The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-03-24
COMSTOCK AT
DEEP LEVLES

Comstock this week, where opera
tons are now being carried on at
the deepest point in over thirty
-ears and several excellent prospects
cording to the official reports from
the mines. Much interest is being
conferred in the old Con. Virginia
mine at the present time, where the
southwest drift from No. 2 west
crosscut on the 2700-foot level is
following on the course of a strong
vein. The official report of last
Saturday showed quartz and clay
formation and sampling $4.90 to
SIS per ton, and it is reported this
week that there is a gradual i'm
provement with the advance of the
drift. which assays up to $40. The
face of the drift, at last reports,
was all in quartz. This vein is in
a big block of virgin ground and
. the conditions appear promising for
a considerable ore development.
At the Union shaft, operations are
being carried on as usual, with the
Mexican mill receiving ore from the
Union mine and from the storage
piles on the surface. Ore is being
taken out at the same points and
on the same levels as last week,
some high grade being secured from
the southwest drift on the 1900
level. Exploration work continues
and on the 200 level good progress
is being made in %reopening the old
west crosscut from the Union-Sierra
Nevada winze, which connects with
the shaft. Mexican has completed
installation of electric hoist on the
2500-290O Wine, and will start
work on the 1900 level as soon as
possible. Sierra Nevada reports
good progress in the development
work on the 24OO, $500 and 1900
levels, the north drift on the latter
level showing quartz of low assay
value. There is no change in the
Ophir 200 level crosscut. Andes
has resumed the extraction of ore
from the stope on the 350-foot
level.
The Comstock Pumping associa-
tion is cleaning out the stump of the
Mexican and Ophir winZe at the
1900 level this week and making
further progress on the station.
In Gold Hill, the Jacket company
has received lumber and material
for the mill and alterations are
being made preparatory to installing
new equipment which will increase
the efficiency of the plant, At the
Jacket surface tunnel, repairs are
being made to the north drift and
crosscut, and much ore is being
saved.
The Alpha and EXchequer are
grade ore on the 20O-foot level from
the Imperial shaft.
The Comstock Leasing company
continues it's successful operations
! on the Chollar and Potosi.
Work in the Comstock mines is
being carried on this week at prac-
tically the anne points as last, with
conditions prevailing of a favorable
and encouraging character in the
exploration and prospecting opera
tons. Excellent Roadway has been
made this week cleaning up the
29O0 station of the Mexican and
Ophir winze and this work is now
well along to completion. The
cleaning out of the crosscut and
level will soon be under way. No
time OF effort is being spared to
start DEVELOPMENT work on this
level at the first possible moment,
where the outlook is especially fav-
orable for ore, with a very extensive
prospected.
Con. Virginia on the 2700-foot
level is driving south IN the vein,
and the face is all in quartz, with
values remaining about the same as
last reported. The formation con-
tinues strong and the prospects for
ore considered most promising.
At the Union shaft, the %reopening
of the old south drift on the 1000
level continues through the Mexican
and will soon reach the Ophir mine.
On the $500 level, the same work is
being carried on towards the Ophir,
and Mexican is sampling the quartz
streaks exposed for the purpose of
starting prospecting. Ore is being
extracted from the 2400 and $500
slopes of the Union Con. and ship
ments made to the Mexican mill.
Work continues in the high-grade
streak near the east winZe on the
26OO-foot level. On the 200 level
work of opening back to the Union
shaft has now reached the lateral