The San Francisco call., 1896-09-22
RECEIPTS or PRODUCE.
THE sTOOK MARKET.

The market was soft again yesterday and the
best prices were below those OF saturday, though
the depreciation was slight.
The Crown Point assessme ent falls delinquent in
Office to-day, and the Con- Imperial delinquent
sale takes place also.
The weekly reports from the Comstock are as
follows:
Cox. CAL & VA.-lOOO level-From west cross
cut 2 started at point in the north drift so feet
north from the Con. Va shaft station. or S5 feet
south from the north boundary line of the mine at
point 436 feet from It S mouth, are cutting out
and have started double compartment upraise.
which is in porphyry, clay and quartz forma-
ton of low assay value
1850 level-On the ninth hoor-the first floor
above the sill oor-the east crosscut started from
the south drift at point 500 feet in from its
mouth, or about so feet north from our south
boundary line, advanced IL fee. passing
through porphyry showing clay separations: total
1850 level-From the twelfth to the TWENTY
fourth floors, above the sill floor this level at the
north end OF the slope in old ground OF former
workings, we have extracted during the week lb3
tons OF ore, the average assay value OF which-per
sample taken from the cars in the mine-was S43
per ton; From the sixteenth floor, from the nm
raise which connects with the twenty-fourth floor
from The end Of the west drift, we are stoplne ON
Ihe seventeenth floor in old ground assaviIg from
91U 70 $oO per ton. On the eighth floor we are
drifting north in old ground assaying Sc per tom to
reacn ,, point under the thirteenth floor, from
Wnere we nave Filings assaying $50 per ton The
total extraction of ore for the week amounted to
100 TONS, the average assay value of which, per
samples taken from the cars when raised 10 the
surface, was Sal per ton. -s
In the ophir mine, on the 1000 level, west cross
cut /, after reaching length of 500 feet has been
stopped The face is in diorite, or west ountrv
rock. West cTosscut mas been started from The
south drift on his level az point 23O feet sonfh
of the shaft station or 100 feet north OF the sonth
boundary OF the mine. In the old central tnnnaI
@ @W9rkings OF the ophir, from the end of the north
urlit from the west crosscut from The Mexican
shatt, at a point 1872 feet from its mouth we have
WORKED upward IA feet old ground Of former
worklngs , assaylng from 81 TO 81 per ton. From
tne sill MOOR from the upraise started on the north
SIDE OF the crosscut running west from the drift
run nortnwesteriy from the Mexican shaft-51
rect above the sill floor of this level-a point q4
rect IN fro.n the mouth of the crosscut the west
iess ZEN IN from It's mouth was advanced IL feet
through porphyry, clay and quartz of low ASSAY
value; total length, SO feet.
In The II ale Il Norcross mine f(,omstocr ,ro-,,
t SSJ on me SuO level, the north drift at q dis
lance ca OF 246 feet has been stopped and an east
crosscut has been started 239 feet in and ad-
vAnt ed II feet in clay and p1Iphyry In 40 / m
raise the ore struck continues TO improve as thew
raise. On the 1lV0 level have stopped work In
tne north drift which is in TIA feet and started
an All cas- crosscut theiefrom at n point $50 feet in
when this crosscut was in feet a reak OF
guArtz asSaying s2l gold, coin value, was cut
Ihs IS the same streak fro NJ which a carload OF
ort.s ore was taken durins the previous week. The
losscuI Is now In ~ feet; face in porphyry. Will
npraiSe and sink on the ore streak kxtracted
curing the week 15 carloads of ore assayinR per
yer per ton. %
In the Chollar mine (Comstock workings) in the
seVpc ooVfe CHOSScuJ z on the 4oO level they
.,u sonIthu 10 op n 10 The south on the ninth and
.enth noors, with no special change 10 note. In
tne south stope on this level they are following
sIeak OF pa, ore feet In width OF fair grade but
somewhat bunchy. Have saved from both points
since last report 80 tons and 200 pounds ore the
ton ~ pe'
In the Potosi mine (Comstock workngs) the
west crosscut from the north drift run from the
top OF the raise above the 450 level Is now out $50
ieet- The face is in porphyry. clay and quartz of
no value. The raise from this north drift TO con-
meet with the tunnel level has been extended IL
feet for the week and is up % feet The top is In