The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-10-02

, during the past week as taken from
the official reports of superintenG-
ents:
Consolidated Virginia and Ophir
at the 200 Wine repaired guides
and replaced ladders. putting in air
and water pipe for 1876 feet below
the $500 level. Excellent progress
was made in equipping the winze-
Ophir on the $500 level, in the
southwest drift, continued raising
to the third floor in the vein.
Ophir at the Central tunnel work
ings on the $50 level made re
pairs and at the enc of east cross
cut started a north drift on a body
of uuartz, which shows good milling
values. From all work, 3O9 cars
of ore were saved and ESQ tons
milled.
Mexican south drift No. 3 on the
$500 level advanced through por-
phyry and quartz, and work started
reopening the west crosscut from
south lateral drift. East crosscut
No. 8 of the 200 level is in por-
pbyry and quartz. The mill treat
ed Mexican and Union wedge rock
Ind 3 bars of bullion were shipped
Union Consolidated on the 25Oo
level at a point Is feet from the
Sierra Nevada incline station, start
ed a raise in the vein, saving So
cars of ore assaying $24.S7 per ton.
Ton of raise shows three feet OF ore
sampling $50 per ton and on the
south side three feet samples $4o
per ton.
Union timbered the southeast
drift from the Sierra Nevada incline
station on the $500 level and ave
Is cars of ore assaying $l4.o4 per
ton. A raise was started on the
footwall side of the stope in tha
worth drift and GO cars of low grade
ore saved.
Joint work of the Sierra Nevada
and Union on the $500 level fncluo-
cd repairs to the southwest drift OF
the Union shaft, and to the 24eo lev
ell raise in this drift, where an ar
nine was also installed.
Sierra Nevada on the $500
repaired the north drift from the III
cline station and at the lS-foot
mint a west crosscut was started
FL, the vein and an advance OF e,ght
faet shows diorite and quartz In Tue
face.
Comstock Pumping association on
the .7en levt, It'd repair OF
: d,ains in the north drift and started
similar work in the south or''t
Andes repaired ground on the
o5o level and explored upper levers
through an old raise from the tun-
mel level. 80
Jacket mill received 977 tons OF
dunn rock and shipped a par OIL
hullion to the smelter. Repairs were
continued to mill foundation.
The Belcher 1900 raise for ore
cbute was carried up II feet ana "
cars of mill rock saved.
At the joint Belcher-Cro"H
Point incline the water was lowered
As feet for the week n is pelns
held 10 feet below the 1900 lever
on the incline.
General repairs were made TO inc
Jacket shaft and incline and on the
400 level.
The Consolidated Virginia ana
Onhir companies on the 25OO ieVel,
Of the two-compartment 200 lever
w;nze. have continued repairing the
puides. replaced 1876 feet OF lao-
ders. put in $50 feet each OF Two
inch compressed air pipe, N ana d
half inc water pipe and 15-inch ar
nine. The work of e%quipping the
winze is progressing most satlsfact-
orv. and it will be put under way
on the 200 level. Anyways nave
COW repaired on the $500 level n
also the main shaft.
The Ophir in the southwest orii'
-, = point 10 fee in has contlh-
ned raising to the third tloor III the
vein. which is being explored apo'e
the $500 level At the Central tuh-
rel the south drift on tunnel
was repaired and on $50 level, me
Bottom of the winze has been cieah-
ed out ana the east crosscut -
haired and track laid. From the
end of this crosscut, a DRIFT 10 the
north has been started on a pooS
of quartz, which shows good milling
values. Work has also been started
cleaning out the south drift. There
was saved during the week 3O9 cars
of ore and $50 tons were mllied'
Mexican on the $500 level ad-
vaneed south drift No. 3 eight feet
through porphyry and quartz OF low
ASSAY value, with the face in the
same material. West crosscut NO.
from the main south lateral drift
was cleaned out and repaired LOT d
distance of 20 feet. On the 2foo
level, east crosscut No. 3 from the
main south drift was advanced eight