The San Francisco call., 1898-01-14
RECEIPTS OF PRODUCE.
THE STOCK MARKET.

Mining stocks did better yesterday and an advance of several cents was scored Sales were rather more liberal in several stocks
 The Belcher assessment sale takes place to- day.
 The Pacific Vinegar and Pickle Works has declared It's regular monthly dividend of 1Oc per share and an extra dividend of 10c per share. both payable now. This makes tust one hundred dividends declared by this local factory.
 The Montana Ore Purchasing Company de clared a regular quarterly dividend of q per share. payable January 15
 The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Spring Valley Water Company was held Wednesday. There were s1 GOO shares repre- sented out of a possible 133. GOO shares The Income failed to meet expenses and dividends by s7O6S. thus reducing the surplus to s175 sO1 The number of rate payers is 4l OPP a gain of s34 over 1896. The consumption of water in 1se7 was S,671. OO0,OO0 gallons increase of 900 GOO VOO gallons The election for directors for the coming year resulted in the selection of Charles Webb Howard, A. H. Payson. G. W. Beaver :; C. Bigelow, Charles R. Bishop. A. Borel H. $. King
 The Consolidated St. Gothard Gold Mining Company has reelected the old directors and retary
 The Brunswick Consolidated Mining Company of Grass Valley has reelected the old direc- tors and officers for 1898. with J. Stadtfeld Jr. as secretary.
 The Bullion Mining Company has reelected the old board of directors for 1898. with Thomas Cole as president and R. R. Grayson secretary
 In the Savage Mining Company's ground on the Comstock lode, during the past week on the 500 level, the west crosscut started from the north lateral drift from point 135 feet north of main west crosscut. has been ad- vanced 13 feet; total length. l4S feet face in porphyry. On the 1S0 level the main west drift has been cleaned out and repaired distance of r feet: total length 2sS feet Brunswick lode-600 level-the north drift has been ex- tended 16 feet total length, 3l1 feet north of south line; face in porphyry and quartz giving
 The joint Confidence. Challenge Consolidated f7nr rad Inn al from the surface tunnel Is 1703 feet, hay ing been advanced 20 feet during the past still strong flow of water.
 No work was done in the Confidence mine pany account are confined to the joint west crosscut from the surface tunnel.
 In the Consolidated Imperial mine the face tunnel Is now in AS feet from the south line, 10 feet having been made during the week; the face is in old filings
 In the Crown Point mine the southeast cross cut from the end of the south drift the 700 foot level has been advanced 2l feet for the week, and is now out 43 feet the face Is in a mixture of porphyry, clay and quartz from which low assays are obtained; Repairs in the shaft above the 100 foot level are still under way The joint Belcher-Crown Point west crosscut from the top of Belcher raise No. I. $50 level, has been driven feet for the week and has been stopped: total length. 125 feet. The Crown Point has joined the Belcher in con tinung the latters No. 1 raise up to the TOO foot level It has been advanced feet for the
 In the Belcher mine on the HOO foot level the east crosscut from the north drift from the Incline is out 4S feet having been advanced $ feet for the week; the face Is in quartz giv ing low assays. On the $50 foot level the west crosscut from the top of upraise No. is out 66 feet. r feet having been made during the week: the face is in clay and quartz. The Join- Belcher and Crown Point west crosscut from the top of upraise No. is out 125 feet feet having been made during the past week. the face shows clay. This crosscut has been stop ped for the present and work on upraise No. 1 has been resumed, which upraise Is now up 45 feet above the $50 level having been ad- vanced feet during the week; the top is in quartz giving low assays. There has been hoisted during the week and stored in the ore house at the mine 30 mining loads of ore the average top car sample of which gave an assay of S27 09 per ton
 The yield of the Overman mine for the pas, week amounted to car loads Of ore. the aver age car sample assay If which s22 09 per ton. There Is material change in the con- dition of the mine.