The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1917-03-17
big MINES OF
SOUTH END COUNTY
Especial Correspondence
Lovelock, March 16,
Rochester Mines Company

Rochester Mines Company
A crosscut has been started on the
footwall from the 800-foot level, which
indicates that a large ore shoot has
been encountered. AT this writing in
sufficient work has been performed
to determine the width of the vein.
All other working places ins the mine
are continuing in ore with the usual
amount of tonnage blocked out and
added to the immense reserve.
The tramway is practically COM
pleted. The stringing of the last
cable will be finished this week.
Owing to the bad weather which
has prevailed during this week, op-
erations have been seriously delayed.
Rochester Combined Mines Company
The crosscut in Shepherd No. tun-
mel has been driven to 107 feet and rs
face advances more sulphides are
shown. The drift in the crosscut in
the Shepherd tunnel is now in a dis
tance of 72 feet, driven all this way
in excellent ore. The working tunnel,
which will cut the main upper vein
in approximately ninety feet, is now
in twenty-eight feet and already
shows punches Of good ore.
Machine drills have been started in
tunnel A. which is on a parallel vein
with the big vein in the Shepherd tun
mel, and the general character of as
says taken so far gives returns of
twelve ounces. This work is of much
consequence, not only for the valu-
able ore which so far has been en-
oountered, but also the fact that It
will give a line on other parallel
veins which exist in the hill.
Trenching on the south side of the
Packard hill is showing some very
promising formation with float and
streaks of good ore similar to that in
the Shepherd tunnel. This trenching
is over 1000 feet north of the present
workings. all of which is evidence of
the big vein encountered in the Shep-
herd tunnel beyond that point.
Development work with machine
drills is being pushed day and night
in all tunnels, drifts and crosscuts.
However, our present machinery is
inadequate to keep up with the new
development, and. as before stated,
we are installing a new compressor,
which was shipped from San Fran
cisco last Tuesday, and no doubt will
arrive at the mine the latter part of
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this new compressor the company
will be able to install and operate
eight more machine drills.
Seven TrOughs Coalition Mining Co.
The pitch of the formation is
straigl ic dng up and becoming truer
to its natural course. which gives the
management every reason to believe
that the lost ore shoots will soon be
encountered again.
The drift from the 1.S00-foot level
is now advanced lis feet. After driv-
ing ten feet further the men will go
back to the 100-foot point and start
an upraise, as previously stated. In
this way the upraise will not inter
fere with the driving of the drift up
to the 200-foot point, from which place
the second upraise will be made.
Seven Troughs Mining Company
Work is progressing as usual. with
most gratifying results. The ore IS
increasing in value as well as in width
as depth is attained.
The first car of ore which is to be
shipped to the Selby Smelling & Lead
Company of San Francisco is now on
its way to Lovelock by team. and as
soon as the carload is brought in the
shipment will be made.