The San Francisco call., 1898-02-15
THE STOCK MARKET.

changes worthy Of note.
 On the Stock and Bond Exchange there was break in the gas stocks owing to the ported formation of opposition company, and the extent of the decline will be seen by the list of sales. Oceanic Steamship continued to advance and sold up to s57. against s5S 25 Saturdays best bid
 The Mercur Company of Utah has declared dividend of IS cents per share, amounting to $36, 900, payable February 21.
 The Oakland Cas- Light and Heat Company
 will pay its regular monthly dividend of % cents per share to-day.
 The Belefontaine Mining Company of Ne vada County has levied assessment of cent per share, delinquent March 15.
 The Big Indian Mining Company of Esmer- aida County, New, has levied an assessment of 1-10 cents per share.
 Weekly reports from the mines fol- lows:
 Consolidated California and Virginia. 1850 level-The north drift skirting along the foot wall from the incline uprase at point IFS feet on the stope above this level. 300 feet in from its mouth. an east crosscut has been started and advanced "A feet, passing through porphyry and clay seams. From the incline upraise No. l at point 112 feet above the sill floor of this level, the south drift has been ad~ vanced 27 feet, passing through porphyry streaked with quartz assaying S1 per ton;
 total length 23S feet 1850 level-F'rom in the sill floor of this level from the south drift skirting along the footwall at point IFS feet in from it's mouth, from the top of the up raise which has been carried up 49 feet, from the south drift 100 feet in from its mouth, an upraise has been carried up 10 feet, passing through quartz assaying N and S2 per ton of this level, at a point 122 feet in from its mouth from the top of the upraise, which has been carried up 30 feet from the end of the northwest drift which connects with the east drift from the north drift, have worked streaks tons of ore assaying. per mine car | samples, s41 47 per ton. 1750 level-On the eleventh floor north from the top of the up- raise from the north drift 70 feet in from it's mouth. the east drift has been advanced feet. passing through old ground of former workings from which have extracted and saved three tons of ore~ assaying, per mine samples S39 30 per ton total length 34 feet. The total extraction of ore for the week amounted to 12 tons, the average assay value of which, per samples taken from the cars when raised to the surface. s41 42 per ton.
 crosscut No is in STA feet The face Is in porphyry. clay and narrow seams of quartz, tunnel Workings of the ophir from the sill floor from the west crosscut from the Mexican shaft, starting at point 225 feet in from its mouth, the east crosscut has been extended Ii feet,
 through porphyry showing clay seams assay
 ing sr per ton; total length, 416 feet. In the Sierra Nevada mine the Riley tunnel was advanced during the week 30 feet, total length 730 feet: face in a mixture of clay, quartz and porphyry yielding small assays. The east crosscut started 10 feet south of the winze has been advanced 10 feet: total length, IS
 feet. On the so0-foot level of the Union shaft workings of the Sierra Nevada west crosscut No. 5, started from the north lateral drift at a
 point 100 feet north from west crosscut No and 450 feet north from Sierra Nevada shaft, has been extended during the week 25 feet; to- tai length. 190 feet; face in porphyry clay y. The official letter from the Alta mine says:
 The north raise above the $40 level was carried up 12 feet; total height, 54 feet. We have hoist ed Il car loads of from the $40 level, the average car sample assay of which was S42 60 per ton. The stope above the $40 level con tinues to look well and the ore is about feet thick
 Brunswick Lode-Consolidated California and Virginia, Best & Belcher and Gould & Curry Shaft No ?, 500 level-The joint east crosscut started jointly with the Gold & Curry Com
 pany from this drift, at point APO feet from the station, has been advanced 19 feet; total length IFS feet: face in porphyry. The joint
 west crosscut from the station on the Best
 & Belcher north boundary has been advanced z feet; total length IT feet face in porphyry. West crosscut No. l. started Tn south drift APO feet from station. has been advanced A feet
 total length 24i feet face in porphyry. Work has been resumed jointly between the Gould & Curry Best & Belcher and Consolidated Cali
 fornia and Virginia companies in the south meeting with shaft No. and to obtain better ventilation in the mines and the drift was ad- vanced 21 feet; total length. A feet: face in porphyry and stringers of quartz. On the sth inst sinking resumed In the shaft and it has since been sunk five feet on the incline;
 total depth; 900 feet; bottom in porphyry.
 for the past week says: $50 level-West cross cut No. 1. started at point in the lower tun-
 ne nel 1900 feet from the mouth has been driven
 total length. 72 feet. $50 level-East crosscut No. 5, started at point in south drift $40
 feet: total length 175 feet The face is snow now in In
 hard porphyry and seams of quartz The main
 south drift has been extended Il feet through The winze started In the south drift at a
 point 6s0 feet south of the station has been sunk IS feet during the week; total length, 35 feet; bottom in fair grade ore.
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