The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-05-29

The following is a summary of the
mining operations On the Comstock
the past week, as taken from the Of
.icial reports OF superintendent.
Ophir and Con. Virginia repairing
$500 station of Ophir incline, pre-
paratory to opening main north DRIFT
for ventilation and prospecting pur-
poses.
At Central tunnel workings, north
drift advanced Is feet on six foot
vein, average face samples for week
Icing $12.
Crosscut in Andes ground shows
low grade quartz in face after ad-
vance of Is feet.
Ophir extracted 297 cars of ore for
mill and milIed 245 tons.
Mexican on $500 level broke down
ore in north stope and drew off "a
tons sampling $12.14. Repairs made
to west crosscut or 25OO level and
south drift on 200 level reopened
to 170-foot point from WINES.
Sierra Nevada and Union on 25OO
level installed hoist and cage At
winze station and cleared away cav
ed ground on station to west CT
winze.
Union west crosscut on the 265O
,eyel, extended to COO point, face
showing porphyry and quartz.
Comstock Pumping association re-
ports water standing 205 feet below
the $500 level in Ophir- Mexican
Wine. General repairs made to the
winZe.
Ja~cket-Crown Point-Belcher Mines
company mill received 977 tons of
dump rock and shipped one bar of
bullion to the smelter.
On 1900 level of Jackson ground,
repair work being carried on north
and south from east crosscut. AT
Joint incline further preparations
made for installation OF pumps.
South drift on the 1900 level Of
Belcher is in low grade quartz; lis
cars of fill taken from chutes on
1900 level of Crown Point.
Overman started west crosscut
from raise above 1900 level, at 60
foot point and face in quartz and
porphyry.
Mining reports submitted today by
Comstock superintendent will be
pursued with interest by those close
ly following present operations, for
they chronicle further Roadway made
in the campaign of recovery, which
seem destined to cor bring most
favorable results in the deep levels,
which are now available for work
after being thirty years under wa
ter. The Consolidated Virginia and
Ophir, jointly with the COmstock
Pumping association, have been re-
pairing the southwest airwaY on the
1865 level of the Ophir incline shaft,
and on the $500 level the incline
shaft station has been cleared of
caved ground and timbers placed,
which is preparatory to opening the
main north drift from this station,
to be utilized for prospecting and
ventilation purposes.
The Ophir. aside from its joint
work, has continued the develop
ment of the Contra tunnel work
ings, and the results being obtained
hold out much encouragement for
a most profitable milling PROPOSE,
ton, with the chances good for IN,
covering ore of high value. The
past week the north drift was adj
vanced 10 feet on the vein, which
continues six feet in width, and the
daily face SAMPLES have averaged
$12 per ton. The face is now SO
feet from the main west crosscut,
and the last forty feet made has
been through naw ground. An old
east crosscut is being repaired at a
point 40 feet back from the face,
and leading to the east ledge, from
this vein. 1t passes through quartz
and fill of milling grade. The cross
cut in Andes ground was carried
, forward Is feet, and the face is il
low grade quartz. From the slopes
on the 56-foot level and the east
ledge, and also from the develop
ment work. 297 cars of ore We're
taken out and 245 tons milled.
The Mexican company on the $500
level the past week broke down and
stored one in the north stope, and
from tho stope drew off S4 tons sam
ping Sf2.14 per ton. On the $500
level, the west crosscut On the north
boundary line was cleaned out aud
track laid for a distance of 40 feet,
Total distance now in repair 240
feet. On the 200 level, the south
drift from the winze station vas re-
paired, drains repaired and floor and
track put down for a distance of 10
feet.
The Sierra Nevada and Union Con
companies on the boundary line. $500
level, completed installation of hoist