The San Francisco call., 1898-04-26
RECEIPTS OF PRODUCE.
THE STOCK MARKET.

Mining stocks with few exceptions ranged lower under light sales.
 Challenge levied assessment of 10c.
 The Con. Imperial delinquent sale takes place to-day.
 The Deadwood Terra Mining Company of South Dakota reports its gross earnings for March. 1898, at $22. 000 against S23, 900 for Feb ruary and $24 624 for January
 The Parrot Silver and Copper Mining Com pany of Montana paid dividend of per cent on the 20th, the same amounting to s63 900. This Is the third dividend of like amount for the fiscal year, the total being S201Oo0. It Is expected that the company will continue to pay quarterly dividends and possibly the next in July may be increased
 The Mammoth Mining Company of Utah has declared a dividend or DC per share, amounting to S2O, ,0C0, payable May 2, and making total dividends of $1, 160. 000 to date.
 The Mercur Mining Company of Utah paid dividend Of lSc per share, amounting 10 $36,VU,
 The South Swansea Mining Company of Utah paid dlvldend of DC per share, amount ing to SI500 on April 2l.
 The Homestake Mining Company of South Dakota reports gross earnings for March Of S2lO 50O against SIs5 967 for February, and s21o, GJO for January. The company is now paying a regular monthly dividend of 25c per share, amounting to $31, 325
 The Pioneer Gold Mining Company has de- clared dividend of 121kc per snare or SIP, 5o0 payable May 10 This is the second divi- dend under the new management It Is said that a surplus of s125 GOO will be carried for ward after deducting the above dividend.
 The Omaha Consolidated Gold Mining Com pany of Nevada County has levied an assess ment of soc per share, delinquent May Is.
 The Golden Eagle Mining Company of Ne vada has levied assessment of l2c per share on its 40O.O0o shares of capital stock
 May 5.
 The annual meeting of the Scorpion Mining Company has been called for May g.
 Weekly reports from the leading mines are the north drift skirting along the footwall from the incline upraise at point 1S7 feet on the slope above this level 15o feet in from vanced 20 feet, passing through porphyry show ing clay separations; total length, 93 feet feet S'i above @ the sill floor of this level from the south drift at point 300 feet in from its mouth near the end of the east crosscut. a south drift has been advanced 3 feet, passing punches of ore, from which have extracted $32 OF per ton; total length. 22 feet 1850 level From the incline upraise No l., at a point 60 feet above the sill floor Of this level from the south drift skirting along the footwall at a point IFS feet in rom its mouth, from the top of the upraise which has been carried up 4s feet, from the south drift 100 feet in from it's mouth, the upraise has been carried up feet % ing 70 cents t per ton: total height, sS feet From the old east crosscut on the sill floor this level at a point 8 feet In from it's mouth from the upraise carried up 15 feet above the sill floor we have worked north along the east drift in quartz showing narrow streaks and punches of ore. From these openings we have extract ed 52 tons of ore. assaying per mine car sam Pes s04 54 per h ton Have n also SO M from the samples taken from the cars when raised to the surface was s6 s1 per ton. 175O level i On the eleventh floor north from the top of the upraise from the north drift 40 feet in from it's mouth-from the east drift at point 26 l feet In from its mouth rom the end of the north drift, the east drift has been advanced l3 feet, passing through quartz and porphyry saying $4 55 per ton; total length, 55 feet. The total extraction of ore for the week l which, per samples taken from cars at the surface. was s52 46 per ton.
 past week says: We did not hoist much ore last week account of the mill and its ap- looking about the same, and yielding about the | same grade: average car sample assay was working very we'll excepting that the taiings run from sl1 to SIS per ton; but to that night
 The official letter from the Sierra Nevada week we completed putting In square sets on the track floor of the tunnel level and stopped mining car loads of ore. The assay value of l car samples was as follows: Gold s41 25; silver,
 R er dnr tGn b Have Week hspsd S to t the and will commence crushing 1t April 24 l The south drift, started from the tunnel at point 565 feet in from the mouth was ad- vanced 6 feet; total length, feet; face in quartz. clay and porphyry On the soo-foot l Sierra Nevada west crosscut No 6, at point 100 feet north from crosscut No. g. was ad- vanced 20 feet; total length, 25 feet; face in porphyry..
 Brunswick lode. Consolidated California and Virginia, Best & Belcher and Gould & Curry 600 leve-The joint south drift from the sta ton advanced 20 feet: total lenfth 6s2 feet; face in porphyry. The shaft has been sunk 12 feet on the incline; total depth 1929 1 feet; bottom In porphyry'. The joint west | crosscut, started from the south drift at a point 600 feet from the station, advanced r feet; total length 70 feet; face in porphyry and small stringers of quartz
 | Occidental Consolidated-The official letter for the past week says: $50 level--The east crosscut from the end of the southwest drift from the foot of upraise No. l. has cut 6 feet of quartz showing punches Of fair-grade ore 650 level-The raise from east crosscut No g. 100 feet north of the station. has been ad- vanced Il feet through quartz. with punches of high grade ore. 750 level-From the end of the north drift from west crosseut No. l. at point 15o feet in. we have started an east crosscut. It Is r feet In a mixture of quartz | and porphyry, the quartz showing value
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