The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-27
TIE STOCK MARKET.

Lower prices ruled for mining stocks, with a
quiet business.
Trading in local securities was smaller than
for time and quotations showed no
changes worthy of note.
At special meetings Of stockholders yesterday
a reduction of the capitalization OF the Crown
Point Mining Company authorized from
500 per share to So and Of the Julia Console
dated Mining Company from 500 to 81 per
share.
Special meetings Of the stockholders of tfe
Exchequer, Silver Hill and Con. New York
mining companies will be held to-day to au-
thorize reduction in their capitalization from
500 to 81 per share.
The South Swansea Mining Company OF Utah
has declared a dividend OF &c per share,
amounting to $500.
The Geyser- Marion Mining Company OF Utah
has declared dividend OF &c per share.
amounting to $1,000 7
The Mountaineer Mill and Mining Company
of Nevada County has levied an assessment OF
&c per share, delinquent October q.
The Live Oak Consolidated Gold Mining
Company has levied an assessment of 10c per
share, delinquent October 20.
The following ore shipments were made by
districts, Nevada. for the week ending Sep
TENDER %: Eureka District-Eureka Con-. a.
40 s. s EFGeor Idqho O
Rocco-Lani & Co., 1920; Rocco-Smith &
The official report of the Sierra Nevada mine
for the week is as follows: Riley tunnel-Dur-
Ing the week extracted p mining cars of ore
from the elBnLn HOOr. Inc dNerdBe dS5dy VI
samples taken from the face was: Gold, s23 Is;
silver, $50 ounces per ton. Have hauled to the
Nevada Mil So tons of ore, assay samples of
which taken from wagon show an average
value of s25 in gold and ounces in silver
per ton. At a point 14T feet south from the
tunnel line from the south drift west crosscut
No. was advanced % feet; total length, 100
feet; face in porphyry, seams OF clay and nd
level of the shaft Is about completed 800 level
The upraise in west crosscut No. from the
north lateral drift was advanced feet; total,
80 feet; top in porphyry.
The Alta mine recently shipped $50 tons OF
ore to San Francisco for reduction. The re-
turns amounted to $40 OF in gold.
Brunswick lode: Cholar and Potosi. 800
level-The main south drift has been advanced
II feet and is out 12i feet south of the
Chollar north boundary: face in porphyry
Best & Belcher Gould & Curry and Savage
feet north of the tunnel line in the north drift.
advanced Is feet; face in porphyry with
seams of quartz; total length, 143 feet.
n. Westheimer, managing director OF the
Standard Consolidated Mining Company, says:
while In accommodating cash one more
believe in this conservative manner of pro-
viding through the means of a larger capital
in the future for still greater results, and we
thus enabled to acquire new properties of
value If such present themselves to us, and
having on September /, 1898, $50. 900 cash on
by January /, 1899 besides providing for an
other dividend, 500, 900 cash on hand. thus hav-
ing paid three dividends of 10c each stock
selling under 81 rs and mines in excellent
shape for future work. besides our large sur
plus to secure position. During the past
several producing points, from which we
hope to get extensive ORE"