The San Francisco call., 1899-10-03
Receipts of Produce.
FOR MONDAY OCTOBER Q
THE STOCK MARKET.

There was a moderate business in securities
On the morning session Giant Powder was
lower at SIS 6OG7S sly and Gas and Electric at
sG4 75d64 so. Equitable Gas higher at
81 75G7 S713. The sugar stocks showed little
change.
ST 50 and back. to SIS 25. Oceanic declined to
$S7.
Alaska Packers has declared a dividend of
75c payable on the 18TH inst.
Mining stocks were weaker than on Saturday,
under light trading. The telegram from the
pump said; Since last report No. elevator
ran S5 hours and As minutes. At $50 o'clock
this morning the water 10 feet 10 inches be-
low the 1850 level station Castings for No. 2
elevator are expected to arrive here to-mor-
row.
Segregated Belcher is assessed &c and Andes
sc.
On.the 9Th inst the Onomea Sugar Company
and the Pacific Lighting Company will each
pay a dividend of 35c per share.
On the 9Th inst the Bank of British North
America will pay a semi-annual dividend of
25s per share, equal to S6 25 in American
money, or SIPS, 900.
The Market Street Railway will pay quar-
terly dividend of 60c and the Giant Con. Powder
a monthly dividend of SOC per share on the
10th inst.
and Virginia mine for the week is as follows
400 Ievel-Advanced the west drift Ii feet
total
length, 926 feet Stopped work in the face
and started south drift 700 feet west from
the shaft and extended it Z feet in a quartz
formation. 1850 leve-Necessary repairs are be-
ing made 1850 level-On the sill floor the south
drift from the west drift from the main north
west drift cleaned out and timbered 20
feet making the total length 262 feet Have
been making repairs to the raise through the
slopes leading to the 1900 level. 1900 level-The
south drift has been carried forward and tim
bered II feet; total length, 342 feet; formation
largely in quartz, assaying SO per ton. West
crosscut No. J. started from the south drift so
feet from the winze station, has been advanced
IA feet through hard porphyry; total length.
16o feet: West crosscut No. 2. started 80 feet
south OF crosscut NO l. was advanced II feet;
total length, 19 feet: formation, quartz of nomi-
nal value. Main shaft-Making some repairs.
The water is to-day Saturday % feet 4 inches
below the 1850 level station having been per-
mitted to raise, as No. 2 elevator is stopped
awaiting new castings No elevator run
ming at intervals to hold water at about this
point.
In the Sierra Nevada mine on the 14O level.
crosscut opposite the north drift, advanced
1S feet; total length 43S feet face in soft por-
phyry and clay. Part of the week has been
devoted to repairing this drift. West crosscut
No. J. from the south drift from point 236
been extended Is feet. total length 76 feet;
face in quartz and porphyry, the quartz yield
ing assays from 81 to So per ton. 30 level
drift from point $50 feet north from west
crosscut No. and 200 feet north from the
Sierra Nevada shaft. was advanced 16 feet;
total length 1O4 feet; face in porphyry mixed
with gypsum.
The report from the Ophir mine is as follows,
Ophir shaft-The pump bob on the 500 level is
being stripped and the shaft repaired 1000
/ level-When the east drift had been cleaned
out and the air pipe repla ed so that work
could be done in the drift. 1t was then care
fully surveyed, notes made and samples taken
feet in length of this drift AS nothing OF
value was found and the drift is at lea ST
! stock lode. it has been decided to abandon
IT. When the survey was completed the work
of stripping the drift of everything that car
be used started. Central tunnel-The
| joint Mexican west crosscut was advanced