The San Francisco call., 1896-04-10
RECEIPTS OF INTERIORS PRODUCE
TIE STOCK MARKET.

Occidental Con. was the strong stock yesterday
selling up ST. the first call, but subsequently
declining to S5c after the afternoon call. Bulwe
fell back to 20c the election being over. The lead
ing northenders were weaker. Yellow Jacket ad
vanced TO SIC, but fell back. The assessment OF
Potosi weakened that stock from 36c to 27c.
On the Bond Exchange the feeling in all loca
securities strong.
Potosi is assessed 20c.
The Seq. Belcher assessment falls delinquent II
board and the Bode Con. assessment in Office to
day.
George f. Hogg. mining expert in the employ O
the Gold Mining Exchange, has been spending
some days in West Point, Caaveras County, ex
amining the Lockwood Con. Gold Mining Com
panys claims. 1t is expected that the property
will be listed on the exchange if the expert re
ports favorably.
Until a short time ago the Lockwood was dvi
dend-pay er for months. Quite a large body Of ore
has been developed lately, and upon the erection
of chlornation works, which are in contemplation
dividends may be again resumed. I he property is
fully equipped with hosting works, buildings
West Point, though but little known, contains
some of the best mines in the State, such as the
Blazing Star, Riverside, Hurley mine. Scorpion,
Manachee, soap Root and Kelsey. The ore of the
district is high-grade sulphuretted ore.
AT a special meeting OF the Gold Mining Ex-
change the membership was extended to sixty,
which will admit ten more members at $3.50
each.
The usual quarterly dividend OF 81 so per share
will be paid by the Nevada Bank on the 18th.
The ore output of the Segregated Becher mine
for the past week II mining carloads, the
average top car sample assay OF which was $2z q
per ton.
In the Confidence mine prospecting from the
end of the north drift, so feet above the surface
tunnel is still going on. There was extracted dur
ing the past week and stored in the orehouse at the
mine six mining carloads of ore, the average top
sample assay of which assayed $26 "a.
In the Overman mine the usual prospecting work
is being done. For the past week tons Of ore, as
saying 8 per ton, was extracted from the north
drift on the 900 level.
The Joint Confidence, Challenge and Imperial
west crosscut from the surface tunnel is out 479
feet. The face is in porphyry.
In the Crown Point mine they have started a
raise from the south drift OH the TOO level and
up one set of timbers. The top is all in quartz
saying from So to $4 per ton. There is no change
In the other workings of the mine.
The yield OF the Belcher mine for the past week
was twenty-one mining-car loads of ore, the aver
age top car sample assay OF which was $19 80 per
ton. They shipped to the Brunswick mill for re-
Guction 336 tons and 1860 pounds of accumulated
worked, is $23 per ton. The bullion returns will
be received next week.
In the Savage mine the usual prospecting work
is being done on the $50 and 800 levels and
countered During the past week they hoisted SO
carloads of ore, the average car sample assay Of
which was $23 20 per ton.
In the Bodie Consolidated mine the usual
200 and 300 Levels, where prospecting for ore is
gong on. The west crosscut from the south drift
on the 200 level shows 10 inches of low-grade ore
Lin the upraise from the north drift on the same
level there is a width of feet OF iow-grade ore.
In the Mono mine the east crosscut on the 400
level Is In soft porphyry. No work is being done
In other parts of the mine
In the Bulwer Consolidated mine there is no
change in the stope of the Bulwer tunnel level.
The stope above the north drift from croSscut 2 on
the 200 level is yielding small quantity of good
ore, nine tons, Of an average value of $27, having
Deen extracted during the past week.