The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-05-23
RECEIPTS OF PRODUCE.
For Monday Nav %
THE STOCK MARKET.

Securities were quieter than for some time on
the morning session, and the only change wor-
thy of note was a slight advnce in Contra
Costa Water to S71.
Business continued quiet in the afternoon at
about the mornings quotations.
The feeling in mining stocks was frrner and
prices made general but slight advance The
telegram from the pump said: I'VE are run
ming the second elevator on half time, keeping
the water just above the 1850 foot level. The
first elevator has been changed, and is now in
place ready for lowering We expect to have
it lowered and working again by the end of
this week
The Alta Mining Company has levied an
assessment of cents per share
The Pacific Gas Improvement Company has
sent out notices to the effect that the divi-
dend in June will be 40 cents per share The
company has been paying so cents per share
monthly for several years.
In the Ophir mine. in the old Central tunnel
ground. the direction of the northeast drift
has been changed to a north course. following
with the face in well defined clay wall with
a mixture of quartz and porphyry. In the
bottom of the drift they find quartz with sui
phdes of copper and iron. assayng 81 10 per
ton They have started and driven feet an
east crosscut from the north drift 95 feet
south of the Mexican shaft for the purpose
OF learning the exact position of the walls of
the vein in this neighborhood. statements
have recently been made by old miners that
an old vein exists TO the east and north of
the present workings, measuring from the
Mexican shaft The Sutro tunnel connection
extended Is feet total l3S feet face in
hard hanging wall rock that is now showing
thin clay seams that cause the ground to break
better when blasted. Work has been continued
on the quartz stringers, and the southwest
drift extended feet; total length 10 feet with
the quartz stringer between the clay walls still
in the face showing no ore. They will drift
this stringer for some distance and if moth
ing of value is found, will then sink the Wine
deeper and prospect the ore that they have
The following work was done in the Consol-
dated California and Virginia mine during the
past week, under the auspices OF the ComstoclS
Pumping Association: 1400-foot level-The west
drift has been extended Is feet. total distance
from c. & c. shaft. 53S feet The face is in
dry soft hanging wall rock. This drift has to
be driven 167 feet further west before reaching
the east end Of crosscut No from the 14OO-
foot level of the Consolidated Virginia shaft
165O-foot level-The drifts connecting with
WINES from this level to the 1700-foot level are
being repaired to keep airways open 750-foot
evel-The south drift from the west crosscut
has been extended feet, total length 90 feet
The force of miners has been engaged in shaft
little work has been done in this drift; a few
defective sets of timbers in the main west
Wine station was to have been finished Nav
20. The hosting engine to. be run bv corn
pressed air is in place. and the air pipe is on
the surface, ready for lowering into the shaft
1SO0-foot level-The opening and partial deveIon
ment OF this level is fully described in the an
nual reports Of the Consolidated Californis 80
1893 From these reports they learn that No
connection was made with the winze leading TO
the 1S50-foot and 1s50-foot levels The plan II. :
is now being carried out has in view the omen:
ing of the 1S00-foot level the recovery of Tho
winze from which the 1S00-foot was first omen
ed, and connection to be made with the
Winze sunk from the 1850 to the 1850 When
these connections have been made the known
low-grade quartz bodies be further deveI-
oped and such ore will pay for EXTRACTION
mined AS the C. & c. shaft will be required
LOT me work OF the pumping association, an in
q hpfc
chutes that are now used for taking waste rock
from the 1650-fooj level to the Sutro tunnel
and all the waste from the 175O-foot level q nd
al points that are to be reached through the
Wlnze which is now equipped for work can
De sent through the chutes of the Sutro tun
mel. On the surface the preparatory work of
overhauling the main hosting engine is being
given all possible attention
In the Sierra Nevada mine on the 14o-foot
level the north lateral drift is out 266 feet with
the lace in quartz. The west crosscut. which
is out Is feet, with the face in porphyry has
been stopped and an east crosscut started op-
poste the mouth of the west one which latter
crosscut Is out Is feet. with the face in quartz,
Gay and porphyry. On the sQ0.foot level the