The morning call., 1892-03-26
THE STOCK MARKET.

There was firm undertone to the market yester-
day. No determined effort was made to advance
prices. which remained steady, notwithstanding
the efforts OF several short sellers to depress them
News received during the day from the front
ports the now beag taken out from the winze
being sunk below the 1909 level OF Con. Cal Va.
increasing in value, yesterdays assays being
SIT. A letter from Superintendent Ryan OF tn Q
Noreross communicated the information that ship
ping to mill had begun "Wednesday and crushing
Thursday. The daily shipments will be about 20
tons of ore, and 81 men were added to the working
force Wednesday 10 facilitate the extraction
TO be worked at the Brunswick mill
On the early call trading was fairly active aud
prices trife better than at the close of the
previous day. Norcross aud Con. Cal. d Va were
the favorites. and 1900 shares of the former were
placed on record at 81 509l So with Edwards buy
Ing from all quarters Con. Cal. & Va was steady
at S51s Epstein being the principal seller.
Best a. Beleher 81 40 and Union 81 so In the
middle stocks prices were triie heavy and Ilon
81 so The south-end stocks were strong, especially
Alta. which sold at 95e Anent the Alta. the
1850 level OF the Alta mine was started several
days ago and has been running continuously ever
level since the pump started aud the work of re-
pairing the 1850 level has begun. A car-track and
arpipes are being put in on this level preparatory
TO commencing mining. In some places the walls
OF the main DRIFT have caveu in somewhat. and
these spots are being repaired aud timbered. The
pump Is IN good running condition. and 1t Is in
tentlon OF the Alta management to keep 1t going at
capacity that will keep the water down below the
point where mining operations being prose-
euted AS soon as the DRIFT on the l450 level has
been repaired mining will be vigorously resumed
and affairs In the mine VIII once more drop into
their normal condition.
Belcher sold at 81 O5 Caledonia 3Oc Crown Point
soc, Seq. Belcher 45c, 0vermsn 81 05 and jacket
the list
After the call Walls was active seller and sold
most OF the las5 shares OF Con Cal Virginia that
changed hands during the informal session. and the
market closed steady but inactive at the noon
cess.
During the 2:5O P. call there was very little
doing aud prices remained unchanged. After
call trading still continued dul but prices were
strong, Con. Cal. Virginia clos. NJ at SIS BID.
NOTES.
Silver very much lower YESTERDAY and certi-
fcates solu at sS14c, being decline of "a OF q
from the previous day. Bars quoted in New
York AT SSe per ounce, aud in London nj 40 lisa
sessment of cents per share and the Woodbridge
Canal and Irrigation Company one OF cents per
share.
The Con. Cal. 4 Va reports a shipment OF three
bars of bu lion valued at 5 6.66l SO TO the Carson
mint, making the total 10 date on March account,
DosIns the month Of February the Hale & Nor
cross produced bullion valued at S2i.0S3Os The
average battery assay OF all the ore worked
The odin Gravel Mining Company OF Nevada
share, and has levied another of cents per share
The ireks Journal says. Hon John Dsggett
has struck very rich two-foot ledge In the
Yellow JACKET extension OF the Black Bear mine.
salmon River, the quartz yielding about $50 $50
per ton This new strike is la tunnel $500 feet
long at point about 1000 feet below the surface.
AHo DAtCh Dear Is 10 llclu It's TlCn
pay OF the 80 and 80 periods. when II was con
sidered a valuable dividend paying mine"
The Portuguese company working a ledge near
tho old Klamath mlns at Salmon River. realized
about s2s, 300 during the past few months ana are
sight at present WORKING.
The Plumas County Bulletin makes mention of
rich strike in the JamIson mine across the creek
from the famous Plumas Eureka. The Indications
are that the Jsmison is continuation 81 the
PIumas Eureka vein. Very extensive improve
ments have been made
The White Pine News says: We learn that the
preliminary test made by w. y. McGIli on CHAIN
man tsilings with the cyanide process during the
past TWO weeks has been quite satisfactory 80 per
cent or more OF the assay value being saved inc
Chairman people will probably put up several large
YatS and operate OH large scale.
Assessments Pending.
The following Is list tents now nandin,.