The San Francisco call., 1899-07-25
RECEIPTS OF PRODUCE.
For Monday IulY q
THE STOCK MARKET.

There was a good business in securit' on
the morning session of the Bond Exchange ana
the feeling was firm rule Contra costa
Water advanced to s75as ---rket-street Rali-
way to s63 and Gas and Electric to S71&
In the afternoon Contra Costa Water was
frmer at S757s and Gas and Electric at $'-'
Hutchinson Plantation was weaker at S5z-
Mining stocks quiet and not materially
changed. The telegram from the pump salo'
Elevator No / has been working steaoliy,
At $50 this morning the water was down Il
feet inches below the 1850 level station Win
but a small stream of water running frc" the
1850 level
The Hama Plantation Company will pay
dividend of soc per share on August l.
Hidden Treasure drift mine Placer county
will pay 1Oc share or $4,000, July 20.
The Oceanic Steamship Company VIII pay
dividend of SOC August /.
The Deer Trail No. Mining Company ma mas
declared its regular monthly dividend Oh @@'oO'
being a quarter of a cent per share. co,
The Live Oak and Minuette Mining Coih-
pany of Columbia Hill district Se'&1a Ne a
County, has levied an assessment oL - Pi
share delinquent August 25- -. 80
The ore shipments by rail from the mines OF
Eureka district Nevada, for the "eth ~ ia
pounds; Eureka Con-, 151 $40; HamDurgt LnD
Hidden Jewel and Laurel, If'd4U' J,ItaiiJa 2aCii'
1856 $780, Oriental ana f t9o spTerado $3.50 Helen
4l5O. From Hamilton-McEllin' 6o'4oo' fo'o'
IN the Sierra Nevada mine the 14o level
the south drift from the main aa wesa % q feet
poste the north 9d drt aes Mas n PoTphyry with
clay and quartz stringers- East crosscut +S
from the north drift from poiS oyanced I II feet
face in porphyry, clay and quartz. Soo 1,ae+
The north drift from .nT ared ~ feet; total
length, 122 feet; face in porphyry ana cay. ist
The report from the ConsolidateI is as foi
and Virginia mine for the past Weeh jati Is a ion
lows: THE Comstock Pumping AsSocla'tIqn ia ION
has been engaged in the following %ol1 eek a. 400
leve-The west drift has been eXteh1eu 1Iatz
feet total, 722 feet. Ihe lace ls n n6int 40
seams of clay and PorPhEFy, 7E,f+ Pyerticsi
feet back of the face OF this drlLI 80 re 80
clay wall was cut through anu aIternating
point into the face there are 49, 49, Toaae
streaks of quartz and porphyry. ASSAYS n'aae W
from this formation have ranged & rom - gaiv ~
So per ton, the value Of the ore pells s i inS go
in gold The drift has passed feet bey9np YONG
where connection should have neen ma ilaue on fi az,
the old workings as shown by iIe LldpS t oii 80 IN
in this office, but no such workings nave oeen cen
being made this level li2O leVei-th ne 81 stotea G
have been extended upward one set and for
three sets in length. making the tourth iloor;
floor. While extending the sets we have eXo
tracted 7S3 tons of ore Of gold value OF $iS ~
per ton and 10 tons having goId value oi e 80
ier ton From the second floor a southwest
drift was started on the clay wall forming the
north boundary of the new ore Inc drlit mas
been extended 81 feet. the face being in
heavy clay wall. The course OF this clay seems
wall. -ith this drift at a point 10 feet in from
she stope having run through low-grade ore
the st0pe being y feet wide, 10 feet long and
four foors above the 1850. The filings in this
stope assay Gold, $3.50; silver, 12.70 ounces
per ton As near be determined the
top OF the stope is in sight. but we have been
unable to examine sample it. At point II
feet back from the face Of the drift a of
ore was cut into five feet thick, assaying from
Si4 to SIS per ton. From the 1850 Slopes there
have been extracted to date 443 tons of 1856
ore and Isl tons of 1884 ore. 1900 level-Ihe
south drift was cleaned out and retimbered for
a distance Of AZ feet, making a total length of
1l2 feet. This drift is quite full of rock and
the timbers have to be replaced. The sides
of DR.
ssouth The meachinerv is ali in good working
order The hosting works have been white
washed and the boiler room closed up so the
dust cannot now enter the engine room and
some changes have been made in the boiler
room that will permit of the work being more
easily done. This report will conclude the
| operations of the COmstOCk Pumping AssOcia-
tion in the development and extraction of ore
for and on account Of the Con Cal; and & va,
r. Ryan, has taken charge of this part Of the
work.
the past week Is as follows: mo underground
work has been done the past week through the
Ophir shaft Central tunnel-The joint MeXf-
can west crosscut was advanced 19 feet; total
length 45 feet; face in porphyry with seams
| last weeks report ten cars of ore were eX-
| tracted of gold value of 81 per ton;
Sutro tunnel connection-The Sutro tunnel
direct connection extended feet inches:
total 265 feet inches; face in the hardest
rangements being made to carry com
pressed air into the drift so that machine
drills can be used in extending 1t. Work has
been continued in the southwest drift and the
DRIFT extended feet; total length So feet; face
in quartz and porphyry, the porphyry forming
| the hanging wall of the VEIN During the
| week samples from the face have shown values
| ranging from soc to Sc so per ton
In the Choar and Potosi mines the joint
west tunnel has been advanced during the
week q feet; total length, 323 feet; face in
| clay containing powders of quartz of low
| grade At point 323 feet from the mouth of
| the drift they one set to the south for
| putting down a switch. On the tunnel level
| they have one man repairs. The joint Bull
| Hon-Potosi west crosscut has been advanced 13
feet: total length 272 feet face in clay, quartz
| and porphyry Sutro tunnel level-The zadig
| drift has been advanced 10 feet during the
| week: total length, $40 feet; face in very hard