The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-05-11
THE STOCK MARKET.

The market showed no particular change yester-
day. Prices hung fire and no great amount OF stock
changed hands.
There Is a complete absence of news from the
front and nothing further is known from the i'm
provemen in the south DRIFT for the Mexican
Rumors have it that the force OF miners In
the face Of the drift has been shifted to other
parts OF the mine, and others are to the
effect that WORK has been suspended at that
point. Until something further Is known OF a FUR
Their improvement Is made, no material change in
prices IS looked for, the sudden advance on sat
urdsy has brought considerable STOCK into the mar
ket. At present the sellers outnumber the buyers.
On the early call OF the Pacific Board a feeble at
tempt was made to advance prices, and sales were
made In Ophir at SO 80 and Con Cal. & Va at
S414; but these prices did not hold IN the big
board, and Ophir declined TO 50 % to sales Of $50
shares. with Hadley selling. Con. Cal a Va. was
plentiful at S4@s 10, and 1850 shares were placed
was heard. Mexican sold at 50, Curry 81 So Best
& Belcher 81 IS, Sierra Nevada 81 As Union 81 40
and Andes b5c In the middle stocks trading was
dun, and few sales made IN Bullion ut 81 20
Cbolar 25c Norcross 81 40 POtosi 81 20 aud Saw
age 81 80. OF the sOuth-end stocks Crown Point
the favorite and sold at 81 20. Alta sold at
zoe, B. leher 81 IS, Challenge 55c Seq Beleher Acc
aid Jacket e5c. The balance OF the list remained
steady, but inactive.
After the can prices were a trihe frmer and
business, however. was light. ON the 2:5O p. NJ
call prices started of aga n under light sales.
prices continued TO weaken, the market closing
heavy.
NOTES
Silver was a trihe weaker Yesterday certificates
selling az STAG. and bars at SIC In New York and
SO 1854 I'm London
The annual meeting of the Commonwealth takes
place to-day
An assessment OF 25c per share has been levied
on the yellow Jacket
The Bullion delinquent sale takes place today.
Fat kirwin, the mining superintendent, leaves
for tie COmstock tonight
Following is an ofBcal statement OF the working
OF Potosl ore at the Nevada mill for the month or
April: Tons worked. 1873; gross proceeds in
bullion, S37sl0 as; cost OF reducing. SIO.S46; net
proceeds in bullion, SIT, 464 as; assay value per
ton, S24 IL; % per cent OF assay. Sl5 IL gross
$ll 81 per cent worked, rs.
AT the annual meetings Of the Scorpion and East
Sierra Nevada mining companies Charles Hirshfeld
resigned from the management on account OF press
OF other business, but continues to have large In
terest IN the mines At the Scorpion meeting
66S94 shares were represented. ana the following
directors were elected: w. r. Sherwood. II. Il.
Cutter, c. c. Harvey f. Il j. Margetsoa and H.
Zadg. W. r. Sherwood was ected president
II. 4. Cutter vlce-presde1t, George r. Spin
intendeat At the East sierra Sev a m sepir
o. l26 shares were represented, and the following
wood, G. C. Harvey. f. g. J. Margets0n and X. N
Graves. II. i. Cutter was elected president w r.
Sherwood vice-president, George 4. spinney secre
tary, and r. T. Heating superintendent.
The weekly reports OF the Tuscar0ras are as fol-
lows:
aud second class aud the usual amount OF third
class ORE the seam ledge has produced usual
Milling ore VIII be delayed on account of storm
NAvAJo-The slopes above the 500 level are look
ing about the same.
BELLE IsLE-West crosscut $50 level extended
z feet; rock hard. North drift $50 level extended
5 feet; vein looking we'll and ore high grade.
NORTH BELLE Isl E-No. north drift, 400 lev ell,
extended Is feet, and an upraIse started at this
point. West crosscut same level extended IL feet,
showing change South intermediate from No.
/ upraise south SEQ level extended feet, showing
some fair-grade ore.
NEVADA QUEEN leyel-No. south drift
ana No. 3 east erosscut connected; No raise has
been put up to the vein; chutes being placed at
NOs A, 5, and raises. East intermediate drift
from No. chute has been run II feet; west from
same point Is feet, exposing feet second class
ore. From No. chute, east intermediate drift is IN