The San Francisco call., 1896-09-11
THE STOCK MARKET.

Prices for ComstocS shares showed little varia-
tion yesterday. Business was rather better in
several stocks, though not active
The Sierra Nevada assessment falls delinquent in
Office to-day.
The Savage official letter for the past week states
that the $50 level Of that mine a streak Of fair
grade ore feet in width has been found in the
face of the south drift This letter also states that
the work of cutting out station on the 400 level
OF shaft l the Brunswick lode is progressing
with all possible dispatch, while on the 800 level
of the Brunswick workings the JOINT Savage and
Hale & Norcross north drift, having reached the
south boundary of Savage ground has been taken
charge of by the Savage people and extended 15
feet, the face being in porphyry and slips of clay
BoDIE CoNsoLIDATED-200 level-Glldea raise
advanced feet. The vein faulted. but has been
found again the foctwall containing 10 inches
of good rock 500 level-The Burgess south drift
was advanced feet, and has about inches of
good ore in the face. 400 Ievel-The north drift
has been retracked preparatory to doing little
" worll in various parts of this ground Are stopping
north and south of the Glldea raise on the 2CO
level, and north on the pillar about the 800
level of the Burgess ledge, and north on the
old level on filings in the Fortuna 400 level FIX
tracted during the week from the 200 level of the
Gildea 800 level of the Burgess and 400 level of
the Fortuna total of 17.5 tons of ore, assaying
per car sample $12 TO SAT per ton; true average
$26 per ton gold
BULwER CoNsoLIDATED-20O level-Stopes 10
and ] ! above No. 2 crosscut still continue about
the same. On the tunnel level the ore IL raise l
is wider and the stope extends further south than
the ore below il, bu. the grade is lower. Raise
has completely pinched. and, though followed
some dis. ance has not improved. The south drift
from crosscut has been driven feet on the
seam, cutting the crosscut south, with particu-
lar change. Are clearing out an old raise the
200 level, 40 feet south of the shaft in the hope of
coming across something of value in a region of
which we know nothing. Extracted during the
week total of III tons of ore from the 200 level
and the tunnel openings, assaying per sample
sic to $52 per ton; true average $50 per ton.
Shall begin on Monday (Septem Der y milling ore
in Stan ard mill.
MoNo-On Bodie 400 level the south drift in the
Fortuna vein was advanced feet, showing IA
inches Of broken low-grade quartz.
STANDARD CONSOLIDATED-Mi statements for
week ending September B Ore crushed, 81 tons
for Bodie Consolidated and 223 tons for STANDARD
Consolidated: average daily crushing, SO 81 tons
average assay vanner tailings, Sc 06; coDcen-
trates produced. ton; assay value S66 80; plate
amalgam produced, $40 ounces. Taiings-Plant
2 worked 507 tons for the week. Taiings-Plant
] worked 23S.l tons for the same period.
The Joint Confidence, Challenge Consolidated
and Con ,oiidated Imperial west crosscut 1 from
the surface tunnel is out 69S feet having been ad-
vanced Is feet during the week. The face
shows porphyry. West crosscut 3 from the sur-
face tunnel is being repaired.
CROWS PoINT-Work was resumed in the mine
on September 3. Repairs the 600 and 700
Levels have been made since then, and an east
crosscut started from the south lateral drift on the
700 level, near the shaft station. Are timberjnp
in the from the 700 level in the south end on
the eleventh floor. The usual work in the shaft is
The yield OF the Belcher mine for the past week
was 50 mining carloads OF ore, the average top
sample of which showed an assay value of $l9 Is
per ton. Shipped 10 the Brunswick mill during,
the week Isl tons and 100 pounds of ore, making
the tolai quantity of ore now on hand at the mill
361 tons and 910 pounds. Full returns of this ore
Will be given soon as II is worked.
The yield of the Confidence mine for the past
week was IS mining carloads of ore, the average
No ore was taken from the overman mine dur
| Ing the past week.