The San Francisco call., 1898-05-10
THE STOCK MARKET.

 th- best prices were rather over those of Satur- day
 In local securities Hawaiian Commercial was the active stock, huctuating between S2o ana SIS, with heavy sales. Gas and Electric sold up to ss7
 The Swansea and Silver King mines of Utah will pay dividends to-day of $5000 and s37, b0o respectively.
 The Morning Star Mining Company of Iowa Hill, Placer County, has declared montniy dividend of sS per share.
 The delinquent assessment sale or the Gooio & Curry Mining Company will be held to-mor- row.
 The California street Cable Company will pay
 The Oakland Gas, Light and Heat Company will pay regular monthly dividend or 70 cents pe The e''' Pacific m and Sunset Telephone and Tee- graph Companies will pay their regular month Creek by ten mines amounted to s201; 800 The total dividends paid by these pTopre.es are osa as Strong sS5o, coo: Moon-Anchor. s171. .oOo An An choria- Leland. SIPS 600; Golden Cycle, NSO. .oPo; Lillie, sso. no; Gold Coin. s6O.oco Fl Dorado A' s600O; Vindicator. SS7, 300.
 Weekly reports from the leading mines are are as follows: Consolidated Cal. & Va. 1850 ievelNFrom the north drift skirting along the footwall from the incline upraise at point IFS feet on the stope above this level 70 feet in from it's mouth, east crosscut No. has been advanced r feet, passing through DOT raise No at point 1l2 feet above the sill floor of this level from the south drift at a point 300 feet in from t its ogth %r sne the north drift has been advanced six rect, pass ing through quartz assaying ana D per rIn the south drift has been extended four rect, passing through quartz assaying sl per ton;
 650 Ievel-Frorn Incline upraise No. l at a point 60 feet above the sill floor of this level from the south drift skirting along the foot wall at a point IFS in from its mouth. from the top of the upraise which has been carr1ed UP ts feet from the south drift 1 rect m , 1rei e feet passing through quartz and porpnyry assaying from q to s2 per ton; total height ll0 feet. From this point west drift has been advanced 15 feet, passing through porphyry and quartz assaying S1 10 per ton From the at a point 93 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 From these openings we have extracted 30 tons of ore assaying. per mine car samples. part of the mine 2S tons of low grade ore. the sample taken from cars when raised to the eleventh floor from the north drift from the east drift at a point 2s feet in from its mouth a north drift has been advanced six feet, pass
 ing through old ground of former workings from which have saved nine tons of ore of ore for the week amounted to 3s tons. the average assay value of which, per samples taken from cars at the surface, s36 03 per ton.
 In the Ophir mine. the 1000 level, west crosscut No 3. started from the north drift from the shaft station 125 feet north from the station, has been extended 20 feet, passing through hard porphyry with seams of clay; total length of crosscut, 10s4 feet. In the old Central tunnel workings of the Ophir from the sill floor from the west crosscut from the Mexican shaft, starting at a point 454 feet in Il feet, passing through quartz showing row seams of ore assaying s1 to SEQ per ton;
 Sierra Nevada-Riley tunnel-During the week we stopped out from the third floor III car samples was as folioWs: g GcId. VASe s5e 1s S silver, 10 ounces per ton. Have hauled to the and milled 15o tons The average assay taken from battery samples was s53 45 gold and 1S S OS nonss o1 silver s peT ton On May h shipped Returns from the first lot of ore are now in The average battery assay was s5s sa per ton. nh eon value value the s on 9s I s feet; total length, 70 feet face in porphyry with a slight seepage of water.
 In the Gould & Curry and Best 6 Belcher mines (comstock lode) all work through the Belcher and Gould < carry~soo ievei@The Us S feet total face n porphyry. The shaft has been sunk IS feet in porphyry and stringers of quartz The joint west crosscut started from the south advanced 16 feet; total length. 7S feet: face in porphyry
 Occidental Consoldated-The official letter for the past week is brief and says 750 level- All work is now confined to this level The upraise from the west crosscut is up 10 feet ; top is in $40 gold ore. The north drift from said west crosscut is in 15 feet: face in ore of the assay value of s25 per ton gold.
 The followinr companies report money on hand April 30: Alta s1049 Alpha Con- s20S5 Andes sso47; Belcher, s2Ss7; Best & Belcher, SLAB; Bullion. s376 Con- Cal: & Va, SIP, s2s ; Crown Point s67S7; Chollar, $5O14; Con New York. s1s3; Exchequer. s3O0 Gould & Curry, s651s; Mexican s2S4; Occidental Con, s115S; Ophir, s9980: Potosi, S5S56; Savage $13i6; Seg Belcher, s9o; Sierra Nevada s73lS; Silver Hiil. s226, with bills payable of s175o; Union Con, s2339. Utah Con- S1797