The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-05-22
THE STOCK MARKET.
Mining Stocks Continue to Fall Back
Slowly.

Mining stocks continued to decline yesterday,
though better feeling set in on the afternoon call.
The best price for Chollar 50 20, against IS
on Wednesday; for Con. California and Va. IS Is,
against So 30; Gould and Curry 81 90, against
81 25; Ophir 50 Is, against 50 25; Potos 81 So,
against 81 55: Best and Belcher 81 20, against
s 90, and so on.
The close was lower again, as will be seen be-
low.
The Montana Ore Purchasing Company paid a
dividend OF 81 per share on May 90
The Homestake Mining Company will pay e
dividend OF csc per share on the 25h
The Big Six mine paid its first dividend OF $4,000
the 20th.
The Boston and Montana mine paid q dividend
OF SS00,0O0o on the 10Th.
The Gold and Globe Hill mine paid dividend of
s225O the 18th. and the Golden Fleece one of
$4,000
The Portland mine st Cripple Creek Colo, will
pay a dividend of $4,000 this month.
The official letter from the Savage mine for the
past week states that on the S50-foot level they
have stopped upward to the fourth floor following
the ore encountered in east croSscut No. l. They
have put in another sill floor set TO the west, and
have built chute to facilitate the handling OF
this ore. The ore continues of the same quality as
last reported. but is not wide In east crosscut
No :, ~ feet south OF No. l, they have put in
sill floor sets wide in ore of fair grade, and are
stopping upward in ore of good quality and guam
lily. This ore shows Improvement since last re-
port. Hoisted during the past week 20 mining
car loads of ore, averaging s64 81 per ton.
In the Crown Point mine west crosscut 8 on the
700 level. rs feet south OF crosscut l. has reached
what is believed 20 be the footwau. In the east
crosscut from the shaft on the $40 level they have
raised Is feet the streak Of ore before reported
The streak in the top is much smaller and poorer,
and does not Justify further work in that direction
The west croSscut from the end of the sou drift
on the seven h floor of the 100 level raise is now
out % feet passing through low grade quartz and
il has reached the footwall. An east crosscut op-
poSte il has been started
In the Belcher mine very little work is being done.
The amount OF hoisted during the past week
was 81 mining-car loads, OF the average car sample
assay OF $2l 80 per
The yield Of the Segregated Belcher mine during
the past week was % mine-car loads of ore assay
ing $40 80 per ton.
In the Bodie Consolidated mine the south drift
from the upraise 50 feet above tie 2OO-foot level
sh ows width Of four feet OF low grade ore in the
face The south drift from the west crosscut on
the same Level has seams OF low grade ore flve TO
six inches wide in the face
In the Mono mine the east crosscut the 400
foot level was extended nine feet during the past
week. The face is in soft porphyry.
In the BulweT GOnSoidatei mine they are stop
Ing ore on the 200 loot level and on the tunnel
level, and extracted tons of good grade during
the week ending May is.
bullion shipment valued at S6T5OO the
product OF a two months run OF the mill. has been
received from the polio mine Of Alaska.
On The Bond Exchange II hutchinson sugar ad-
Nanced from S25 TO S261s and Hawaiian Com
mercial from SIS 90 to $50.