Show COMSTOCK MERGER MINES NOW GETTING BUSY the comstock merger mines inc with a largely aug blunted me force e of men is energetically pushing forward pre nar y work to the le extraction of ore at the middle mines tam n in this city and as soon as possible ore shipments will C 1 be started over the V T railway to the mill at 0 stock says gays the virginia enterprise 1 A 50 ton ore chute is being built near the main work 4 1119 will tunnel 1 at the hale norcross and from that point ore be i hauled via gold hill stan ton tion the railroad to siding near 1 where it will be dropped down into the mine through raise and d handled re to the mill tion this f is only a temporary horary Po arrangement pending comple of is b the he haulage lage tunnel extension E excellent xcell ent progress aress eing recorded in the driving of this tunnel feet hav ton 1 19 I the been made at the gold hill header and about feet are rehia virginia end at the chollar potosi preparations gohade could Goi being made ade to mine the ore by drift caving and at the apen C curra by top slicing raises are being driven to len r C new ew levels much activity is to be noted at the surface where siding is being put in by the V T railway and ore bins built the old chollar potosi trestle over the railroad tracks in use for many years in shipment of ore to the sixmile canyon plants is being removed no longer being required in the mine operations the compressor capacity at the norcross is also to be increased and for that purpose the hoist and compressor buildings formerly in use at the belcher mine in gold hill are to be moved to the surface works in this city |