The San Francisco call., 1896-02-25
RECEIPTS OF INTERIOR PRODUCE
THE STOCK MARKET.

The Comstocks were rather firm than otherwise
but prices showed ho Improvement worthy OF note.
The close was lower and weak.
The delinquent assessment sale of the Mono
Mining Company will be held to-day.
Silver advanced to IS 7sc yesterday. The rise is
attributed TO purchases of the metal in the English
market to cover the issue Of rupee paper on India
The weekly reports from the Comstock
follows:
Con. CAL. & VA.-1650 leveI-We continued re-
pairing and easing timbers in the south drift on
the ninth floor. the first floor above the sill floor of
this level. On the fourteenth floor, the sixth floor
above the sill floor, south drift started at the
south end of the stope has been advanced rs
feet through quartz assaying 81 and So per ton.
1850 level-We continue to extract Some
from the third fourth fifth and sixth floors above
the sill floor of this level. working through up
raise and through the upraise, No. 3, carried
up from the end OF the west crosscut, No g. on the
sill floor of this level, both upraises being con-
nected with the fifth floor. In working TO the
north on the west side of these openings the
continues to show a width of feet, assayng $50
per ton. From these openings and from the north
end OF the stope in the old ground of former
ings on the thirteenth and sixteenth floors have
extracted l3I tons OF ore the average assay value
of which, per samples taken from cars in the mine,
was $40 80 per ton. From the upraise started at
the 207-foot point in the northwest drift from
the main west drift from the c. Il G.. shalt at
a point 80 feet above the sill floor. we have
worked upward and opened the eighth floor TO- low
ing the streaks of found on the seventh floor,
which show width in the top of two feet, and we
have extracted therefrom twenty tons of ore assay
ing S21 so per ton. 1000 level-At point go
feet south of the north boundary line of the Cali
fornia ground, the sill floor of this level, an
upraise was started and carried up 16 feet in por
phyry and quar- carrying low assay value. 1000
level-The north drift from the Consolidated Vir-
ginia shaft station this level has been advanced
81 feet, passing through soft porphyry and clay;
Morgan mill 756 tons and 1910 pounds OF ore,
assaying per railroad car samples S32 So per ton.
The average assay value per battery samples of all
the ore worked at that mill during the week, 500
tons was S25 96 per ton.
OCCIDENTAL CoNsoLIDATED-Edwards shaft
nc , -
near the south line we have started shaft and
are now down feet in hard porphyry. 550level-
West crosscut started 260 south Of main winze has
been extended feet, total length 20 feet: forma-
tion black porphyry. .650level-The main northwest
crosscut started at point 2l0 feet NORTH of the
Wine station has been extended 10 feet through
hard porphyry, total length 3S4 feet. The cross
cut started from the end OF the south drift from
northwest crosscut was driven 81 feet TO the hang
ing wall and stopped. The crosscut shows 20 feet
OF low grade ore. Have resumed work in the main
southeast drift. Have done no work In the north
drift during the week. $50 level-The west cross
cut started in the north drift at point $40 feet
north OF the main winZe has been extended 16
feet, total length 1S5 feet, and continues in hard
porphyry.
OPHIR-lOOO leve-The south drift from the
station has been advanced 80 feet; total length
3so feet: in a porphyry formation, carrying clay
separations.
Have continued Jointly with the Mexican Com
pany the work OF making repairs in the main
shaft near the sill floor of this level.
tentral tunnel-25O leVel-The west crosscut
started from the old north drift at point 1872 feet
from the bottom of the winze on the sill floor of
through porphyry and quartz assaying 81 so per
ton; total length los feet.
tunne level-The crosscut running west from
the drift northwesterly from the Mexican
shaft-56 feet above the sill floor of this level
has been extended % feet total length 395 feet;
passing through porphyry, carrying lines OF quartz
that assays 81 and So per ton.
UNION con.
800 level-The station which being cut in
the upraise from the Joint west drift. 1920 feet
west of the shaft, at point lib feet vertically
above the sill foor of this level, has been COM
pleted. and a north drift therefrom has been ad-
Vanced 10 feet, passing through porphyry and
quartz yielding low assays.
The north drift from east crosscut 8. which
was started 100 feet cast from the Sierra evada
north lateral drift run from the Joint west drift
from the shaft has been extended 20 feet; to!aI
length 529 feet face in porphyry, clay and quartz.
HALE & NoRCRoss.
s75 level-Upraise 1-Have been working north
on the eighth floor. The ore streak continues in
appearance about the same as at time of last re-
port.
No. upraise-Have been working south on the
seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth floors; also north
on the ninth floor. The general appearance of the
ore streak these floors is about the same as at
last report
No. upraise-Have been working on fifth and
north end Of raise: the south end has connected
with the stope timbers from upraise l.
have been putting in Sill floor sets In our main
south drift point where cut out for upraise T.
Have done more than the ordinary amount of re-
tmberng and repairing the past week.
Extracted during the week from our openings 80
cars of ore, assaying per mine car sample, gold,
s26 81 silver 80 2-lo ounces per ton
In the Chollar mine they are opening 10 the
north on the sixth floor of the stope above Noe
crosscut, 450 level; in porphyry and quartz con-
tanning punches of ore. From the north lateral
drift, 400 level 400 feet from our south line, they
nave started west, which is out j 8 feet.
The face is in low-grade quartz. Have shipped to
the Nevada mill 13 tons and 1900 pounds OF ore,
where IL is allowed TO accumulate.
In the Potosi mine The filings in the 450 level
stope became too low in grade TO warrant ex.rac-
tlon They are now raising from the stope in fill
ings IN assaying from $l5 TO $40 per ton Shipped to
the Nevada mill % tons and 100 pounos OF ore,
where it is allowed to accumulate. Car sample,
S2i 40 per ton. shipped three bars of bullion,
valued $9455 79.
BRUNSWICK LoDE-Shaft !, 200 level-The
south drift started from the end OF east cross
cut has been ad vanced 32 feet, passing through
porpbyry, clay and quartz showing some value;