The San Francisco call., 1897-05-18
kECEIPTs OF PRODUCE.
THE STOCK MARKET.

Mining stocks opened the week quietly at about
Saturdays figures.
The Mercur mine of Utah will pay dividend Of
1212c per share, or $4,000, on the goth. his
will make 500 600.
The Boston and Mon ana copper mine of Mon
tana will pay dividend of s3 per share on the
goth. The amount is $45000O.
The Pacific Auxiliary Fire Alarm Company
paid quarterly dividend Of cents share
yesterday.
| and Midas Consolidated Mining Company has
been called for June /.
The regular mon thIy dividends Of the Pacific
and Sunset Telephone and telegraph companies
will be paid this week.
Weekly reports from the mines are as follows:
Con CAL VA-lO0O ievel-Ti west crosscut
shaft on this level at roint 200 feet north from
| the station has been advanced 25 feet, passing
len tn 225 feet.
1850 evel-From the top of the double-com-
above this level, the drift has been advano ed
along the footws II Ia feet. passing through
porphyry clay seams and streaks OF quartz as
saying from 81 to So per ton: total length 140
| feet. Work has been suspended. From the top of
the incline upfaise have worked west 10 feet
and are putting in uprasing tmbers on the foot
wall, where we find sireaks of quartz saving $3
and IA per ton. 1850 leve.-From The ninth floor
south drift at a point 265 feet in from its month
! the upraise has been carried up 8 feet
passing through a quartz formation assaying 81
to So per ton; total height 20 feet From incline
u
this level from the end of the north drift, the
uprase has bt en- carried up on the footwall 10
feet. passing through ore showing average
width OF eet; total height above the sill floor 81
| feet. Our opening in the top shows leng h.
north aud south, Of 10 feet and width Of feet Of
good ore. I he average assays from all around
this top opening are $65 SO per ton We have ex-
tracted from this point, with few additional tons
from the south drift from upraise 81 tons Of ore,
asssying per mine car samples. $50 81 per ton
The south drift started fIom incline upraise at a
point 40 feet the sill floor has been advanced
through
and quartz showing streak OF ore on the footwalt
one foot wide, averaging from $40 to 500 per ton.
coniinua ion of the ore streak discover In the
north drift from uprase !, 20 feet above on III I.
| amounted to 81 tons, the average assay value of
| which, per samples taken from the cars when
raised to the surface, was $5S IL per ton
In the OphIr mine, on the lO)O level, no further
advance was made in crosscut 2, as 1t was
necessary 10 m AXE repairs and ease tmbers. Work
vas resumed in the face OF the ciosscut on Satur-
day. In the old Central tunnel ground Of the
Ophir at point 20 feet up in the raise carried up
| to a total height of Al feet, opposite the north
drift, south d lift has been started and advanc ed
10 feet. following narrow streak OF ore, from
whi.h the' have extracted TWO tons of ore assay
| ing $45 55 per ton.
| In the hale & Norcross mine during the week
the work was CO.. fined to repairs In the main
smart, taking up he water pipe on the 976 levtl,
cleaning and putting il ack and timberng on the
9Oo level No. npraise in the west crosscut from
the tenth floor at the point where the south drift
siartei ON the strneer of pay quartz. Had started
tne north drift at this point opposite the south
url1' out was fori ed 10 ST and timber Face of
north drift shows several inch s of quartz of fair
value. he west crosscut is in "a feet of the
point wi ere the north drift started In softer
ground that Is caving and must be timbered before
being advanced further.
No work was done in lhollar round on the
Comstock lode during the past week.
In the Potosi mine during the week they ad-
vanced the upralse above east crosscut from the
south drift on the tunnel level l5 feet and
up II feet The Top is in quartz giving assays of
from $-U TO $50 per ton They saved from this
70, during the week SO mining carloads OF ore,
of the par assay value OF $3i 80 per ton.
BRUNSWICK ODE Conso idated California
Virginia, Best Il Becher aud Gou d Curry
Shaft has been sunk 10 feet the incline; total
depth 1873 feet; bottom in porphyry and quartz
SOU leVel-The east crosscut started 2S5 feet from
the shaft In the south drift has been extended 16
feet total length 1872 feet; face in porphyry and
string"rs OF quartz. Resumed work in the joint
south drift and extended 80 feet total length 356
feet: iace In porphyrv and quartz.
OCCIDENTAL Co CoNsoLIDATED-The official letter
for the past week says: $50 level-The upraise
feet; total height 95 feet. The south drift from
said cross ut has been extended 13 feet; total
length % feet. The winze from said crosscut Is
down A feet: extended ! 8 feet during the week.
All OF said openings show ore assaying about SIS
per ton In gold The west crOsscut starred at IA
point 500 feet south of No west trosscut is now
in 52 feet. having been extended 10 f.et during
the week through porphyry. We i'll clean
ing out and repairing the south drift the $50
level 10 meet the winZe goII down from the $50
level. 1t is now out 284 feet; face in quartz and
porphyry.
CHoLLAR-Repairs to the hoist have been COM