The San Francisco call., 1896-01-21

those OF Saturday. under light trading.
NOTES
Flremans Fund Insurance has declared the reg
uiar quarterly dividend of $3, payable to-day.
Inc weekly reports from the Comstock are as
follows:
In the Chollar mine they extracted from the
Slopes above the 450 level during the week and
sent TO the Nevada mill I12 tons of ore. The aver.
age battery assay was $34 81 per ton. The Potosi
mine yielded for week 81 tons of ore from the
openings above the $50 level and sent the same to
the Nevada mill. The average battery assay was
$2l 9o per ton. In the Alpha Consolidated mine
the west crosscut from the southwest drift 45O
leVeI Is IN 90 eet the is in clay and porphory
Win seams OF quartz through it, During the week
west crosscut was started from the north drift
from the main west crosscut at a point SO feet
north and it was advanced feet through clay and
quartz yielding fair assays
MEXIcAN-1OO0 level-The north drift from the
station has been advanced 40 feet: total length
233 feet: In a porphyry formation carrying clay
SEPARATIONS. Have continued jointly with the
Ophlr Company the work of making repairs in the
ophir shaft upward from the 1000 level
oPHIR-lO0o level-The south drift from the sta
stlon has been advanced Ia feet; total length '243
rect; IN rorphyrv formation. carrying clay sep
aratlon IN heaVy ground. which called for repairs
and easing timbers. Have continued Jointly With
the Mexican Company he work of making repairs
In the main shaft upward from this level.
ENTRAL TUNNEL-250 level-The old north
.
OF this level has been extended during the week lS
feet; total length, 141 feet; 1t passed through
quartz assaylng $3 and SIS per ton. From this drift
at point 80 feet in from its mouth an east cross
cnt has teen advanced 81 feet in quartz assayine
50 and So per ton. .
Tunnel level-The crosscnt running west from,
the drltt run northwesterly from the Mexican
shaf-56 feet above the sill floor of this level-hss
be@n EXTENDED 20 Zee: total length $50 feet o. ss-
inc through solid body OF quartz with clay sepa-
ration, assaying So ana 81 per ton.
UNION CoN.-9u0 level-The upraise from the
Joint west drift, 1920 feet west from shaft has been
carried up and tsnhered during the week a dis
tance of Ii feet total height l62 feet ION in onartz
crosscut 3, which started 100 feet 90 st from
the Sierra Nevada north latero drift, from the
loint west drift from the shaft has been extended
II feet; total length, 442 feet, face in hard por-
phyry.
Have been working north on the fifth sixth and
seventh floors The ore streak continues at all
points, and Is fully wide and OF as good grade as
II was when making last report Have also run a
west crosscut on the eighth floor at point 90 feet
south of raise and advanced the same % feet.
This croSscut has passed through some verv small
seams of good ore: the face is now in porphvry
No. upraise-Have been working south on the
seventh floor; also north and south on the eighth
and ninth floors. The ore co tinues about the
same in width and the is of same excellent
quality as at date OF last report.
No. 3 upraise-Are raising on the fourth floor
The ore streak Is wider and OF better quality than
II was on the third floor The usual amount of ra-
timbering and repairing where most needed
throughout the mine has been kept up during the
week: Extracted during the week from our open
gold s37 7s, silver 43 $40 ounces per ton.
OCCTDESTAL-550 level-The west crosscut
started at point $50 feet south of the main winze
has been extended il feet through porphyry:
total length. II feet.
$50 level-The main northwest crosscut has been
extended % feet total length. 800 feet: the face
is in quartz and porphyry. The north drift from
said crosscut Is in 94 feet. having been extended
10 feet during the week. The face shows feet OF
fair grade
From the ton of the upraise started from said
north drift, we have crosscut to the east distance
OF II feet The crosscut shows n streak of ore g
inches wide which assays about $36 per ton.
100 leVel-The west crosscut started at a point
in the north drift 80 feet north of the main
wnze has been extended Is feet; total length 107
feet and continues in hard porphvry
AITA-S25 level-The south lateral drift S25
level, was extended feet: total length, 229 feet
face in quartz assaying from So TO 1922 per ton
The north lateral drift, same level, was extended
~ feet; total length, 191 feet; face is in por-
phyry.
BRUNSWICK EXPLORATION CoMPANY-Shaft
l on Hale & Norcross ground near the Chollar
Company's north boundary AT this shaft the sta
report has been completed and we have started an
east crosscut from the same, which has been ad-
Vanced IL feet, passing through porphyry clay
and stringers OF quartz showing some value.
smart on the boundary of the Con. Cal. & Vir-
ginia and Best d Belcher companies grounds has
been sunk feet on the incline passing throug b
hard porphyry; total depth, 209 feet.
The Gould d Curry Company's tunnel started In
Savage Company's ground has been extended 25
rect, passing through porphyry, clay and quartz
showing some value total length from mouth OF
tunnel, 512 feet.
Reports from the Best & Belcher Bullion Gould
q curry and Utah contain no news of importance