The San Francisco call., 1896-12-29
RECEIPTS OF PRODUCE
THE STOCK MARKET

The week opened quietly in mining stocks at
about saturdays prices.
The Overman assessment falls delinquent in
board ana the Occidental assessment in Office to-
day.
The Geary-street Railroad Company paid a divi-
dend OF so cents share yesterday. 1t the
one hundred and thirtysixth dividend by that
corporation.
The Humboldt Savings and Loan Society has
declared dividend of A. 20 per cent per annum on
term deposits and $50 per cent ordinary de-
posits, payable on January g
The Market-street Railway Company has de-
clared quartz rly dividead of 60 cents a share
for The quarter ending Decem ber 81, payable on
January IL. This is The fifth dividend Of the same
amount.
The Gray Eagle Mining Company has levied an
assessment Of cents share, delinquent Janu-
ary 80.
Weekly reports from the Comstock are as fol-
lows:
Con CAL. AND VA.-1OOO level-From west
2, started point in the north drift $50
feet north from the Con- Virginia shalt station or
S5 feet sou b from the north b. undary line of the
mine, at a point 436 feet from it's mouth from The
double compartment upraise SO feet above thes i'll
tended l9 feet, passing through favorable looking
porphyry and clay streaSed with quartz assaying
so cents per ton: total length l05 feet 1850 level
No work has been done in the uprase started
from east crosscut 4 from the ninth floor south
drift. 1850 level-From the ninth and tenth
floors on the east side above the sill floor of this
level the north end OF the sope in old ground of
former workings, opening these floors TO
the north in quartz and filings assaying from 81
to $12 pee ton.
From the twenty-sixth floor the west drift has
been extended AZ feet through porphyry and
quartz assaying low; total length 1876 feet
III Iom this DRIFT at point 40 feetin from its mouth
the north drift has been advanced 38 feet, passing
through porphyry and quartz assay ing 81 and 81
per ton; total length 1U2 feet. Opposite the north
drift the south drift has been extended Al ( ct,
passing through porphyry and quartz aSsaying 81
and $3 per ton; total length I0S feet. ON the
twenty floor the crosscut has been started
and advanced 80 feet through porphyIy sireaked
with quartz; Total length az ieet We continue
filling open space in the Slopes between the twen
ty-tirst and twenty-sixth floors with tine lock We
have had no trouble. from the escaping gas from
twenty-sixth floor during the week. No ore has
been extracted from the mine during the week.
In the Ophir mine on the 1U00 level part OF the
week was spent on repairs in west crosscut 2. This
crosse Is 295 feet. is face is in porphyry and
clay with thin streaks OF quartz In the old Gen.
trail tunnel workings some quarlz assaying $3 10
SIS per ton continues to be fould.
In the Hale & Norcross mine (Comstock lode)
on the 800 level during the past week a DRIFT wi as
started from the sixth floor south in NO upraise,
md the same was extended five feet The face is
in quartz and porphyry. with punches OF ore OF
fair value. In No. upraise they are raising TO
the eighth floor. The ore streak is about the same
at last report Have extracted three carloads
of pay ore from this streak the past week. The
mine was closed on the 25th inst. No work was
done on the. Brunswick lode for account OF the
Hale & Norcross except its share of sinking shaft
/, which is down us feet. he bottom Is In hard
porphyry. On December "a The Hale & orcross
Withdrew wholly from any fufther Brunswick lode
explorations.
NO work was done In the Cnollar ana foloSl
mines on the Comstock du Ing the past week.
BRUNSWICK LODE: Con. Cali ornia & Virginia,
Best & Beicher and Gould d. Curry-Sbaft 2-3OU
level-East ut l started from the station
was extended l9 feet, passing through soft por-
phyry total length 245 feet. The south DRIFT
started from the station extended 81 feet
passing through porphyry and quartz total length
SO feet. Tunnel-Ihe main tunnel has been ex-
tended 20 feet, passing through porphyry ana
quar- y; total length in Best Il Beicher grou nd ~
feet The east crosscut NO started at p int in
the Tunnel 150 feet from our south boundary was
extended "a feet. face in quartz and porphyry;
total .ength 81 feet.
CHoLLAR-Shait has been sunk 15 feet on the
incline; total depth IT'S feet The bottom Is In
footwalI ro k. On the 200 and 800 levels they
continue the extraction of from the various
streaks, which looking about The as AT
last report. AGO leve-kast crosscut l, 81 feet
sou h of the north line, has been extended feet
and Is now out IL feet The face Is in porphyry
East crosscut z, so feet sou h OF No. J. has been
advanced 20 ieet during the week. and Is now out
134 feet rom the lateral drift The face is in por-
phyiy. The south lateral drift has been advanced
feet, making total of 236 ieet south OF the
mol. b line. From he fece of this drift they have
started west crosscut and advanced The same / 4
feet. The face is in porphyry. In east rosscut l.
81 feet from the south lateral drift. have s.ar,ed
south drift on The quartz which was cut III run
ming the crosscut, from which they are saving
some ore From the various openings on the 200
500 and 400 they have extracted and shipped