The San Francisco call., 1896-05-29
THE STOCK MARKET.

Ihe few changes in quotations yesterday were
toward lower prices, though the decline was tri-
nlng. Business continued quiet, and there was no
particular call for any stock.
On the Bond Exchange there were a number of
nuctuations. The sugar stocks were lower, Hutch
,9eon seulng down to S26 and Hawaiian to $1934.
s2zs E ao~h to SASHA and Gian' Powder declined to
he ,t.a eapisaI stock of the Natoma Vineyard Com
pa1y IoOuO shares of the par alue of 800 each)
ana the first mortgage bonds of the same COM
pany, amounting to $250,O00 and beari ng interest
az tne rate or per cent per annum, payable semi
annnaiiy, have been listed on the Stock and Bond
The four-milling corporation of Starr d Co. has
evea a an assessment OF $40 per share, delinquent
In the Savage mine, on the S5O-foot level they
are stoi Ing upward to the fifth floor follow lug the
ore In east crosscut No l. This ore is OF good
grade and shows about the width as last re-
ported; In east crosscut No. g. they are stopping
up 10 tne fourth floor in of good quality, and
the Improvement mentioned in the last Official
letter continues. They have graded the main
south drlft and put in track from the new station
on this level to the slopes i'm No east crosscnt
and are now hoisting the taken from this level
from the new station. During the past week they
nolsteo @ nnety-six mining-car loads of ore, the
average car sample assay of which S61 SIS
per ton Shipped to the Nevada mine 2. 5 tons of
ore ore. he mill commenced crushing Savage ore on
In the standard Consolidated mine for the week
enolng May 30, on the 100-foot level, the north
ten inches hard ore. South drift No. l, incline
iedge, was advanced six feet, showing twelve
hortn orlft from the incline raise shows twelve feet
OF medium ore. On the 700 level the north and
south drifts from the winze In the east ledge each
snow ten inches of ore. On the tunnel level they
nave opened through TO the shaft and prepar-
ing 10 place small hoist for temporary purposes.
Ihey are stopping as heretofore, without changes.
FOR the wee 73e tons of tailings were treated at
the cyanide plant.
In the Bodie Consolidated mine, the south dri #
from the upratse, so feet above the 200 level has
ABOUT two feet of low-grade quartz in the face.
Inc south drift from the west crosscut the 200
ieVel shows five inches Of low-grade quartz
In In the N ono mine, the east crosscut on the 400
ieVei is still In hard porphyry
In the Bulwer Consolidated mine during the
week ending May 25, The raise above 2 crosscut,
zuV level was advanced five feet a
seam OF ore. On the tunnel level they have been
repairing the track and Stopping ore as heretofore.
Nine TONS OF ore were extracted during the week
The yield of the Belcher mine for the past week
was az miIingscsr loads of ore, the average assay
value Of whicp was $2S "a per ton.
Inc Seg. Belcher mine during the past week pro-
uced "a carloads OF ore assaying S25 10 per ton.
In the Crown Point mine they have stopped
work In vest crosscut No. on the 7OO-foot / vel
fourteen feet in porphyry. The raise from the
south drift on this level is up seventy feet The
top is In porphyry and clay. The east crosscut
from the end OF the seventh foo-, south drift from
the llOOfoot level raise, has reached the east ALL
Ihe quartz encountered is somewhat higher in
grade than that heretofore prospected, the face
samples running from $5 TO 81 per ton principally
gold.
The joint Confidence, Challenge and Imperial
vest crosscut No. from the surface tunnel is out
OH feet The face is in porphyry and clay.