The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-08-20

Prices were generally weaker yesterday and
trading showed a falling off. Morrow kept pegging
away at PotOsi during the day and the price was
forced down to So % on the 80 P. NJ. call under
sales OF 1900 shares No OF any Importance
was received from the front during the day, an d
as the connections between the south lateral drift
on the HOO level OF Con- Cal. & Virginia have
been made with the Best 4 Belcher nothing es Pc
cialy striking is looked for until that time.
On the early call Cope was an active seller of
Con. Cal Il Virginia and the price lowered to
ST. and IL was the only stock to show any activity
After the call prices shaded off under lively trading
and Con. Cal. d Virginia sold down to 81 621a
under sales OF 1870 shares. Best Bccher declined
to So As under sales of 3OO5 shares and Ophir to
So IS. 1850 shares. The balance of the north-end-
ers followed suit, did the middle stocks of which
Savage sold down to 81 80 under the sale OF 270O
shares. ana the market closed dull and heavy for
the noon recess. ON the 2:30 p. NJ call Con Cal. IL
virginia suddenly jumped up to 81 rs under pur-
chases by Fitch and Van wyck. thereby catching
snort several of the leading ''chippers'' of the
Pacthc Board. After the call prices remained
STEADY ana the market looked well az the close.
Silver showed quite weakness in New York
yesterday selling down to $3.50, a decline OF 81
Of a cent over prices of the day previous.
The Oceanic Steamship Company has declared a
dividend OF 90 cents per share payable September
shipment of bullion valued at $1,000 has been
received from the Mayhower Gravel Mining Com
A bullion shipment valued at about $4,000 has
been received from the Candelaria mine OF Mexico.
Bullion valued at $685. 80 received from the
Mt. Diablo yesterday.
Geary-street Cable has declared a dividend of 81,
payable now
Inc following Official letters were placed on file
MoNo-South drift No 2, 7OO-foot Lowell was e1-
tended Is feet. Upraise above DRIFT was extended
IA feet
BoDIE-East crosscut No. /, 7OO-foot level, was
extended IL feet. East crosscut No. . from main
north drift same Level was extended Is feet. Up
raise from south dritt No. p 40O-foot level. ex-
tended feet, East crosscut 25Ofoot lever, Jupiter
shaft. was extended feet. South drift from above
croSScut was extended 9 feet.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS from north drtt from No.
IL upraise was EXTENDED 20 feet Face OF crosscut
stil in ore. Are still retimbering the waste chute
between the Bulwer tunnel level and the 2oO-foot
level
HALE NoRcRoss-west crosscut No. l. started
from the south drift 1850 level Is feet south of the
station advanced 10 feet, total length 80 feet
face is In quartz and porphyry. IN suorth drift
from the wmze at the end of No. 3 east crOsscut
was advanced feet, total length % feet; face is
in low-grade On the 1900 level No. east
crosscu:, started 55 feet of Ne. .
cut is advanced 50 feet No. west crosscut, oppo-
site No. 3 east, is advanced 80 feet No. west
80 feet north OF the boundary
phyry. AL the end OF No east cr0Sscut have
started Wine aud sunk some 10 feet. The bottom
shows some good ore.
Wine No. .. started at the end of No. east
orosScut is advanced 10 feet. Have hosting en-
gine in place at the top of this Wine. which Will
greatly facilitate the work of sinking. The main
Incline Is repaired and retimbered 1875 feet below
the 1000 level
sAvAGE-During the week have holsted 452 cars
OF ore from the 500. $50 $50 and 400 levels.
Shipped to the Mexican mili ia tons and mile
AGO tons; average battery assay Sl6 81. Have
bullion hand amounting SIS ,694 IS. The
bullion yield OF the mine for the month Of July
$29.5S2 10. Have connected the Sinaloa shaft
with the E-street tunnel and sttli doing some
necessary tlmbering at the point OF connection:
The west drift from the new station PotOsi tunnel
level was advanced IS feet; total length SiS feet.
on the HOO level the north DRIFT from the Hale &
NorcrOss side was advanced Is feet, making its
total length 275 feet from our south boundary: face
is in quartz The east drift from the station of
the Savage shaft at this level is advanced 40 feet
face Is In quartz and porphyry. On the 400 level
the northwest drift from the station at bottom of
100 wiuze is advanced as feet face is in good
Gu the 1900 level the north lateral drift from la e
NorcrosS side is advanced So feet from the SOut
boundary face is in quartz snd porphyry.