The morning call., 1891-10-24
THE STOCK MARKET.

Notwithstanding further advance in prices yes
terday, business showed quite falling off from the
previous day. News of an Improvement on the
1S0O-foot level OF Con. Cal Virginia was received
during the day, but 1T did not have any beneficial
effect on the price of the stock.
On the early call 0phr opened at 50 20, Mexican
So SO, Best Il Belcher 81 rs and Con. Cal. & Vr-
ginia So 371a under sales of $40 shares, taken
principally by Stauf from different sellers. The
balance Of the list showed no change, but were
steady under light sales After the call Con- Cal &
Virginia sold up to So 80 and back again to SO 25
under sales OF 14S0 shares and ophir SO 25. The
balance OF the list followed suit, but shading off
Just before noon they closed weak and heavy. On
the 2:3O afternoon session there decline under
light sales. After the call prices were little
heavy, and the market closed dull.
NOTES
John l. Minear, prominent mining man OF
Southern California, Is in the city.
An assessment of 20 cents per share has been
levied the East Best & Belcher
Bullion valued at $l3.7l2 81 has been sent by the
Con. Cal & Virginia to the Carson Mint, making a
total to date on october account of S27,050 l3.
Silver opened weak IN New York yesterday at
96ss and sold down to So cents, sellers option
dividend of 10 cents per share will be paid on
the 26th by the Homestake Mining Company, and
also by the Standard Consolidated Mining Com
Pioche, New, is said to be on IFS legs again The
Phoebe Con carries 425 men on Its pay roll and
other mines employ many. So the camp bcoms.
yellow jacket shipped to the Vivian mil last
week 40 tons of silver bearing rock and 100 tons of
gOd-bearing shipped to the Santiago mill.
Tim Review: The De Free mill has completed
its run upon COptis ore and cleanup is now in
progress, after which the mill Will resume crushing
Dexter
Silver State: During the month of September
the Bullion Beck mine III Utah shipped 2700 tons of
ore. This is the largest output In single month
the Beck has ever made. but the mine will be able
to keep II up for long time to come based on what
has been opened lately i'll the various levels.
Silver States The JACK Rabbit mine. near Casa
Grande, ArZ., recently sold for $4,000 is a nice
little property, says the Ph@aix Herald. Thomas
Cochran recently explored and calculated that
there were 400 tons of ore on the dump and 600
tons developed in the mine, worth at least $50 per
ton.
aggrtgatlng $500 october 22d, making 500. 600
The Cenr Alene silver-Lead Mining Company
of Idaho has declared Dividend No II OF cents
per share. aggregatlng $4,000, payable November
18th, making $40, coo p.!d this year.
The May Mazeppa Mining Company OF Colorado
paid. October 18th, Dividend No. 10 of 324 cents
per share, aggregating S37 800.
The Centennial Eureka Mining Company of Utah
paid. october 18th, Dividend No. n of 81 per
share, aggregating $4,000 making $27OO0O paid
The following notes are taken from the Nevada
The ledge in The Federal Loan shaft increases
daily in richness. II is now three feet thick and
widenS with every foot the shaft is sunk.
A Il. Turner of Huat's mill will put up an eight
stamp mill to work the cement gravel from mis-
claim. He Will mine the gravel by drifting
The ledge in the Champion mine is between four
and five feet in size and is composed OF quartz
which pays as high AS 500 pr ton. dividend de-
clared on the 18th inst. amounted to $1,000 or 10
per share. The ledge shows signs of charging
Len Foote and and James Peard. who have
been working the PittSburg mine, Gold Fiat. on
tribute, have struck It rich. They are working be-
tween the 200 and 800 levels south OF the mill
shaft. recent cleanup fro ten tons OF ore from
this shoot averaged Sis per ton. exclusive OF the
sulphurets. which are also rich.
The Mayfower mine at Canada Hill, is looking
splendid. The Mayhnwer mine is owned by Martin
brothers aud Waters n Richard, OF Nevada City,
and is now being worNe ed by some tributers. A re-
cent cleanup from about sixty tons OF ore paid S22
In free gold, and the tributers Will average
81 SO per day for their labor. The company have
good holstlng plant aud four-stamp mill. all run
by water power