The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-03-21

Rather more tone was shown by mining
stocks owing to the publication OF the weekly
reports showing considerable activity at the
mines, and some stocks sold few cents higher
than on Saturday telegram from the pump
read as follows: Machinery for rearranging
the elevator of the Risdon pumping plant ar
rived here on Saturday night. 1t is now being
put together and will be in place in few days
and pumping resumed"
Local securities fairly active, with a
rise in Hama Plantation.
The. Belcher assessment of 10c per share will
be delinquent in the company's office to-day.
The Gwin Mining Company of California
paid a dividend of Csc per share on March IL.
The Best & BeIcher and Gould & Curry com
panies have repurchased the steam hoist plant
now in place at the Obiston shaft from the
Fulton foundry to whom it had been sold long
ago, and will begin the erection of new smart
house and gallows frame for the same.
In the Sierra Nevada mine the north Drift
from the northwest drift on the 140 level was
advanced % feet; total length 23S feet: The The.
face is in Iow-grade quartz. Since the weekly
letter was written an upraise has been started
from the end of this drift In the Union snat az
workings of the Sierra Nevada the south ot ~
from the top of the raise, so feet ABOVE the
800 level is out 112 feet. The face Is IN por-
phyry and clay -.
mines in the drift connecting with the Obs
ton shaft, great mass of old timbers and rock
has been cleaned out from and near the smart
little air is beginning to circulate through
the shaft.
cleaning out and repairing the connecting drift
het Ween the main incline and the Sutro tunnel
The official report from the Consolidated Cal
ifornia and Virginia mine for the past week
states that on the 14oo-foot level, at the point
of intersection of the west drift with the north
and southwest drifts, there is some heaVy
ground that has to be carefully timbered, and
five sets, or thirty feet, have been repaired.
A line OF air pipe has been carried fro the
shaft to the face of the drift and connected
with tour-foot fan and five horse power
eIe will be started soon
as the water is again turned into the pressure
nine II has been decided TO run directly west
to the Consolidated Virginia shaft from the
junction of the northwest and southwest drifts
on this level instead of following the north
west drift, the distance is shorter to reach
the slopes and there is quite stretch OF I'M
prospected ground between this point and the
hanging wall of the old bonanza. 1850 level
The drift has been cleaned out to the point OF
intersection with the footwall raise, used when
prospecting work was being done at the time
when all work suspended in July last.
Large quantities of eleven and ffteen-fnch air
pipe have been taken out of caving and aban-
doned drifts. and there is still lot of T rail
that can be proftably removed from this level.
Air passages and main drift will have to be
kent omen on this level for the purpose of Sc
curing a circulation of air through the levels
below and for the safety of the mine. In the
neighborhood of the last fire on this level they
have built a series of light bulkheads to pre-
the too rapid circulation of air through
the burnt district. 1850 level-Of the main
bered and track laid, making in all repaired
drift of 1858 feet, and the station as remodeled
drift have been carried to a point where the
bukhead was built TO control the last fire. The
electric installation for present requirements is
complete.
In the Ophir mine. in the old Central tunnel
workings, crosscut No. was started during
the past week at a point 126 feet northeast
from the main west drift. 1t will make a
good crosscut of the vein and it has been driven
fourteen feet in mixture of quartz, clay and
porphyry. west drift is being cleaned out so
as to obtain a better supply of air On the
Sutro tunnel level of the Ophir work has con-
tinued in the connection drift, which is out
'thirty-two feet in very hard rock of the hang
ing wall