The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-02-26
STRIKE IN
ROCHESTER MERGER
GOOD ORE IL REPORTED M
FOUR NEW POINTS IN
PROPERTY

ROCHESTER,, New, Feb. 90
Recent development in the Roches'
ter Merger Mines property are oil q
most interesting character, foul very
important strikes having been re
corded during the past week. Tive
of them were on veins cut in tae
Friedman tunnel, another in the
north drift on the Rochester No.
vein in the Pitt tunnel, and the
fourth was in the old Ferry and
Sampson lease workings.
At 945 feet from the portal oil
the Friedman tunnel three feet OF
free gold ore has been developed
with a small amount of work on q
vein which showed only a small
strelk of quartz where cut by the
tunnel. While doing a little pros
recting On it, superintendent Blnlls
found that the quartz panned a lit
tie gold, and he then had a lew
rounds of shots put in, which re-
suited in opening two feet of goo1
ore. A little more work exposed
three feet of ore, all of which pans
liberal quantities Of the yellow met
al. No assays have yet been Cd
tanned, but excellent values are eVl-
dent by the paintings.
The other strike in the Friedman
nnnal was made in the north drift
that is being driven on the vein Ell
countered at the 1015-foot point
where the ore has widened to tbs
full face of the drift, and shows an
abundance of silver bromides aud
sulphides. This ore will run ron
s25 tc. $40 a ton. The drift is
being rapidly advanced, and the
showing of ore is steadily improv-
ing.
In the Pitt tunnel workings the
north drift on the Rochester NO
4 vein is showing strong streaks Of
quartz carrying good values, whiei
is believed to be the forerunner O
the Boughton ore shoot from which
extensive shipments of high-gradf
ore were made during the operation
of the Boughton lease in the work
ings 400 feet above the Pitt tunne
level. The present showing in this
drift is very encouraging for a DIG
body of ore within the near future,
A cross-cut will be driven across
the 25-fcot vein at this point tc
prospect for the main ore shoot.
But little change is noted in con
ditions in the south drift from the
tunnel. which it is estimated mus
lie driven about so feet further be
fore encountering the downward pro-
lection of the rich Ferry and Samp-
son orebody.
A fine body of ore showing ma
tive silver has been opened through
n cross-cut from a vertical raise .hat
was put up by Ferry and Sampson
while leasing in the upper workings
the raise having missed this rion
orc ny only a few feet. This is a
continuation of the orebody that
was first disclosed about two months
ago adjacent to the Ferry ana
IN drift, and which runs from
$50 to 1925 a ton, the principal
values being gold.
The big ore bins here are filled
to cauacity and ore is now beics
storeI in the mine as fast as broken
in development work, awaiting ship
nett when the roads are in condi-
t:cn or hauling. This oretody has
r,w beer proved for a length oil
radically 200 feet, these workings
giving a depth OF about 200 fee'
from the surface. all of which is
virgin stopping ground.
A complete assay Office equip
ment has just been purchased by the
Merger company and will be Installed
as quickly as possible to overcome
the present inconvenience and dc
lay in obtaining assay returns, II
now being necessary to send sam
pies out of camp to determine the
values.
Other development work that Is
planned by this company will soof
be inaugurated and additional ore
bodies orened for production.
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