The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1917-09-22
SEVEN TROUCHS'S
first GOLD BRICK

Especial Correspondence
LOVELOCK, September 21.- The
following report of the progress of
work at the various Friedman prop
critics was given out from the general
Offices of the companies here:
Rochester Mines Company
One of the most important finds
ever made in the Rochester Mines
Company property was made on Mon
day of this week on the 900-foot level.
A crosscut was started towards the
footwall which opend uep a large
body of ore. On Tuesday we started
ten crosscuts towards the footwall
which have opened up ore at every
point. In other words, the supposed
footwall has been merely a rib or
horse, and the best ore is lying be-
yond that How wide the vein will
prove on the 900-foot level is not yet
to be ascertained. The first crosscut,
however, has proven that the ore 1T
that point is forty feet wide.
The vein on the 800-foot level is so
wides that we are drifting north On
the hanging and also on the footwall.
leaving a pillar in between which, OF
course, will be taken out later on.
The stope on the 80O-foot level is
in ore twenty feet wide.
The winze from the 900-foot level,
which is being sunk on the hanging
wall. is down a little more than thirty
feet, averaging across the entire width
s17 silver and 81 gold. The ore to-
wards the footwall of course. will
average much higher, as has been the
case on the 500 and 900-foot levels.
We also have large stope of good
milling ore on the 650-foot level, which
tonnage is being stored in slopes
which have been mined out and, of
course, will eventually be taken to the
mill.
The average production for this
week has been 211 tons per day and
the heads averaging little over $13
per ton.
A bullion shipment was made yes
terday amounting to $4,000.
Rochester Combined Mines Company
The shaft of the Happy Jack prop
erty is now down to the 200-foot
mark and no doubt by the end of next
week we will be drifting both north
and south at this spoint The drift
north on the 100-foot level is in 125
feet and is in excellent ore. the
crosscut at the 100-foot point west 's
in fifteen feet with no indications OF
the hanging wall as yet.
The Kroner drift from the 100-foot
level is in twenty-five feet. The winze
is down fifteen feet from the 100-foot
level. All the workings are in excel
lent ore.
Wine No. in the Shepherd or
working tunnel is now down thirty
feet, with ore getting better in value
as depth is attained. Raise No. is
now up fifty feet. all the way in ore
The face of the working tunnel for
the past week has been in altered
rhyolite with an occasional assay car
rying values, which would indicate
that we are in close proximity to an
other vein or ore body in these wora-
ings. as from past experience the rich
and large ore shoots are usually found
in the altered rhyolite.
The installation of machinery in the
mill is progressing with the usual
amount of speed and most all of the
machinery, with the exception of the
ube-and-ball mill motors and trolley
locomotives, has been shipped, and We
are pressing the manufacturers oi
same to rush shipment as soon as
possible.
Seven Troughs Mining Company
High-grade ore estimated to d
worth $50 per pound was extracted
during the week. Considerable shin
ping ore. which will average between
$3.50 and s400 per ton. was sacked
The first gold brick from the Sever
| Troughs mine was brought into Love
lock yesterday. it being the rsult OF
| test run of a small shipment whlci
was milled at the Darby mill at Ma
yuma, and from results obtained tn
management will no doubt take step
towards the construction of a mill Y
treat its own ore. as the property l
opening up larger and enough ore ha
been blocked out and placed on tn
dumps to insure the company of tn
necessity of putting up milling plan
to treat its own ore instead of sendin
IL to the custom mill.