The San Francisco call., 1897-01-26
RECEIPTS OF PRODUCE.
THE STOCK MARKET.

Mining stocks sold rather higher again on the
morning CALL but subsequently weakened and
were lower in the afternoon, closing weak
The Savage assessment falls delinquent in Office
to-day.
The Pacific Auxiliary Fire Alarm Company has
declared a quarterly dividend Of cents per share
payable February Is.
The annual meeting Of the Pacific Rolling Mill
Company has been called for February 8.
The report of the Con. Cal. & Va. for the week is
as follows:
1000 level-The south drift started from the
crosscut at point l24 feet in from the top Of
the upraise from west crosscut from the ncrth
drift from the Con- Va. shaft station has been ex-
tended 20 feet passing through porphyry, clay and
quartz of low assay value; total length 80 feet
1850 level-We are repairing and easing timbers
on the ninth floor south drift. on the ninth noor
in the slope at point 100 feet and 25 feet
south of an east line from the Con. Va hiatt an
upraise has been started and carried up 10 feet,
passing through quartz and porphyry from which
a few tons of milling ore have been saved This
uprhise will be carried up inclning 10 the west TO
connect with the south drift, where the streak of
good ore was recently found on the twenty-slxth
floor
1850 level-From the twenty-sixth floor. at
point " feet In from the mouth OF the west DRIFT,
a north drift has been advanced 1S feet From
the end of this drift west crosscut has been e1-
quartz of low assay value. From the tenth,
eleventh and sixteenth floors on the east side
above the sill floor of this level-at the north end
OF the slopes in old ground OF former Workings:
and from the sixteenth floor on the west side OF
the SsOpe, we have extracted ~ tons OF ore Inc
average assay value per sample taken from the
cars IN mine, $25 10 ton. From the west
drift at point 100 feet In from Its mouth, the
north drift has been advanced 19 feet, passing
through porphyry, clay and quartz assaying 81
and SO ton; total length, 80 feet. Opposite the
north DRIFT the south drift has been
ad vanced 10 feet; total length, 80 feet.
This drift when advanced 25 feet showed a
streak of ore ID inches wide on the west
side ofthe drift and 1S inches wide on the east side
OF the drift Samples taken across the lace OF the
DRIFT from the streak assayed $72 10, S74 % Rnd
1881 40 per ton. Along the east side Of the drift
8 feet north from the face there is a width OF Is
inches OF ore assaying over $500 ton We have
extracted from this streak about tons OF ore as
saving $2l7 ton which still remains in the drift.
work here haS been suspended. as we cannot re-
move the ore unlll an upraise connection has been
N ade with our 1850 level, which l estimate will
take four weeka We continue filling the open
space In the slopes between the eighteenth and
twenty-sixth floors with fine rock This work Will
be completed during the coming week. and all the
places from which the bad air has been escaping
will then be closed he total extraction of for
the week amounted to 10 tons. The average assay,
from samples aSen from cars when raised to the
surface, was $43 4S a ton."
In the Opnir mine. on the 1000 level, west cross
cut Is In 334 feet the face is In sort porphyry ana
seams of clPy. the old Central tunnel worKings
OF the Ophlr from the west cro5scut trcm the
Mex can shaft at point 81 feet in from its mouth
from the south drift so rect in from its mouth
from the upraise carried up Is feet they are
opening an old west crosscut and have extracted
therefrom eight tons of ore assaying S24 Az per
ton.
In the Hale & Norcross mine, In upraise l. 800