The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-04-03


fetal reports of superintendent:
Consolidated Virginia has started
a two-compartment winZe at 557-foot
point in northeast drift, $500 level,
and sunk eight feet on the vein.
From this work twelve cars saved
averaged 1898 per ton.
Ophir company continued work of
development in Central tunnel level
workings and saved 249 cars of low
grade ore and worked 175 tons ut
the Kinkead mill
Union Con. on 2650-foot level adj
vanced west crosscut and north and
south drifts through porphyry and
quartz.
Mexican, from understope on $500
level. saved 80 tons of ore sampling
$11.16 per ton, and from stope in
north drift 3S tons sampling $3.50.
Wedge rock was saved from the
south drift.
Comstock Pumping association, on
$500 level, laying stave discharge
pipe and in Ophir-Mexican winze has
repaired south compartment to 1850
foot point and water lowered. Other
work carried on for 200 pump in
stallation.
Yellow Jacket lowered water in
joint incline below 1900 station, and
from 1900 level saved SIC cars of
low grade ore in development work
and stopping. At the mill, S74 tons
of rock were received, and one bar
of bullion shipped to the smelter.
Belcher company, on 1901 level,
advanced south drift No. / on low
grade quartz and saved 16 cars of
ore for mill. At the joint incline re-
pairs made to south compartment to
167-foot point below the 400 level.
Crown Point made necessary re-
pairs.
Caledonia company, On the 400
level, advanced the north drift on
the vein for II feet; total length,
los feet. Face is still in quartz.
Overman has started a raise Is
feet west of south drift in the east
crosscut and carried same up eight
feet through quartz and porphyry.
The Con. Virginia company on the
$500 level at a point 557 feet in the
northeast drift from the east cross
cut, raised seven feet on the second
floor and put in three stope sets of
timbers. At this point, a two-com-
partment winze has been started and
sunk eight feet on the ore vein.
From the opening made ~ cars of
ore, averaging 1888 per ton ere ex-
tracted. Necessary repairs were
made to the main shaft.
Ophir, at the Central tunnel work
ings, has reopened the south lateral
No. l beyond the Andes boundary
line, 800 feet being in good repair;
20 feet was made for the past week.
South lateral No. 2 was reopened
nine feet to the 115-foOt point, and
from the above work 249 cars of low
grade ore were saved, and ia tons
milled at the Kinkead mill.
Union Con-, on the 1850 level, ad-
vanced the west crosscut ten feet to
the 595-foot point, and the face is
in p%orphyry and quartz. The north
and south drifts from the 423-foot
point in the west crOsscut were adj
vanced through porphyry and quartz.
The Mexican company, on the $500
level, extended the south drift from
the northeast drift to the 42-fOot
point, and from this work "a tons
were sent to the wedge dump. From
the understope in the north drift,
80 tons we're extracted sampling
$11.1G per ton, and from the stope
in the north drift at the 123-foOt
point 3S tons were saved sampling
$3.50.
The Comstock Pumping associa-
ton continued the installation of Is
inch wood discharge pipe on the $500
level, $40 feet being placed during
the week, and is nearly completed.
The three large transformers have
been connected up with the power
cable. Work of re-equipping the
Ophir and Mexican winze has been
carried on below the $500 level and
guides, ladders, bearers put in place,
completing the work in the south
compartment to the 265O-foot point
and the water lowered. The rope
men placed the hosting cables on
the two large winches at the winZe
station, and the machinists have con-
nected up all the sections of n ver-
tical turbine pump.
The Yellow Jacket company start
ed the temporary pumping plant the
past week, in the incline, and low
cred the water at that point below
the 1900 station. Necessary repairs
were made to the incline and to the
main shaft. The 1900 level is now
available for recovery and explOra-
ton. Active work continued in the
quartz body on the 1900 level and in
the advance of the north drift, the
east crOsscut and from Slopes Nos.
l and 2 a total of SIC cars of low
e. a.