The San Francisco call., 1898-06-21
RECEIPTS OF PRODUCE.
THE STOCK MARKET.

Mining stocks present new feature They are about low they can be without drop ping completely out of sight, and very dull.
 Local securities quiet, with weaker prices for Spring Valley Water and Oceanic Steamship.
 The delinquent assessment sale of the Chal- lenge Consolidated will be held to-day.
 The South Swansea Mining Company of Utah has declared a dividend of cents per share, amounting to s7500. payable July 1. In- elusive of this dividend the South Swansea will have paid out $g7, ,5G0
 The delinquency In office of the assessment of 50 cents on the Omaha Consolidated of Nevada County has been postponed to July 15. and the day of sale to August 13.
 Weekly reports from the leading mines are as follows: Consolidated California and Virginia, 1850 level-From the north drift skirting along the footwall from the incline upraise at point IFS feet on the slope above this level, 35 feet in from its mouth, east crosscut No. has been advanced 20 feet, passing through porphyry Work in east crosscut No. 3 on this level has been suspended. From the incline upraise No. level from the south drift at a point 230 feet in from it's mouth. the upraise started on the east side of the drift has been carried up l2 feet. passing through porphyry and quartz assaying from s1 to S6 per ton; total height, g feet. 1850 level-From incline upraise No l at point GO feet above the sill floor of this level from the south drift skirting along the footwall, which is in a total length of IFS feet.
  Are also repairing upraise No. from this level upward. From the old east crosscut on the its mouth from the upraise carried up 15 feet above the sill floor from the north end of the openings from the upraise carried 2S feet we have worked east and north through streaks and punches of ore from which we have ex- tracted 24 tons ore assaying per mine ear samples S31 90. We have extracted from this part of the mine 2S tons of low grade ore, the assay value. of which. per samples taken from cars. was SIP S6 per ton. 1750 level-On the eighth floor from the upraise east crosscut has been started and advanced II feet through porphyry and quartz assaying from .s2 to s7 per ton; total length. 42 feet. The total extraction of ore for the week amounted to "A tons. the taken from cars at the surface, was $3l SS per
 In the Mexican mine. on the 1ooo-foot level, in the north drift from the Ophir shaft station 4So feet in from the station. 230 feet north was advanced 30 feet passing through soft porphyry with seams of clay and narrow seams of vein matter assaying s1 65 per ton; total
 The official letter from the Sierra Nevada week we advanced the west crosscut from the south drift 20 feet. making total of 12S feet. through 1t: On the 18th inst we. started a winze on the ore body in the the tunnel t and sank ore of good grade. From that point rIs feet down the ground was mixture of clay, quartz per ton In sinking the first 31e feet took out six mining carloads of ore. The average assay or the car samples was SloV III BOiQ ana 1094 ounces of silver per ton. In this winze the water has troubled in sinking. there be- ing three buckets of water for one of debris. Have started to retimber the old Sierra Nevada shaft, and when comnleted and northwest drift run it will drain the ground under this ore body with good c..ances for finding bodies of ore under the Riley tunnel. During the week we have shipped to the Carson Mint one bar of bullion of the par value of S1I52 IT, for which we have not yet received an official re- port. We have also shipped during the week 346 sacks of sulphurets to Selbys at Vallejo Junction. The gross weight was 49 600 pounds for which return has yet been made. At the Union shaft west crosscut No. from the lateral drift started at point 225 feet south from the uprase above the goo level and 900 level, has been extended during the week. 10 feet; total. 70 feet. The face is in porphyry with of clay On the 800 level west crosscut No. from the north lateral drift, started at a point 100 feet north from west crosscut No. 5 and $50 feet north from the this week 12 feet total, 149 feet. The face Is in porphyry with seams of clay.'
 Brunswick lode-Con. Cal. & Va, Best & Belcher and Gould & Currv-600 level-The joint south drift from the station has been advanced Il feet; total length. $50 feet; face in hard DOT phyry. The shaft has been sunk 12 feet on the incline; total depth, 1137 feet; bottom in hard porphyry. The joint east crosscut, started in the south drift, 600 feet from the station was advanced 16 feet: total length, 52 feet face in porphyry and quartz. Sutro tunnel level-Joint north drift from the Sutro tunnel has been ad- vanced IA feet; total length 13S feet; face in porphyry.
 Occidental Consolidated-The official letter for the past week says: Prom the stopes on the $50 level we have extracted and milled 80 tons of ore of the average value as per battery sample assay of sS 10 per ton.