The San Francisco call., 1898-01-11
OREGON.
THE STOCK MARKET.

There was nothing of any consequence new | in mining stocks yesterday variattons he,,a l narrow e Chollar is assessed 20 cents
 The Union and Occidental assessments fall delinquent in office to-day
 The following companies report balances or hand January l. Alta sS22: Alpha CensoIi dated S2l0S; Andes. si3S1 Belcher s1737S: Best X Belcher S10,129 Caledonia, s1O 1S9: ConsoIi- dated California and Virginia. s1O.oOs; Chollar. 1 @ s.4oI' cohsoiidated New York, s4ls; Challenge consolidated. slS5; Consolidated Imperial SZosS; Confidence, s5los: Crown Point s7ss7. EAchequer. SlOss; Gould & Curry, s7Sl2; Julia consolidated, s2i49; Justice, s15O4; Ophir s2579. o'erman. sl676; Occidental Consolidated slOi5 tdue bank on note s3500); Potosi s4s22; Savage S'3l; Segregated Belcher. s2242; Silver Hin slSIS' standard Consolidated, S49 39S in coin ana unused bullion valued at SEQ 42S; Syndi- Cate' sSs5; Union Consolidated. s2266: Utah Consolidated. s2ls3 Nearly all of the above companies have paid their December ex- penses.
 The following companies report an indebted ness January l: Mexican. s522; Lady Wash lnston, sls53; Sierra Nevada, s322; Silver King. SSOl. e'
 Weekly reports from the mines are as fol- lows; Consolidated California and Virginia IooV leNeI-Ihe north drift skirting the foot S a.i rom the incline upraise, at point IFS rect on the slope above this level, has been ex- tended l6 feet passing through porphyry with mes mes or quartz assaylng Q cents per ton; total
 \ O. l, at point llZ feet above the sill floor of thIs level, the south drift has been extended 9 feet sts pSsaiits through porphyry streaked with quartz dssaylhS Jp cents per ton; total length. ll7 feet. l650 level-From the incline upraise No !, at point to feet above the sill floor of this teNel, rom the south drift which skirts the lootwail. at point IFS feet in from its mouth rom the top ot the upraise which has been carried up 49 feet. the south drift has bean extended l2 feet. passing through porphvrv ana quartz assaying from s1 to S5 per ton: total length. 9l feet In the face of tbis drif, n tns1 sl No per ton. From the old east crosscut o6 the sill floor of this level at point 192 feet m rom Its mouth. from the top of the up- raise which has been carried up 30 feel the north drift has been extended & feet Dassino SnFousH ., porphyry and quartz assaying from SA tv S' per toh' total length 7S feet. l750 IeNei-On the eleventh floor north from the un- raise rom the west crosscut from the south urli'' at point 20 feet in from it's mouth the east crosscut has been extended I4 feet mass Ing through porphyry; total length 3O feet Work here has been stopped North from inc top or the upraise. a north drift has been started and advanced 12 feet passine tbrougb quartz and little punches Of ore. from which We nave extracted and saved five tons Of ore assaying $40 30 per ton. The total extraction or ore for the week amounted to five tons the average assay value of which. per samples was $40 59 per ton ,-nl. Tn the Ophir mine. on the 1000 level. west Crosscut No ,. started from the north drift from the shaft station on the sill floor of this level at a point 125 feet north of the shaft station. has been extended 20 feet passing through porphyry showing narrow seams of clay and vein matter assaying 50 cents per ton: total length. 162 feet. In the old Central tun- nel workings of the Ophir. from the sill floor from the west crosscut from the Mexican shaft starting at a point 225 feet in from its mouth. the crOsscut has been extended II feet through porphyry and clay streaked with quartz assaying 50 cents per ton; total length
 In the Potosi mine they are making as good progress in the Cholar-Potosi joint repairs in main airway the 100 level north of the up- raise as circumstances will permit. They have also employed the ComstoCk Tunnel Company to make minor repairs and to timber where necessary the connection from the incline to Tunnel level the Potosi- Bullion ioint south drift advanced 12 feet: total length. SIS feet; wnze upraise. On the sixth floor of the south upraise. tunnel level. above No. l cross cut they have advanced the east drift 1o feet: total length. 20 feet: face In quartz and DOT phyry, the former assaying from & to g per ton.
 Tn the CholIsr mine they making as good progress in main incline above the HOO station 100 level north of north upraise as circum- stances permit. They have also employed the pairs where necessary to the connection from the incline to the Comstock tunnel on the 1900
 No work was done in the Comstock ground of the Best 6 Belcher and Gould Curry they still repairing the Bonner shaft.
 No work was done in Hale X Norcross
 BRUNSWICK LODE-Con. Cal. & Va. Rest & Belcher and Gould & Curry-6oo level-The Best S Belcher north boundary has been ad- vanced 2s feet: total length. & feet The face is in porphvry showing seams and stringers Of quartz. The iont east crosscut. started In the south drift 420 feet from the station. has been advanced 2i feet: total length. 41 feet; face in porphvry. West Crosscut No. l, start cd Tn the south drift. 420 feet from the station, has been advanced 24 feet: total length, 113 feet The face Is in porphyry showing some quartz.
 Cholar-300 level-The stopes above this level present materiasl change for the week They have reduced the force eTployed there and are saving about four tons of ore per day. 200 level-At the end of the main south drift 3sO feet south of the north line or opposite the surface connection they have started west crosscut No. 2 and advanced It li feet through hard porphvry 500 level-The west crosscut has been advanced r feet during the week; total length l57 feet. 15T west of the foot wall formation: through hard rock. 500 level The east crosscut the soutn line was ad-