The San Francisco call., 1899-09-12

prices showed little change. The telegram
from the pump said: mo. elevator has oeen
running continuously since last report AT e'oo
this morning the water was "a feet inches be-
low the l95U-foot level station.
The PoIosl assessment falls delinquent IN
board to-day. and the Challenge delinquent
sale taxes pace to-day.
Dividends were paid yesterday follows:
Pacific Gas Improvement Company, ACC per
share; San Jose Water Company, soc per share;
Giant Consolidated PoWder company, oVc per
share; Paauhau Sugar Plantation Company, Soc
The Mead Gold Mining and Milling Com
pany's regular quarterly dividend No. 4, at
the rate of 40 cents per annum, is payable
The Boston and California Gold Mining and
Milling Companys regular dividend No. 3, at
the rate of . per cent per annum, is payable
The Raven mine Of Colorado will pay
dividend of 00o on the 2Oth.
The Mayfiower Gravel Mining Company OF
Placer County has levied assessment of .
cents per share. delinquent october 3.
the past week says: The 1OOO-foot level station
is being repaired and the blower put IN order
east drift in Mexican. One of the bob pits
above the 1000 level is now being stripped and
the pipes conveying water down the Shaft are
being repaired on the 1866, the level through
which the water is taken through the Z; & Z.
workings to the Sutro tunnel. Central tun-
nel-The joint Mexican west crosscut was ad-
vanced 10 feet; total. 150 feet; face in softer
birdseye. porPhyry The north drift is being
timbered There is heavy ground in the main
west drift beyond the Mexican shaft that re-
quires retImbering. this being done when pos
necton drift has been advanced % feet; total
length, 4l5 feet face in vein porphyry The
south drift has been extended l6 feet; total
length. SO feet; face in clay, porphyry and some
quartz. The southwest drift was stopped
between two well-defned clay walls; the vein
has turned abruptly to the south. Work has
Deen resumed IN the VINE on TINS VEN @ on the t!le
east side OF the north lateral OF the Sutro tun-
mel The winze is being widened and tim
bered and a windlass put up. Sinking will
be resumed in few days.
The report of the operations in the Con-
solidated California and Virginia mine for the
week ending September says: 400 level-The
west drift extended Is feet; total length,
S7S feet. Formation passed through porphyry
and streaks of quartz, one of the streaks yield
ing assays from 81 50 to 81 per ton. 1850 level
Necessary repairs being made 1I5O leVel-Ihe
south drift on the sill floor was cleaned out
and retimbered 13 feet; total length from the
stope, 55 feet. small drift was started on
the fourth floor and extended in south
quartz, clay and porphyry. Put in set
south on the fourth floor and one set west.
cars of ore assaying s29 Ga per ton in gold and
II Of gold value of IS y per ton. 1900 level
drift 50 feet from the winze station has been
advanced 13 feet; total length, lib feet; face in
In the Sierra Nevada mine on the 14o-foot
level, the south drift, started from the main
west crosscut opposite the north drift, was ad
soft porphyry and clay. West crosscut No l,
from the south drift from a point 236 feet
south from the main west crosscut, has been
extended 16 feet; total length, "A feet; face in
porphyry and quartz, the quartz yielding
says from 81 80 to So per ton. 900 Ieyel-West
crossscut No 7 from the north lateral drift
from point $50 feet north from west crosscut
No. and 700 feet north from the Sierra Ne
yada shaft advanced II feet; total length,
81 feet; face in porphyry.
The following companies had cash on hand
September l: Alpha Con, 1921; Andes, s1474
Alta. $1l5. with an indebtedness at the bank of
$1,000; Belcher. $3.50; Best & Becher, $753; Bull
lion, S2055: Caledonia, s4616, with mine expenses
for August unpaid; Con. California and Vir-
ginia, $203l, with mine expenses for August
n nj a n Gfl1lT q n
lected; Chollar S13.544; Confidence, s3346, with
August expenses at the mine unpaid; Con. New
York. s2O2; Crown Point, $475O, with August
expenses at the mine unpaid; Con. Imperial,
s1735 Challenge Con-, s3S02; Exchequer, s17S
Hale & Norcross. s2744 with bills payable Of
s1755; Julia Con-, s991; Justice, S1SS9; Mexican.
S3731 Ophir, s92S2; Overman. S1155, with
August expenses at the mine unpaid and an
assessment being collected; Savage, $685. and
assessment being collected: Seq. Belcher S405
Silver HILL $3.50; Scorpion, s12; Sierra Nevada,
s9340; Standard Con, S116, 6S4 with August bull
lion cleanup to be received and expenses for
that month to be paid; Syndicate, S1617; Union
Con-, s14.240, and assessment being collected
Utah Con-. $3042, and assessment being col
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