The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-06-12

The following is a summary OF
the mining operations on the Com
stock the past week, as taken from
the official reports of s~uperintend-
ents:
Ophir and Con. Virginia complete
repairs to $500 incline station and
have started to clean out the main
north drift to be utilized for venti-
lation and prospecting work.
Ophir, at Central tunnel work.
ings, recovered 800 cars of milling
ore and shipped ESQ tons to the mill.
Outlook excellent for securing large
tonnage of paying ore in north and
south sections of the workings.
Andes crosscut has been extended
to the 41-foot point, but not yet
reached the vein that appears so
promising in the Ophir ground.
Mexican breaking down and stor-
ing ore in north stope on $500 level.
Union west crosscut on 1850 level
continues in porphyry and quartz.
Sierra Nevada and Union cleaning
out west crosscut on boundary line
on $500 level.
Comstock Pumping association en-
larging ditch below floor of east drift
from Ophir-Mexican winze on 27OO
level to facilitate the drainage of
the water.
Jacket-Brown Point-Belcher Mines
company received 958 tons of dump
rock and 100 tons of mine rock at
mill. Prospecting work continues
in the mine, and necessary repairs
made on several levels, and in joint
incline where pumping plant will be
installed.
Overman making repairs to ma
chinery and boilers.
The official letters of the superin-
tendents today will be read with in
terest, for they give a complete
statement of the progress of the new
work under way at the north and
south ends of the lode. The Con-
solidated Virginia and the Ophir are
engaged jointly in repairs and over
hauling of the Always on the 1863
and 1000 levels, and on the $500
level retimbering the east portion
of the incline station has been com
pleted, and the work of cleaning out
and timbering the main north drift
from the station has been placed
under way. The drift was opened
ten feet, and is now in caved ground.
Important mining and development
work is to be carried on from this
drift later on, and a connection made
to the north with Mexican, Union
and Sierra Nevada.
The Ophir at the Central tunnel
continued the development and pros
pecting work on the Central tunnel
level, and from various points o
800 cars of milling ore and treated
$50 tons at the mill. The north drift
was extended II feet and timbered
at the point of connection with old
drift. Although some work was
done at this locality in the past, the
prospects are good for securing a
large tonnage of paying ore at this
time. The same holds true at the
southerly end of the Ophir claim,
where there appears to be a large
body of good milling ore in a VEN
That has been reached by cleaning
out an oil dcrosscut. ~Crosscutting
for this vein is o under way in
Andes ground, 60 feet south, aud
has been extended Al feet, but has
not yet reached the vein.
The Mexican, aside from the joint
work with Sierra Nevada and Union
Con-, continued to break down ore
in the north stOpe on the $500 Level
and stored it in the slopes.
The Union and Sierra Nevada on
the $500 level, cleaned out and re
AIRED the west crosscut for a dis
lance of ~ feet; total length, "a
feet. On the 1850 level the west
crosscut is in porphyry and quartz al
the 675-foot point.
At the mill of the Jacket-Crown
P~oint-Belcher Mines company 95S
tons of dump rock were received.
and 100 tOns of mine rock, n two
bars of bullion shipped tC smelter.
In the mine, on the 800 level of
the Jacket the north prospecting drift
has been opened for a distance OF
$50 feet, and on the 1900 level OF
the Belcher the original south drift
has been turned to the east and IS
now running in a southeast direc-
ton; total length 1873 feet. Four
teen cars of low grade ore were saw
A.