The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-01-09

The following summary of mining
operations in the Comstock district
the past week is taken from the Of
fetal reports of superintendent:
Consolidated Virginia prospecting
from 23-foot point in the $500 level
raise, and south drift extended fiji
teen feet. Saved eighteen cars
averaging 1888 per ton. Also saved
eighteen cars sampling $500 from
catching up ground under the 2,4OO
level connection.
Encouraging results obtained in
Ophir in sampling ground from Cen
trail tunnel. In some slopes old
fill sampled $3.50 to Sc, and mar
row streaks of ore in foot and hang
ing walls SIS and SIC per ton. One
stope shows four feet of ore sampling
81 per ton.
Mexican continues sampling of the
vein on the 1890 level under the sill
floor and extracts ore running from
$S.49 to $1O.SS per ton.
Union Con. west crosscut on the
1850 level extended through por-
phry and stringers of quartz.
Comstock Pumping association
starts important work of making al
terations in the $500 Ophir = Mexi-
can winze station preparatory to in.
stallation of the 2,700 level pumps
New parts placed on Riedler pumps
Yellow Jacket mill ran on dunn
rock, 95S tons being placed in bins
Two bars of bullion shipped to the
smelter. Prospecting continued or
1900 level of the mine.
Belcher strengthened the ground
above the bulkhead constructed be-
low the 1,40O level in the joint in
cline.
Crown Point eased timbers and re-
paired in north drift No. 2 on the
1,400 level.
The Overman company, ON the l.
the vein from east crosscut, 200 feet
north of the south line. Face in ia
vorahle quartz on tn footwall.
The east crosscut on the 200 level
of the joint Confidence-Challenge-
Imperial shaft is in quartz and por-
phry.
The report of the COmstock Pump
ing association today contains the
important information that work vas
started this morning making alter
ations in the joint Ophir-Mexican
winze station on the $500 level, pre-
paratory to the installation of the
2,7OO level pumps. This means the
starting of preliminary operations in
the direction of u~nwatering the
North End mines from the $500 lev
els according to the plan outlined by
the committee of superintendent,
and unanimously adopted by the as
s~OicatiOn. 1t also mean that in the
near future all of the North End
mines will have available 200 feet in
depth of additional virgin ground for
exploration, and containing excellent
prospects for new ore discovery. May
it be the advance agent of prosperous
times in Virginia City in 1915. Other
work of the association for the week
included the placing of new parts on
the Riedler pumps and the routine
operation of the c and c pumps.
Consolidated Virginia company in
the stope above the south drift from
the $500 two compartment raise
completed the work of catching up
the ground under the sill floor of the
2,400 leel, and saved eighteen cars
of ore averaging $500 per ton.
Further prospecting from the raise
is now under way and at the 23-foot
point up from the sill floor, a south
drift was started and advanced fiji
teen feet. From this work eighteen
cars of ore were extracted of an
average assay value of 1888 per
ton. On the 1000 level, repairs have
been made to the northeast drift
used as an airway. Repairs were
also made to the main shaft.
A report of interest and import
ance is made by the Ophir company
this week, giving the results of sam
ping carried on in the old workings
from the Central tunnel. Early in
the week, in the Contra tunnel, the
work was advanced through the
caved ground and 1920 feet of tun-
mel is now open and in good condi-
ton. The we crosscut was found
open and in excellent shape for 22O
feet as are a number of north and
south drifts leading to the old
slopes. In some of the slopes old