The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-03-27

mining operations on the Comstock
the past week, as taken from the Of
fetal reports of superintendents:
Consolidated Virginia placed stope
sets in northeast drift on the $500
level at the 557-foot point and is
raising to the second floor. Sinking
on the vein at this point will be
started soon.
Ophir continued repairs and de-
velopment work in the central tun-
mel, and saved 235 tons of ore. There
was shipped to the Kinkead mill
lis tons.
Mexican on the $500 level extract
ed sixteen tons from the south drift
sampling $6.5S per ton. From the
understope 3S tons sampling $10.2S
were taken, from the north drift, 81
tons. sampling $500 were taken.
Union Consolidated prospecting
on the 1850 level. West crosscut
shows porphyry and seams of quartz;
north drift, porphyry and clay and
the south drift, clay and quartz, the
quartz sampling up to $14.57.
Comstock Pumping association
made good progress in 200 level
pump installation work, and joint
Ophir Mexican winze has been re-
paired for 90 feet below the $500
level and the preliminary work car
ried on.
Yellow Jacket installed sinking
pump in incline above the 1900 lev
ell and from the 1900 level recover
ed go mine cars of low grade ore
from the slopes and development
work. At the Jacket mill, 795 tons
of ore were placed in the bins and
two bars of bullion shipped to the
smelter.
Belcher at the joint incline has
cleaned out the south compartment
to the 149-foot point below the 400
level.
Crown Point made repairs to the
manway of stope No. 2 on the 400
level.
Caledonia resumed work advanc-
ing the north drift on the 1000 lev
ell through quartz. Work in the mine
delayed since Thursday by broken
motor shaft but repairs are about
completed.
Overman starts incline raise on
the vein on the 1900 level from the
south drift from east crosscut, pass-
ing through p%orphyry and quartz.
At the joint Confidence-Challenge
Imperial shaft, the south drift from
thes caste roscut on the 200 level
was advanced all in low grade quartz.
Consolidated Virginia on the $500
level extended the northeast drift on
the vein for five feet; total length
626 feet, and the face is in vein fro
nation. This work was continued
and at a point 557 feet from the
mouth Of the drift, four stope sets
of timbers were placed, and raising
to the second floor started. The vein
shows a width of IS inches, assay
ing from $40 to $4.O5 per ton. The
company will sink on the vein at this
point, the best values being in the
bottom of the drift. Necessary re-
pairs were made in the main shaft.
The Ophir company in the Central
tunnel, advanced the south drift 16
feet, and it is now close to the Andes
line. South Lateral No. was extend
ed 20 feet, and the raise along the
footwall of the east ledge has reach
ed a height of 20 feet above the tun-
mel level. From the above workings
235 cars of ore were saved and IT'S
tons milled at the Kinkead mill.
The Mexican company, on the $500
level, advanced the south drift from
the northeast drift to the 38-foot
point, and saved 16 tons sampling
$6.5S. From the understope in the
north drift, 38 tons were taken out
sampling $40. 20 per ton, and in the
north drift at the 123-foot point, fur
Their sill floor sets were put in, and
54 tons of ore saved sampling $8.O3
per ton.
The Union Consolidated, on the
1850 level, extended the west
crOsscut form the Wine 10 feet to
the 5S5-foOt point, and the face
shows porphyry and stringers OF
quartz. The north drift started at
the 423-foot point in the west cross
cut was advanced on the vein 6 feet,
with the face showing porphyry and
clay. The south drift opposite the
north drift was extended ~ feet;
total length 5S feet. The face is In
porphyry, clay and quartz, sampling
up to $14.57 per ton. 1t has been