The San Francisco call., 1896-02-11

The leading stocks stood about SC better than on
Saturday as rule but trading light and little
animation was shown.
The annual meeting of the Holmes Mining Com
pany of Candelaria will be held to-day.
Local corporations will pay dividends as follows
on February 10: San Francisco Gas, 35c: Oakland
Gas, 26c; Edison Light and Power, 662sc; Pacific
Telephone and Telegraph Soc and Sunset Tele-
phone and Telegraph, zoe per share.
The weekly reports from the Comstock are as
follows;
OPHIR-1OO level-The south drift from the sta
tion has been advanced 26 feet: total length 333
feet; in hard porphyry formation carrying clay
separations.
Have continued jointly with the Mexican Com
pany the work of making repairs in tn. main shaft
near the sill floor of this level.
Central Tunnel-250 Ievel-The west crsescut
sarted from the old north drift at point 1872 feet
from the bottom of the winze on the sill floor OF
this level has been advanced Is feet in old broken
ground. chiefly quartz asaying 81 per tom total
length, So feet.
Tunnel level-The crosscut running west from
the drift runs northwesterly from the MEXICAN
shaft, So feet above the sill floor this level; has
been extended 29 feet; total length 342 feet pass
ing through porpyhTy, quartz and clay assaying
81 and So per ton
In the Hale d Norcross mine the ore streak in
the three uprai ses above the 975 level is Off
cially reported to be looking well heretofore
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ore, assaying, per mine car samples $29 20 in gold
and 81 ounces in silver per ton. The assay value
of the bullion from the ore med at the Bruins
swick mill in January, 1896 (being the total
Gold. S14,9 1859 46; silver, s13,s47 ~ (or siU7i0
fine ounces silver. Total assay value of bullion
Cox. CAL. q vIRGINIA-On the ninth aoor.
which is the first floor above the 1850 leve, they
continued to repair the south drift and that On he
sixteenth floor, which is the eighth floor above
that level they drifted north from the end of the
sope feet total distance 81 feet in quartz assay
Ing 81 and 81 per ton From the sixteenth floor
they also upraised and made an opening the size of
where they drfted west 10 feet in quartz assaying
~ and S3 per ton. On the 1850 level from the
third fourth, eighth and ninth floors opened out
through npraise they are extracting some ore
north along the west side showing width Of 8 and
feet ana assaying from $50 to $50 per ton.
Inc west crosscut advanced from the top of the
upraise carried up % feet from the end OF west
ciosscnt on the sill floor of this level has been ad-
tom total length 90 feet. From the end Of ~ tbis
west crosscut they have upraised and connected
with the stope opened out on the fifth floor from
upTaise 2 This connection shows ore three feet
wide, assaying $35 per ton. From third, fourth
eighth and ninth floors from upraise 2, and from
the north end of the sope in old ground of former
workings on the fifteenth and sixteenth floors
they extracted 107 tons of ore the average ASSAY
Value OF winch, per samples taken from cars In the
mine, was $50 IS per ton. This was the total ~
traotlon OF ore from the mine for the week.
me average assay value Of this ore, per samples
taken from the cars when raised to the surface
was $40 Oh per ton. From the upraise started at
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main west drift from the c. and c. shaft on this
level and at point so feet above the sill floor an
porphyry and quartz showing narrow streaks Of
ore assaying $40 to $40 per ton. This crosscut at
us END, connected with the north drift on the sill
noor OF the 100 level. On the 1900 level thev
were easing timbers and making necessary repair,
hiong tne orlft from the upraise which connects
ro9o ieVel with the south drift from the Con-
Virginia shaft on the former level. On the loon
level the north drift from the Con- Virginia shaft
was was advanced Y feet, passing through porphyry
ana clay of harder formation than that OF the pre-
'ipuS TN tbe Meek Total length OF drift 475 feet
NANNY ai taken up in completing the connection
VIII, with the TOP of the $50 level stope and the $50
S ,exeI ana IN opening leDgthwise the latter level
wnere they put In seven sets OF timbers From
m snis point they saved S5 tons of ore the top car
sample assay of which $26 81 per ton. No ore
was miiled during the week. Shipped three bars
VI OF the par value of $9016 AZ, during the
week, I ~ the same being the cleanup for January
In the ChoIiar mine they continue to open north
on lhe fourth and fifth floors of the stone above
crosscut, and the south drift from It on the 4so
level, where they are finding streaks and hnnchoo
ol 81 sooa ore, which is saved. The west crosscut
Stopped They saved during the week 73 tons and
Eyu pounds OF ore, the top car sample ASSAY of
w on nt was S4S 33 per ton. No has been milled
for run. - 'iie Jumps
.hs bRuSswIcK Run LoDE-shaft 1.-The south drift from
l ss si OF east crosscut from the bottom of the
M smart mas been advanced SO feet through pornhvrv
n uy ana m quartz; total length 81 feet. Started a
smart and extended it IL feet fhroueb ciay
o poTpnyry and quartz. Shaft 2-Are stiii cultine,
uto . ~ % curry Company's tunnel--The east cross
III, tt "a mas Deen advanced IL feet and work discon-
,ras, cr aee IN porphyry; total length rs feet.
,nes1, esosScut has been started from the main
M ilui en "a aritS at point opposite where the eas5
Saoss0us was started, and the same has been adj
eeu The si . ieet through hard porphyry quartz
,s .ne oihcia report from the Occidental C0nsoli-
drift from M states that the crosscnt from the
ia, ioin I she main northwest crosscut on the 85O
i,a, nas peen driven in II feet and stopped. IL
shows reached the hanging wall This crosscut
;s tnree rect OF fair grade The southeast
a neal te9 @ from the northwest crosscut has been
az '.iceu 20 feet total length 81 feet. The face is
III IL ore averaging $32 per ton. 75O level-rrhe
ssn Slosscut started in the north drift point
oao , iyet north of the main winze has been er
tinues in:hard porphyry. --'N W.