The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1917-05-26
ROCHESTER MINES
MAINTAIN VALUES
Especial Correspondence

Especial Correspondence
LOVELOCK, May 26.-The follow
ing official statement of operations on
the Rochester Mines, Rochester Com
bined Mines and Seven Troughs Coad-
tion has been issued from the head
offices here:
Rochester Mines Company
The drifts to the north and south
on the S00-foot level are still in good
ore, the gold values being maintained.
A good body of high-grade milling
ore has been opened up on the 300
foot level and indications of the for
nations would lead us to believe that
we are in close proximity to the con-
tinuation of the rich ore shoot encoun-
tered on the S0O-foot level. A raise
will be started in few days from the
900-foot level to connect with the
Wine started from the 800-foot level.
The 700-foot level continues to look
good.
We are taking ore out from the 100
and 420-foot levels, and also from the
north and south drifts on the 650-foot
level.
Rochester Combined Mines Company
Good headway was made during the
week in the development of the prop
erty of the Rochester Combined Mines
Company and excellent showings con-
tinue in all the faces of the working
places.
Timbering of the Happy Jack shaft
is we'll under way. The vein where
they are now working at the bottom
of the shaft, is from fourteen to six
teen feet wide and the last assays
gave US returns of 80 ounces silver,
per cent lead and $500 gold. This
shaft will be sunk to a depth of 200
feet. at which point drifting and cross
cutting will be carried on.
Machine drills are being operated
both night and day in the Moynaugh
tunnel, where the last few rounds OF
shots have opened up encouraging
formation and we are in hopes of
soon being able to make favorable
statement concerning development at
this point.
The Link No. tunnel has advanced
to date a distance of 105 feet, where
a crosscut is now being started to
determine the width of the vein.
The trenching for the four-inch pipe
line has been completed and the pipe
is now being laid. which no DOUBT
will be completed within week or
ten days time. X
Good headway was made on the mill
excavation during the past week.
The first cars of lumber arrived
during the week, which will be used
to erect a store house and mine Office.
Seven TrOughs Coalition
A vein was struck in the raise at
the 125-foot point which proved to be
barren, carrying no value However.
striking the vein at this point would
indicate that the vein goes to this
depth and that an ore shoot should
be encountered with more develop
ment work.
The main drift south from the 1900
foot level is now in a distance of $50
feet and will be driven-to the 400
foot point, where we will start au-
other upraise to encounter the vein
struck in the first upraise and where
we are in hopes of finding values.
Seven Troughs Mining Company
No. 2 stope on the 700-foot level is
producing a considerable amount of
mill ore. Bunches of high-grade are
being found continuously and the SUI
perintendent reports that he took out
forty pounds during the last week.
The crosscut on the S00-foot level is
now in a distance of fifty-four feet,
still in stringers of quartz. and we are
in hopes of penetrating vein at every
round of shots.