The San Francisco call., 1895-12-20
THE STOCK MARKET.

Prices ran along about the same yesterday under
a dull business, as will be by the list OF sales
below.
The close was firmer, rule
NOTES.
The assessment on Mexican will be delinquent
in the boards to-day.
The dividend on he May Flower Is payable TO-
day.
The Scottish Hall Association will pay the sixth
dividend CT SO cents per share to-day.
The California Wine Association has just de-
clared its first dividend of 81 25 per share payable
December 81.
The F. E. Belden Mica Mining Company of New
Hampshire paid a dividend of cents per share, or
$4,000, on the 10TH
The Victor Gold Mining Company of Colorado
paid dividend of 10 cents per share ON the Ioth'
the same being $4,000.
The Engineering and Mining Journal OF New
York reports 81, 100000 paid in dividends IN No
vember by sixteen mines, including S75OOuO by
the Boston and Montana mine and So, ,646 $50 by
sixty mines in the first eleven months of the year
The Hutchinson Sugar Plantation Company Will
pay dividend of ] cents per share today;
The Parafline Paint Company has declared a
quarterly dividend of 25 cents per share. payaoie
December 27
been in liquidation for some time, will pay tur-
ther dividend 81 per share in the division OF the
capital on December "a
clared semi-annual dividend at the rate OF 4.26
per cent per annum on term and 3;5o per per cent Oh
ordinary deposits, payable January =, 1895:
The Columbian Banking Company has declared
q dividend of 6 per cent per annum for the half
2, 1896.
The weekly reports Of the Gold Hill mines are
as follows: .
OvERMAN-Extracted and hoisted from north
drift from shaft 900 level 16 tons of ore OF the
value per topca samples of sos OS per ton
CoNFIDENCE-Wes crosscut l from sur1ace
tunnel is out 367 feet; the face is in porphyry;
There have been ho!sted during the week ana
stored in the house at the mine 10 mining carloads
of ore, the average top-car sample OF which SHOWS
an assay value of $50 50 per ton.
Con. IMPERIAL-The Joint Challenge ana I'M
perial west crosscut from the surface tunnel IS
out 176 feet the face shows porphyry.
CROWN POINT-The south drift from southeast
croSscut on the 500 level is now out total OF ITO
feet; face in porphyry The southwest GllIt @ rom @
been extended 10 feet during the week ana Is now
out 81 feet. still engaged in retimbering ana
repairing the main southeast crosScut on the oOO
level and in the east crosscut on the 100 level;
the usual repairs in the shaft and elsewhere are un
der way. Have shipped to the Mexican mill for
reduction the balance Of the gold ore tnat was on
hand in the dumps-249i2 tons.
BELCHER-On the 800 level the Joint Belcher
and Seq. Belcher west crosscut from south lateral
drift s ont 80 feet: the face is IN porpnyrE. ne
joint east crosscut from the south lateral drift
level is 81 feet, with the face in porphyry
There have been hoisted during the week and
stored in the orehouse at the mine 3S mining-car
loads OF ore. the average top-car sample of which
shows an ASSAY valuc OF S27 SO per ton.
Seq BELCHER-1here have been hosted during
the week and stored in the ore house at the mine
twelve mining-car loads Of ore, the average top
sample of which shows an assay value OF
The Official letter from the Bodie Consolidated
mine for the week ended December 10 says that
in the face OF the south drift from the east cross
cut from the north drift the 400 level there
is about two and a half feet of quartz or low
grade. In the other workings OF the mine there
are changes reported.
In the Mono mine the upraise from the south
drift from the west crosScut the 400 level
was carried up twenty-five feet during the past
week. The top is in porphyry and streaks OF
quartz.