The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-01-23


mining operations on the Comstock
the past week, as taken from the Of
fetal letters of the superintendent:
Con. Virginia drifting north from
eighth floor of $500 raise, face
showing porphyry and quartz, the
latter a~ssaying $3.50 per ton. Twelve
cars saved from this drift assayed
81 per ton.
Ophir company continued sam
ping and exploring south lateral
drift on Central tunnel level with
encouraging results.
Mexican company in sinking
winze on 1900 level extracts 80
tons of ore averaging $30.47 per ton.
Union Con. west crosscut on 1850
level passes through Is inches OF
quartz of low assay value, and sew
eral stringers of quartz assaying
up to $40 per ton.
Comstock Pumping association
continues preliminary work on 200
level pump installation at the joint
Ophir-Mexican $500 Wine station.
Yellow Jacket mill received 1O45
tons of dump rock and shipped one
bar of bullion to the smelter. Pros
pecting work continued on the 0
and 400 levels.
Belcher and Crown Point made
necessary repairs at various points
on the 400 level.
Overman south drift all in quartz
of favorable character on the 1900
level.
East crosscut on 200 level OF
joint Confidence-C hallenge-Imperial
shaft all in quartz at 114-foot point.
Caledonia north drift in rein
started from west crOsscut on the
1000 level, advanced, with face all
in quartz.
Consolidated Virginia, during the
past week, has connected the raise
started at the end of the north drift
from the 4th floor of the $500 two
compartment raise, with the eighth
floor, and work discontinued. At a
point SO feet up in the main raise
from the eighth floor, a north drift
has been started opposite the south
drift, and the same advanced 20
feet. From this drift IL cars were
saved averaging 81 per ton, and the
face is in porphyry and quartz, the
quartz assaying $3.50 per ton. Re-
pairs were made to the main shaft.
The Ophir company, through the
Central tunnel, has continued the
sampling and exploring of the south
lateral drift, with very encouraging
results. Track has been repaired
in several places, and repairs also
made to the south lateral. Material
was stripped from the 2400 level
of the mine during the week.
The Mexican company has con-
tinued the sinking of the winze in
the north drift on the $500 level,
four feet being made for the week;
total depth IS feet. From the open
ing made, there was taken 3S tons
of ore averaging $3O.47 per ton.
These values are much higher than
a week ago. In the north drift, at
a point about $50 feet in, work was
| carried on under the sill floor, and
Is tons sampling 1898 per ton TAX
en- out.
The Union Con. extended the
west crosscut on the 1850 level for
, % feet to the 4S6-foot point, passing
through IS inches of quartz of low
assay value, and through several
, saving assays from nothing to $40
per ton. The face of the crosscut is
in porphyry and stringers of quartz.
The Comstock Pumping association
continued the work of charging the
$500 station of the joint Ophir-Mex-
lean WINE and prepared to install
the pipes to the 200 pumps. The
water was held at all points by the
c. and G. shaft pumps.
At the Yellow Jacket mill, 1O45
tons of dump rock were received at
the mill bins and one bar of bullion
shipped to the smelter. In the
mine prospecting was carried on at
the 1900 and 400 levels. On the
1900 the north drift vas advanced
20 feet to the 1OS-foot point, and on
the 400 level, west crosscut No. 1
was discontinued at the 3O-foot
point, and opposite the west cross
cut an east crosscut was started and
extended II feet. Repairs were
made tot he shaft and incline, and
to the airway on the 100 level.
The Belcher company made re-
pairs to north drift No. 1 on the 400
| laval ond o1Co OF tho lam Station
of the joint incline. Crown Point
also made repairs on the 400 level.
The Overman extended the south
drift, from the east crOsscut, 200
fee. north of the south boundary