The San Francisco call., 1896-05-12
RECEIPTS OF PRODUCE.
THE STOCK MARKET.
Mining Shares Make Another Genera
Advance.

Mining Shares Make Another General
Advance.
Mining stocks were higher again yesterday and
trading was very active. particularly on the noon
informal session, when Cholar touched 50 so un-
der sales of 1900 shares Potos 81 25 800 shares
Con- Cal. & Va. So 20, $500 shares; Ophir So O5,
2700 shares; Savage 75c $3.50 shares: Hale & Nor
cross 81 65, 5000 shares: Best & Belcher 81 25,
1850 shares; Occidental 81 95. 5l50 shares and
so on.
Still higher prices were reached on the after
noon call, though business was lighter. Chollar
touched 50 rs Potosi 81 so, Union 81 O5, Con- Cal.
q Va SO so. ophir 50 46, Sierra Nevada 81 35,
Best d Belcher 81 g. Hale & Norcross 81 80, Oc-
cidental 81 95, etc. These were the highest figures
touched since the current rise began and all stocks
shared the advance. After the afternoon call the
market was irreg ular, stocks advancing still
further and others declining as will be seen by the
C osing quotations.
The Alpha Con. assessment falls delinquent in
Office to-day.
Additional reports from the Comstock are as fol-
lows:
oPHIR-on the 1000 level, west crosscut /,
70 feet north from the south boundary line Of the
mine, has been advanced 80 feet, passing through
porphyry carrying seams of clay and lines of
Quartz the latter assayIng and $2 per ton total
length, 24O feet The west crosscut from the north
drlft on this level 230 feet from the south bound-
ary OF the NJ eXican mine, has been extended to a
total length of 339 feet passing through porphyry
carrying clay seams From the openings north
west ana upward from the sill floor of the old Cen
tral tunnel in the Ophr ground continue to fol-
low streaks OF ore and saved therefrom during the
past week Ia tons, assaying $36 50 per ton.
HALE " NoRcRoss-There is no material
change In the slopes above the 975 level, and the
repairs continue on the i1U0 level. Have shipped
70 the Dazet mill during the week out of the new
accumulation commencing with the EXTINCTION of
April IL, 1896 IL tons and 200 pounds of ore,
assaying, per wagon samples, gold $32 81, silver
20 ze-1OO ounces per ton Forwarded to San
FRANCISCO office on the Sd inst. by express IS
pounds crude bullion, assay value of same $22l0,
ana on the OH inst 66 pounds crude bullion. as
say Value yet unknown, being the final cleanup
OF 2uS tons and 200 pounds of ore reduced at the
Dazet mill Have extracted from our openings on
the 9I5 level during the week so cars of ore, as
ssaying, per mine car samples, gold $50 90, silver
20 4V-lOO ounces per ton.
ONIoN-ln the north drift from the upraise car
rled up from the joint west drift from the shaft,
10 rect above the sill floor of the 900 level, they
nave started an east crosscut No. q 100 feet nor
from the raise, and advanced the same 22 feet
through quartz of low grade; face quartz The
east crosscut, No. b, which was started from the
sierra Nevada north lateral drift at point so feet
north from the east crosscut No. 5, on this level
mas been advanced 25 feet during the week; total
length 6S feet; face in quartz
ALrA-On the $50 level, the raise from the south
drift keystone vein, carried up feet during
tne week In quartz OF low assay value The south
oriftsn the east vein was driven feet in hard