The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-03-01
THE STOCK MARKET.

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There was no change worthy of note in min
! ing stocks yesterday.
The annual meetings of the Western Beet
Sugar Company and the Oceanic Phosphate
Company will be held to-day.
The Standard Consolidated Mining Company
has declared dividend of 10c per share.
Business on the Bond Exchange was good
and the feeling in most securities was firm.
Weekly reports from the mines are as fol-
lows:
Consolidated California & Virginia, 1850 level
From north drift skrting along the foot
wall from the incline upraise at a point lis
feet on the slope above this level. 800 feet in
from its mouth, the east crosscut has been
/ advanced Is feet, passing through porphyry
showing narrow lines of quartz assaying COO per
ton total length, 81 feet. From the incline up
raise No. / at a point liz feet above the sill
floor of this level. the south drift has been
advanced IA feet, passing through porphyry
showing narrow lines OF quartz assaying 7Gc
per ton; total length 261 feet. 1860 levei-From
incline upraise No. 1 at point 60 feet above
1.-THE sill floor of this level from the south drift
skirting along the footwall at a point It's feet
in from its mouth. from the top of the upraise.
which has been carried up 40 feet, from the
south drift, 100 feet from its mouth, the up
raise has been carried up feet, passing
through quartz assaying 81 and $40 per ton;
total height, 20 feet From the old east cross
cut on the sill floor of this level at point 80
feet in from its mouth the north DRIFT has
been advanced feet passing through quartz
of low assay value: total length, 81 feet
From this north drift at point 20 feet in
from its mouth an upraise has been started
and carried up Is feet, and in the top small
opening has been made forming connection
with the work downward from the end of the
northwest drift from the upraise carried UP 80
feet from the old east croSscut point 122
. feet in from its mouth. From the north drift
upraise and from the end OF the northwest
drift openings we have extracted from narrow
streaks "a tons of ore assaying per mine car
eleventh floor north from the top of the up
rai from the north drift 40 feet in from its
mouth the east drift has been advanced 10
feet. passing through porphyryi total length
week amounted to "a tons, the average assay
cars when raised to the surface was $32 81
per ton. We also extracted from the 1850 and
1850 levels during December; January and
age essay value of which, per samples taken
from raised TO the surface, was s11 10 per
ton
In the Ophir mine. on the 100 level. west
crosscut 8; started from the north drift from
the shaft station on the sill floor of this level
a point 125 feet north of the shaft station
has been extended 26 feet, passing through
vein matter assaying so cents per. ton; total
length, 919 feet. In the old Central tunnel
the west crosscut from the Mexican shaft.
Starting at point 225 feet insfrom its mouth,
the crosscut has been extended IS feet. through
porphyry mixed with quartz assaying so cents
per ton; total length. 442 feet.
In the Sierra Nevada mine work in the face
of the Riley tunnel was resumed and it has
been advanced during the week IL feet; total
length 1J2 feet face in low grade quartz. The
raise started from the tunnel 200 feet in from
the mouth is up Is feet: roof in ore. Have
taken out from said raise IA mining cars of ore
the average assays from samples taken from
the cars was. gold. $40, and IL ounces of fine
silver per ton Have come back to the sill
floor to take up an additional set with the
raise. The east crosscut started 10 feet south
of the wnze has been advanced feet; total
length, 49 feet; face in porphyryi discontinued
on the 900-foot level of the Union shaft work
ings of the Sierra Nevada the north lateral
drift has been extended during the week 20
feet; total length. 515 feet north from Sierra
Nevada shaft: face in hard porphyry with
The official letter from the Alta mine for the
past week. says: Have extracted and de-
livered at the mill twenty loads of ore,
the average car sample assay of which
s3s 81 per ton The ore is widening as we go
feet; total height, Sc feet; punches of good
In the Gould & Curry mine on the S0-foot
level of the Bonner shaft, the joint crosscut
on north boundary was advanced four feet:
done some repairing in the shaft 49,
In the Chollar mine they have put in one
set of tinnbers In the incline at the HOO level
since last report On the 100 level. 60 feet
south of the north upraise, the crosscut to the
west is out As feet; advanced 10 feet during the
from S. to IS per ton.
In the Potosi mine the tunnel level, the
joint Potosi and Bullion drift was advanced 20
feet; total length SOP feet. Face in porphyry
and quartz of no value. The joint repairs Of
the Bullion-Potosi companies on the Croesus
shaft have been completed for 1s5 feet in depth.
Brunswick lode, Consolidated California &
Virginia. Best & Becher and Gould & Curry:
600 leve-West crosscut No. l. started in south
drift 420 feet from the station. has been adj
vanced "a feet; total length 291 feet face in
porphyry. The joint south drift from the sta
ton was advanced 20 feet: total length sos
feet face in porphyry and stringers of quartz
The shaft has been sunk 10 feet on the in
cline; total depth 919 feet, bottom in porphyry
Chollar-Incline shaft No. / was advanced IA
feet; total depth 1922 feet the slope bottom
in porphyry. S6u leve-From the slopes above
this level no change is to be reported 500
level-Have completed the station for the blow
ers. They are doing the usual amount of re-
pairing throughout the mine. They have ship
ped during the week to the Nevada mill is
tons and $50 pounds of ore, assaying in gold
$50 10 and 1851 ounces fine silver.
Potosi, 600 level-The main south drift has
been advanced 26 feet; total length from the
north line 1856 feet, face in porphyry and
quartz assaying low. They are doing the usual
amount of prospecting and repairing through
out the mine.
Occidental Con.-The official letter for the
past week says: 500 level-west crosscut No. /.
started at point in the lower tunnel 1900 feet
from the mouth. has been driven ID feet
through very hard porphyry; total length. 90
feet $50 level-The south drift has been
tended 20 feet through fair-grade ore: total
length, 1874 feet. Have done work in east
crosscut No. during the week. $50 level
East crosscut from the bottom of the winze
80 feet down has been extended IA feet through
fair grade From west crosscut No. l have
started to drift north along the footwal of the
west ledge and have advanced the drift is
feet through porphyry and seams of high-grade
quartz
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