The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-09-18
REVIEW OF WEEKS OPERATIONS
IN Mines OF COMSTOCk LODE

The following is a summary of the
mining operations on the Comstock
the past week as taken from Off
cial reports of superintendent:
Ophir and Con. Virginia have in
stalled hosting engine at head OF
27OO Wine, and started to repair
guides and Wine.
Ophir, in $500 level southwest
drift continued raising to second
floor in the vein and saved 20 cars
of ore asaying $3.50 per ton.
At the Central tunnel, Ophir can
tinued development and saved 314
ears of ore and 23O ions were milled.
Sheaves are being installed over $50
level winze.
Mexican extended south drifts Nos.
3 and 4 on $500 level through por-
phyry and quartz of low assay value.
Wine station advanced to IS foot
point; face in porphyry and quartz.
At a point in main south drift, ~
feet from old west crosscut to I'm
ioE shaft, east crosscut No. 3 was
started and advanced eight feet
through porphyry and quartz. Mill
crashed 131 tons of ore averaging
1927.
Union, on the $500 level in main
north lateral drift, worked in the
quartz and saved six cars of ore
averaging $25.07 and 81 cars of low
sia6e ore in making room for tim
hers. Development work continued
on $500 level, reopening raise No. 2
from $500 to 400; ladders put in
raise to the 245O level, and repaired
southwest drift to Union shaft, in
southwest drift, Is feet from Sierra
Nevada incline station, six cars OF
ore we're saved averaging $2O.64.
At the Union shaft new hosting
rope was put in place and other re-
pairs made by Union, Mexican and
Sierra Nevada companies.
Sierra Nevada engaged in repair
ing southwest drift leading from
Sierra Nevada incline station on the
$500 level to the Union shaft.
Andes continued work in the old
stope south of the Ophir line at the
Central tunnel level and saved "a
Cars of fill.
Pumping association held water at
all points in deep levels and cOntin-
ued repairs on the 200 elvel.
Hale & Norcross lessee repai ing
and timbering the tunnel.
Jacket mill received 759 tons of
dump rock and So tons of mine ore.
One bar of bullion shipped to smell
ter.
At joint incline in Belcher ground
auxiliary pumping plant being in
stalled at 1900 station, and water
held 112 feet below 1900 level in
the incline.
From Belcher raise, 1900 level,
Ga cars of ore were saved, and C. p,
1900 level crOsscut, II cars OF low
grade ore taken out.
In south drift o Fletcher, raise has
been started for ore chute. General
incline .
Ophir and Con. Virginia compan-
les Jointly on the $500 level, have
installed a hosting engine at the
station of the 200 level winze and
have started to repair the guides to
the two compartments of the wInze.
Con. Virginia also made repairs to
the shaft. Ophir, in the southwest
drift started from the east crosscut
from the $500 station of the 22OO
winze, has been raising to the sec
Ond floor on the vein, and extracted
20 cars of ore averaging 1896 per
ton. At the Central tunnel the Ophir
has continued the north drift
through a zone of crushed quartz
and clay of low assay value. This
drift parallels the old Ross drift
about Is feet to the west. The
Wine has been repaired and sheaves
are being put in. From development
work and from the slopes above the
north drift, 314 cars of ore were saw
ed and 230 tons were milled.
The Mexican company, on the $500
level, advanced south drift No. 2
from the west crosscut on the north
boundary line for Is feet, through
porphyry and quartz of low assay
value; total length 55 feet. At a
point so feet east from the main
south lateral drift on the $500 south
drift Nc 4 has been started and ex-
tended eight feet through porphyry
and quartz of low assay value. The
face is in the same material. On
the 27On level the west crosscut from