The San Francisco call., 1898-05-24
THE STOCK MARKET.

, Mining stocks opened the week with s!lgn decline.
 | Local securities were moderately active. The | principal tuctuaton was an advance in Oceanic | Steamship to s56.
 The Opohongo Mining Company of Utah has l levied assessment of l cent per share de | linquent June To-
 ! The North Mercur Mining Company of Utah | has levied assessment of l cent per share | delinquent June 24.
 The delinquent assessment sale of the Bull lion Mining Company will be held to-day
 The Mammoth Mining Company of Utan has declared a dividend of cents per share, amounting to s20,0O0 payable June l. To date the Mammoth has declared dividends aggre- gating S1,eG0 eco.
 Weekly reports from the leading mines are follows:
 Consolidated California and Virginia. 1850 footwan from the incline up-raise at a point IFS feet on the stope above this level. 70 feet in in rom Its mouth east crosscut No has been advanced 19 feet, passing through DOT phyry streaked with quartz. assaying s1 per ton; total length. 6l feet. From the incline floor of this level from the south drift at a point 800 feet in from its mouth the end the south drift has been advanced r feet. passing through quartz assaying s1 and sS per cline up-raise No. at point 50 feet above the sill floor of this level from the south drift skrting along the footwall which Is in a total length of IFS feet we are repairing and retim- bering the drift. From the old east crosscut on the sill floor of this level at a point 93 feet in from Its mouth from the VP-raise carried up 15 feet above the sill floor We have worked north along the east drift in quartz showing streaks and punches of From these open ings we have extracted B tons of ore assaying per mine car samples sl9 30 per ton. Have also extracted from this part of the mine AS tons of low grade ore the sample taken from cars when raised to the surface was $7 5l per ton. 1850 level-On the eleventh floor from the north drift from the east drift at a point 28 feet in from it's mouth a north drift is in total length of IS feet; from which we have worked nOrID ana south on the twelfth nOOr through old ground of former workings, from which we saved 13 tons of ore assaying si5 47 per ton. The total extraction of ore for the week amounted to 46 tons. the average assay value at the Surface @ s per ton 'ef shppe to the Morgan mill during the week 436 tons d and si0 pounas sa Q of ore assaying & per railroad worked at the mill during the week (5So tons)
 Sierra Nevada. Riley tunnel-During the week we stoped out from the third and fourth floors 191 mining loads of The assay value of samples follows: Gold $40 75; silver 13 ounces per ton. At point feet; total length. 36 feet; face in a mixture of clay. quartz and porphyry, with a seepage of the Union shaft working of the Sierra Ne vada, west crosscut No. G. at a point 100 feet feet; total length i1s feet; face in porphyry with a strong flow of water.
 me otnGiai letter iron iron the Alta mine TOT the drift above the $40 level driven 2S feet; total length. IO feet; material in the lace IS vein porphyry. carrying stringers of quartz which assay from s6 to s19 per ton. Will finish timbering and excavating the winze station tomorrow and begin sinking Monday. Have had two men in the stopes during the week. from which extracted 12 mine loads of ore which assayed s3S IA per ton
 Brunswick lode-Consolidated California and Virginia. Best and BeIcher and Gould and Curry, 600 Ievel-The joint south drift from the station has been advanced g feet; total length. 7s0 feet; face in porphyry. The shaft has been sunk Is feet on the incline; total depth. 10S4 feet; bottom in porphyry and stringers of quartz. The joint west crosscut started from the south drift at a point 500 feet from the station advanced F feet; total length 104 feet face in porphyry. Sutro tun- nel level-Joint north drift from the Sutro tun- nel has. been cleared out and repaired dis tance of 22 feet; total length. 42 feet.
 Occidental Consolidated-The official letter for the past week says: 750 level-The up- raise from the west crosscut advanced 15 feet. through quartz with punches of fair grade ore; total, 31 feet. The winze in the north drift from the west crosscut No. 1 has been sunk feet total depth 10 feet The bottom shows punches of pay ore.
 The Virginia Chronicle says: Beginning tomorrow (May 22) and every Sunday there after all work will be suspended on the Brunswick lode This is in compliance with ment but whether issued for the purpose of economizng or through a recently acquired religious sentiment was not stated