The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-01-12
RECEIPT, OF PRODUCE.
THE STOCK MARKET.

Mining stocks showed change worthy of note
yesterday. The close weak
The Commercial Publishing Company has de-
clared quar- erly dividend OF per cent, payable
now.
The annual meeting of the Columbian Banking
Company was held Saturday. The following were
electt directors /. ]. Truman, John Coop, ]. c.
Currer n. C. Hawks, w. s. Miller, G. O Perry
and r. i. Turpin. The following officers
elected: 1. j. Truman, president; w. s. Miller
vice. PRESIDENT C. O. Perry, manager and cashier.
The annual election of the san Francisco Stock
and Exchange Board held yesterday and re-
suited in areturn OF the old officers.
Weekly letters from the mines as follows:
Coz. CAL.& NA.-l000 level-From west crosscut
z, arted at point in the north DRIFT SO feet
north from the Consolidated Virginia shaft sta
ton, s5 feet south from the north boundary line
of the mine, at point 4.6 feet from its mou h
from the double compartment upraise 81 feet
above the sill floor of this level, the crosscut
has been extended rs feet, passing through por-
phyry and clay with the top half Ct the face
streaked with quartz of low assay value: total
length $50 feet 1850 level-We are repairing and
easing timbers on the nj tn floor south drift.
100 level-From the twenty-sixth floor the
west drift has been extended 10 feet through
porphyry and quartz assaying low: total length
100 feet. From this point an upraIse has been
carried up 2s feet and connected with the 800
level north drift From the tenth and eleven Ii
floors on the east sde-a bove the sill floor OF this
level-at the north end of the slopes in Old ground
of former workings have extracted tons
Of ore, the average assay value, per samples
taken from the cars in the mine was $50 per ton.
From the west drift at point AS feet ia from its
mouth the south drift has been advanced 81 feet,
passing through porphyry and quartz asSaying 81
and So per ton; tCtal length 1877 feet. On the
twenty fifth floor the has been started
cay seams; to al length 90 feet. We continue
filling open space in the slopes between the
eighteenth and TIVE nty sixth floors wi h fine rock
The total extraction of ore for the week amounted
to tons; the average ASSAY, from samples taken
from cars when raised to the surface, was SO %
per ton.
In the Hale & Norcross mine on tho 900 level
In o. upraise the south drift was advanced 10
feet from the south end of The sixth floor. total
lensth 20 feet, face in porphyry and quartz. No.
upraise-Are now raising for the min floor. No
change OF rnportan. since last report Extracted
ounces of silver per ton.
No WORK WAS done in the Choar and Potosi
mines on he Comstock during the past week.
In the Savage mine on the $50 level Inc north
drift started from lont 81 feet west from the
sh' I. In the main west drift has been advanced 10
reel race IN porphyry. total length 80 feet. On
The $50 level have sunk SO feet from tue south
end OF the m in south drift ahd have saved cars
OF pay ore fer The week from there Repairs in
the shaft ana elsewhere require have been
maze during he week. On the 5u0 lever have
cleaned out and repa red the main west It dis
tance of lag feet from the SHAFT, IL feet being
covered during the week.
BRUNSWICK LoDE-Coo. Cal. and Va, Best &
Beicher and Gould ds Curry-Shaft 2 sunk Is feet;
total depth 49I feet: bottom in ari porphyTy.
All work has been discontinued in the tunnel. The
:
the 3OO level Of shaft 2, which is 12J feet deeper
IMAM the tunnel level The south orIft will here
AFTER DC run Jointly by the Best d Belcher and
oouid a. curry com panies, add it has been ad-
Vanced Jointly since the LIST the mont for dis
lance or ~ feet, passing through poT phyry, clay
and quartz: total length 125 feet.
saVage-40O level-rhe Joint Savage-Norcross
north drift was advanced II feet total depth 10
rect north OF Savage south boundary; face in por-
phyry ana quartz OF low 81 ade.
Clio lar-shaft has been sunk feet on the in
cline curing the week; total depth, 794 feet. The
bottom Is IN hard footwall rock Have discontin-
ueu sihklng, and are now engaged in cutting the
cLutes preparatory to opening the 300 level
tion ON the 200 aud 300 levels continue to open
the ore streaks, which, though small, of good
CRAZE are rslsiDg on the east streak exposed in
crosscut l. 800 level to connect eventually with
the zOo level On the 400 level the raise from the
soutn urlit from crosscut IS up IL feet. The top
SHOWS q width OF feet Of quartz which are
saving ior pay. The grade OF the ore is
from % TO s30 per ton, per face samples.
calculated ut par, ana third gold. This
brings down the grsde of 20u ana 80 level
rock u itiie, but LOOK for the grade to improve
tHey rals.. East crosscut g. 100 feet south OF
4 Is out 8 feet, having been 80 feet the past
week. he lace and material encountered on
sist chleny OF porphyry. West crosscut 8, oppo-
site east. is out n feet having driven 80
feet for the week. FACE is in porphyry. Have
saved and shipped TO the Nevada null for the week
"a tons OF ore. the average sample OF which
was Sou 81 silver, calculated st par Have cleaned
up the run OF 232 tons and 100 pounds OF ore
worked In December, giving q return OF 1854 90
in go d coin ana bars of fine silver weighing
$685. ounces, and which have been shipped 10
the San Francisco office.