The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-08-28

mining operations on the Comstock
the past week as taken from the of
fetal reports of superintendent:
Ophir and Con. virginia repaired
250O station OF 200 Wine and pre-
pairing to install hoist.
Ophir in southwest drift, $500 lev
ell, starts development work in top
and bottom on ore vein having width
of seven feet Assays from samples
taken range from 1915 to $22 80
per ton.
Ophir Central tunnel developments
continue and 4i0 cars of ore saved
from Slopes and drifts; 500 tons
milled. Repairing $50 level Wine.
Mexican 270O level west crosscut
from Wine station passed through
about Is feet of quartz and vein
matter giving low assays. At point
15O feet south of winze station six
foot crosscut shows quartz forma-
ton with streaks sampling up TO
S25 per ton.
Union Con on $500 level. SIS feet
south of old Sierra Nevada incline
station took out six cars in sampling,
averaging PISS per ton. In north
drift at 275-foot point from cross
cut, worked in quartz for width of
seven to IL feet. Last IA cars OK
tracted sampled -17.65 a ton.
Sierra Nevada Jointly with Union
continues cleaning out and repairing
$500 station of Sierra incline.
Comstock Pumping association
cleaning out east crosscut from the
Ophir Mexican winze on the 2700
level and preparing to install electric
hoist at Ophir shaft.
Jacket - Crown Point = Belcher
Mines company received 979 tons Of
dump rock at the mill and shipped
& bar of bullion to smelter.
Three sets of timbers placed in
Crown Point ir% refine, making II sets
below the 1900 station. From B
raise 46 cars Of mill rock saved, and
2S cars from c. p. northeast ross
cut.
General repairs made to Jacket
shaft and to the north and south
drifts on the 400 level.
The official report from the mines
contain much encouraging news
from the deep levels, where new
development work is being carried on
and the entire situation under
ground is showing decidedly favor
able conditions. The Ophir and Con
Virginia companies on the 1900 level
have been repairing a ventilation
drift, and on the $500 level, have
continued to raise over the $500
station of the 270O Wine for the
purpose of placing a sheave. Repairs
are also being made to the station.
In the southwest drift of the Ophir,
at a point 10 feet in from the start
ing point in the east crOsscut from
the $500 station of the 1900 Wine.
development work has been started
in the top and bottom of the veil,
here the ore vein shows a width
OF sever feet, and assays range from
1918 to $22.75 per ton. This is a
very promising prospect and WORK at
this point will lie followed with ir
terest.
! At the Central tunnel of the Op'lir
development is being carried on and
the east crOsscut through the east
ledge has reached the foOtwall and
drifting south is now under way. The
~-%l I,:et hoe trfnrcnntnd an nld
west crosscut and the face OF The
drift is in low grade ore. Compressed
air pipe line is being installed and
the winze being repaired to the POO
level. From the two slopes north
of the main crOsscut and from devel-
opment work, 44O cars of ore were
saved and 800 tons mille1.
The Mexican mill crushed 93 tons
of Mexican ore averaging $6.91 Der
ton, and AZ tons of Union ore aver
aging $S.26 per ton. The west cross
cut from the 27OO level winze sta
ton was extended 16 feet to the BIZ
foot point and has passed through
about Is feet OF quartz and vein mat
Ter, giving low dSSdyo anu ChO law
is in the same material. At a poin,
$50 feet south from the 27O0 WINE
station, a crosscut to the east for 81,
feet exposed a quartz formation with
streaks sampling up to $25 per ton
rhe Union Con. on the $500 ,eve
In thu southeast drift from the oit
Sierra Nevada incline station, samp-
ling the .ein has been under a
and at a Joint 65 feet south from
the station, six cars were taken GU,
of an average assa- value of $23.7s
per ton. In the main lateral dris
about 275 feet north from the cross
cut, work was carried on in tn
quartz for a width of seven to 1.
feet and the last II cars taken OH
gave average car samples of SIZE
per ton. There points are very ia
vorable for important ore develop
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