The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-05-15

Con. virginia ana OphiI continued
joint preliminary work for 1900
level operations, cleaning out old
$500 crosscut leading to deep winze.
Ophir, on Central tunnel level
workings, reports six feet of ore
sampling $13 per ton. Improving
values also exposed in raise near
Andes line.
Mexican breaks down and stores
ore in north Slope $500 level. Cage
installed in $500 winze, and latter
equipped to the 270O level. Equip
ment also put in west crosscut $500
level.
Union Con. west crosscut IN
1850 level in porphyry. clay and
quartz. Six tons ore saved sam
ping $1O.26 per ton.
Sierra Nevada and Union jointly
repairing Wine station on boundary
line, and placing foundations for ho-
tel.
Comstock Pumping association,
at Ophir-MeXican winZe, continued
repairs and lowered water to a point
1877 feet below the $500 level. All
pumps working successfully.
Jacket-Crown Point-Belcher Mines
company continued recovery on 1900
level of Jacket; retimbered joint in
cline $50 feet below 400 level, and
further ~prospected to south on 1900
level of the Belcher. Low grade fill
taken out of Crown Point.
Jacket mill received 272 tons Of
lump rock and shipped bar of bull
lion to smelter. Storm curtailed
operations at mill for the week.
Overman raise on the 1900 level
on the vein, at 50-foot point. shows
porphyry and quartz at the top.
The official statements of the
Comstock mine superintendent for
the past week show many features
of interest, and further Roadway
made in the deep level recovery and
exploration. The Ophir and Con. Vir-
ginia, on the boundary line between
the two mines on the $500 level.
cleaned out and repaired the old
east crosscut leading to the old Con.
Virginia winZe for IL feet through
caved ground; total distance now
open 154 feet. Other joint work by
these companies includes repairs to
the southwest drift on the 1465 leve'
from the Ophir shaft, same being a
part of the ventilation system.
The Ophir at the Central tunnel
reports increasingly improving con
ditions, where the north drift on the
-toc,,nI;nt vain Wac nytnn6pI Ia
feet, revealing better values. The
face of this drift shows about six feet
of ore, sampling $13 per ton. The
old raise neal the Andes line is also
being repaired, where improving val
ues are reported. From the slopes
of the east ledge, and below the Sc
foot level, 275 cars of ore were saw
ed. On account of the unfavorable
weather conditions, making hauling
impossible at times, $50 tons only
were milled during the week.
The Mexican company on the $500
level, broke and stored ore in the
north stope. On the $500 level, in
the winze on the north boundary
line. work was completed of Install
ing ladders, platform, blower pipe
and guides to the 200 level, and put
in cage. There was also installed
fo%ur-inch drain pipe and two-inch
compressed air pipe to the 2|oo
level. The west crosscut from the
northeast drift was cleaned out and
track and blower pipe laid for a
distance of $50 feet.
Union Con. on the 1850 level ad-
vanced the west crosscut 10 feet;
total length GAS feet. The face is
in porphyry, clay and quartz. From
This crosscut six tons of ore were
taken, sampling $1O.26 per o n
The Sierra Nevada, jointly with
the Union Con-, have continued alter
atoms and repairs and retimbering
tie winze station on the boundary
line between the two properties ana
foundations prepared for hoist. This
winZe is to be utilized for work be-
low the $500.
The Jacket-Crown Point-Belcher
Mines company was obliged to cur
tail milling operations to some eX-
TEN the past week on account OF the
storm, and as a result only 272 tons
of dump rock were received at the
mill bins. One bar of bullion was
shipped to the smelter. In the mine
the 1900 level of the Jacket is be-
ing r%eopened, the east crosscut now
being repaired to the 2S4-fOot point.
At the joint incline, the north com
partment was repaired to the 2S4-
foot point. At the joint incline, the
north compartment was repaired and
timbered to a point $50 feet below
the 400. On the 1900 of the Crown
Point in east crosscut No. |, a chute
was put in and so cars of low grade
fill taken out. TIE south prospect
ing drift on the 1900 of the Belcher
was extended to the 111-foOt point,
but no change of importance is re-