The San Francisco call., 1895-07-30


Va. declined to 50 so. ophir to 81 20, Hale & Nor
cross to 81 50 and SO on. Business was dull.
NOTES.
The Occidental Con. assessment will be delin-
quent in the company's office tomorrow.
The official report of last weeks operations in
the Con. CAL & Va. mine Is as follows 1850 level
On the ninth floor (the first floor above the sill
floor OF this leveD the opening, feet wide, which
was made to the east point 1S5 feet in from
the mouth of the drift south, from the end of the
east croSscut from the drift south from the south
end of the stope, has been extended ID feet total
length to the east 26 feet in porphyry and quartz
formation assaying So to $40 per ton At the
mouth of this opening have worked upward
feet, the uprase carrying its west side ore 31a
feet in width. and we have extracted there
from nine tons Of ore, averaging $50 70
per ton. On the twelfth floor the drift
soatn 1rom ~ the east crSssc9s e9s ma. mas been
phyry with some low grade quartz 1850 level
The sonth drift from the end Of the southeast drift
on the sill floor of this level at the point where con-
nection was made by upraise with the fourth floor
of the stope above has been advanced 10 feet,
total length 65 feet in quartz formation assaying
$4 to $40 per ton. The second floor has yielded
some ore and from the sixth, seventh and eighth
floors on the west side we have extracted ore assay
ing on the average $25 per ton. Have extracted
in all during the week 20 tons of ore, assayng per
mine car samples $29 22 per ton. Bullion shipped
to office in San Francisco July 1S, assay value
$l0,S39 20. Bullion on hand in assay office July
23 (and since shipped), assay value S31,S76 76.
north drift from top Of the uprase, so feet above
the 1853 level, Is out 20 feet in porphyry showing
some quartz. The usual work has been done in
the Mexican, Union Con. and Sierra Nevada
mines In the Andes mine a north drift has been
started from the west crosscut from the top OF the
upraise above the 420 level in favorabe-looking
quartz. In the Best 81 Belcher and Gould q Curry
mines hard porphyry is officially reported to be il
the faces of the present workings In the Hale d
Norcross mine quartz yielding assays from SO TO
SIT per ton has been cut in No. west crosscut
from the main south drift on the 975 level.
The Chollar mine the past week sent to the
Nevada mill 10S tons and 1000 pounds OF ore, top
car sample of which was $27 OF per ton
Following is Superintendent Kervin's official re-
port of the operations OF the work done on the
Brunswick lode by COmstock companies during
the past week: Shaft No. J. on Hale & Nercros5
ground, near the Chollar north boundary, has been
sunk and timbered for distance of Is feet on the
incline; formation OF quartz and porphyry; total
depth, "a feet. Tunnel No. ]. on Savage ground,
started at O point 75 feet north Of Sutro tunnel
shaft No. 8, has been extended 80 feet passing
through quartz and porphyry; total length 40 feet
We are still grading, preparatory to sinking shaft
No. on the line of the Consolidated California d
Virginia and Best & Belcher mines, and expect to
get the shaft started during the week,
The Alaska Treadwell mine paid q quarterly
dividend OF $75 900 yesterday.
The Alaska-Mexican mine paid a dividend of is
cents per share, $30,000 This is the third divi-
dend of the same amount.
The Homestake mine Of South Dakota paid q
dividend of 25 cents per share, or $31, $50, on
the 25th.