The San Francisco call., 1899-04-11


The Bunker Hill and Sullivan mine of Idaho
paid a dividend of $4,000 on the 4th.
The Republic mine of Washington will pay
dividend of S35, 600 on the 18th.
The Sacramento mine of Salt Lake, Utah,
paid a dividend of $1,000 the 3d. making
quarterly dividend of IL per cent was
paid on the 1st by the Boston and Colorado
The regular monthly dividend of soc per
share by the California Street Cable Company
will be paid the 18th.
The Gas Consumers Association pays a div
idend of 15c per share this month
The Natoma Vineyard Company pays the
usual sc per share dividend this month.
The Oakland Gas Company will pay divi
dend of 25c per share on the 18th.
The Pacific and Sunset Telephone, and md, Tele-
graph Companies will pay the usual dividends
OF 40c and 25c per share respectively on the
Dividends were paid yesterday as follows:
Fifty cents per share by the Pacific Gas I'm
provement Company and the San Jose Water
Company; a quarterly dividend of Coo per
pany; the Giant Consolidated Powder Com
pany its fourth dividend of SOC per share; the
dend OF SOC per share
The following companies had cash on hand
April l: Alta, $685. with $1,000 due the bank
and the balance of an assessment TO be col
lected; Alpha Con, S2043: Belcher. $S561: Best
& Belcher an Indebtedness of $1o3 after pay
Ing the last months expenses and an assess
ment being collected: Bullion. s624, with an
assessment being collected; Caledonia, s4466
with last months expenses unpaid; Confidence.
S958 with last months expenses unpaid and
an assessment being collected; Chollar, s6S42
| Consolidated California and Virginia, $9S3;
Con. New York, 1854; Crown Point, $S97 Ex-
chequer. $1143: Gould & Curry, S45S0; Hale &
Norcross, s7S7. with bills payable Of s2500
Julia Con- s1416 Justice, $1432 Mexican. $1SS9
Ophir, S666O; Overman, $3775, with mine ex-
penses for the past three months unpaid and
an assessment being collected; Potosi. S29l5
with bills payable of $4,000 Savage, $6559; Seq
Beleher, 1894; Scorpion, $2T0 Sierra Nevada,
S70O; Standard Consolidated, s39 613, with last
months expenses at mine unpaid and the bull
lion cleanup to be received: Syndicate. $1512
Union Consolidated, $9272 and Utah Consoli-
The o1scial report of the operations in the
Consolidated California and Virginia mine
during the past week is as follows: 140O level
The west drift has been extended Is feet;
total distance west from c. and c. shaft 436
feet. The face is in soft hanging wall rock
with seams of moist clay. 1850 level-The
drain and water pipes are being repaired and
been laid and the northwest drift repaired
and cleaned out so that the northwest passage
$40 feet west of the shaft and it is 200 feet to
the first series of wines connecting the 1850
and 1885,, and at present is the only open con-
nection between these levels The 1880 level
is station only, no level being opened from
| it,. but it is in good condition and will be of
value in handling material from the pump
compartment and in furnishing a new work
ing base for pumping operations; AS the
water goes down the shaft is found to be in
good condition, whiA the pump compartment
is full of wreckage from the Cornish pump
ing plant formerly in use in this shaft
second crosscut from the northwest drift in
the old Central tunnel workings was extended
feet, total IS feet: face in almost solid
quartz, showing iron sulphides Of no value.
The west drift was extended II feet, making a.
total of rs feet The ground passed through
of heavy clay The Sutro tunnel connec-
tion was extended IA feet total 66 feet; face
again in hard hanging wall rock IN the
Ophlr ground, as exposed by the north lateral
of the Sutro tunnel there several streaks
of good-looking quartz that may contain
They are opening them up to learn just what
they worth.
In the Union Consolidated mine they have
started west crosscut No. 1 at a point 100
feet north from the top of the upraise, 266 feet
above the 800 level, and advanced 1t 10 feet
total length, 20 feet; face in quartz assaying
In the Sierra Nevada mine the raise started
In the north drift at a point 223 feet north
from the west drift to connect with the Riley
tunnel has been advanced feet; total length,
like old drift that may have been run from
the Cedar Hill tunnel. They have been trou-
bled with water from this drift during the
week. 900 level-The south drift from the top
vanced 10 feet during the week. total 142 feet
face in porphyry.
In the Best & Belcher and Gould & Curry
mines during the past week the station the
thoroughly secured by timbering and the
shaft secured so that 1t could be examined and
the water in the shaft measured The water
is down 60 feet below the Sutro tunnel
level. The station will be secured. all the
water possible caught up and opening left
that the water can be measured from time
to time and the work stopped until surface re-
pairs the shaft completed. They are
hauling lumber and getting ready to repair the
shaft.
In the Hale & Norcross mine they are clean
ing out and repairing the connecting drift be-
tween the main incline and the sutro tunnel
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