The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-05-08

I'LL CPChe Neicho oh III
the past week as taken from the of
ficial reports of superintendent:
Consolidated Virginia and Ophir
continue repairs to the east crosscut
on the $500 level boundary line
leading to a winze, being preparatory
To 200 level operations.
The Ophir in the Central tunnel
extracted 297 cars of milling ore
from the slopes, and developed fair
values on the intermediate vein, at
the sc level, and in the raise at the
Andes line. Shipments to the mill
included 245 tons.
Union Consolidated west crosscut
Or the 1850 level passed through a
Gua1tz formation in the advance OF
the week, from which IL tons of ore
were recovered sampling 1855 per
tOb.
Mexican installed hoist at winze
station en- the $500 north boundary
line and equipped Wine to a depth of
$50 feet. From the $500 level Is
tons of ore, sampling $3.50 per ton,
were taken from the north stope.
Sierra Nevada started important
work repairing an old winze which
will permit exploration of virgin
ground on the 200 level and below,
which contains excellent prospects
for ore discovery.
Comstock Pumping association re-
paired the Ophir Mexican winze and
lowered the water to a point 1872
feet below the $500 level, in the
200 level recovery work.
The Jacket Crown Point Belcher
Mines company milled 767 tons Of
dump rock and shipped bullion to
the smelter. Jacket 1900 east cross
crit cleaned out to the 205-foot point,
preparatory to exploration. Repairs
made at the 1900 station of the
Jacket incline and retimbered north
compartment of the joint incline be-
tween the 400 and 1900 levels.
The Caledonia prospecting work
on the 1000 level showed low grade
quartz in the east crosscut and also
in the north drift.
Top of raise in the Overman from
the 1900 level is in porphyry and
Quartz.
Features of the mining operations
along the COmstock lode the past
week include the further advance of
deer level recovery and preliminary
work for the 200 level exploration
and the improvement encountered on
the $3.50 level of the Union Con. at
the forth end and at the south end
the continued favorable conditions in
prospecting work being carried on,
and good progress made in opening
the new levels of the Jacket. The
Con Virginia company on the $500
level at the north boundary line,
Jointly with the Ophir, has reopened
the east crosscut leading to the old
Con Virginia Wine for 10 feet
through caved ground; total dis
lance now open. 142 feet. This work
is preliminary to the 200 level
"Ort.
The Ophir company from slopes
in the east ledge and on the inter
mediate vein between the east and
middle lodges on the Central tunnel
lev eli, and near the Sc level, has
disclosed a we'll defined quartz vein
six feet wide, carrying fair milling
values. The raise at the Andes line
has also been cleaned out and fair
valnes found at this point.
In the Union Consolidated at the
265O level the past week the west
crosscut was advanced 10 feet; to-
tai length, 635 feet; passed through
a Quartz formation, from which was
AXtracted - tons of ore sampling
$l3.65 per ton. The face of the
crosscut is in p%orphyry. clay and
quartz. The 1850 Wine station was
enlarged to allow hosting in the
north compartment and on the $500
repairs were made to the station of
the old Wine leading from the $500
to inc 1900 level.
The Mexican company in the Wine
OF. $500 level north boundary lin
Installed hoist at the station and in
the wirze placed ladders, platforms,
air pipes and guides to a depth %
150 feet below the collar. A second
iine Of 15-inch air pipe was also in
stalled to the winze station. From
the north stope on the $500 level,
rs tons of ore were extracted, san.p-
ling $3.50 per ton.
The Sierra Nevada company, joint
ly with the Union Con-, has been re-
pairing the top of the old Sierra Ne
vada winze at the $500 level. with a
view to opening up an old west
orosscut that leads back to an old
store in the Union, near the Sierra
Nevada south line, and which yield