, which will soon be unwatered.
The Union Con. on the 1850 level
extended the west crosscut ten feet
to the sos point. The crosscut pass
ed through an irregular deposit of
quartz, sampling from low assays to
sea per ton. The face is in pOr-
-I.,,u anl n,,orf1 Tho cnnfh drift