The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-10

tons Contra Costa Water declined to $57 IT,
Sol D. Landecker, of the firm of Hugo Lam
decker & Co., has been elected member of
the Investment Board. Transactions in local
securities have reached such growth in this
city that seats in the exchanges are in in
creasing demand and the business OF the brok-
ers is steadily growing.
The following dividends will be paid to-day:
Monthly dividends OF soc per share by the PACT
hc Gas Improvement Company and the San Jose
Tonpany me d, yarn - county water
First National Bank of San Francisco semi
annual dividend OF s.. The Market Street Rail-
way It's regular quarterly dividend OF 60 cents.
The Giant Powder Consolidated Company q
monthly dividend of so cents
Three california quicksilver mines have paid
quarterly dividends this month as follows:
Aetna, $500 Napa Con. and New Idria each
$4,000
The Parrot mine of Montana paid dividend
of $50 600 on the Sd.
The Stockton Gas and Electric Company is
now paying a quarterly dividend of SOC per
share.
The Bank of California will declare a quar-
on the 18th.
The, Germania Lead Works will pay its reg
ular dividend of 70 cents per share this month.
The Pacific and Sunset Telephone and Tele-
graph companies will pay their regular monthly
dividends on the 18th.
The Oakland Gas Light and Heat Company
has declared regular monthly dividend of %
cents per share payable on the 10Th.
pay dividend of 81 per share this month, for
the SIX months ending December 81,
Inc swansea Mining Company Of Utah has
amounting to $4,000, payable on the 10th. Inclu-
slye Oh TINS di " the company Will have
paid total OF S141, 500 since incorporation.
The following companies had cash on hand
December 81: Alpha Consolidated, s27; Alta,
due the bank; Andes SIS, with liabilities of
S467; Belcher $1191; Best & Belcher, s43SO Bull
penses unpaid; Consolidated California and
Virginia, $23, OBS; Confidence 1892 with Deoem-
Der expenses unpaid Crown Point, s4979; Con-
solidated New York, sS52: Consolidated I'm
perial, $lS23; Challenge Consolidated, $685. Elk
chequer, $25l; Gould and Curry. s9s11; Hale &
can. S4SO4; Ophir. $4S07; Overman $50, with a
balance of SS44 due on the last assessment, and
"a balance SPIT due the treasurer; Potosi, $3.50:
Seq. Belcher, s155; Scorpion, sl2s; Sierra Ne
Vada, S5l49 Standard Consolidated, S73 sol in
coin and S6Ss4 IN unsold bullion, with December
on companys notes; Syndicate, s1512; Union
Consolidated, Sl2,670; Utah Consolidated. 1864.
debtedness of SITS; Savage owed s132; Silver
King OF Arizona owed $1971.
In the Sierra Nevada mine on the 900 foot
level the north drift started from the top of
the raise, eighty feet above this level was
advanced fye feet; total length. sixty feet;
face in porphyry and clay. At this point work
was suspended and south drift started from
the raise opposite the north drift and advanced
done in the mine for three days on account of
having no water On the 14n foot level the
northwest drift from the station was advanced
ffteen feet, making total of GOA feet; face
In porphyry and clay.
The official letter from the Occidental Con-
Work in the mine and at the mill was sus-
pended January 2. shipment of 1873 sacks
of concentrates, weighing II, $50 pounds was
made to the smelling works past week
No work was done in the Chollar and Potosi
mines during the past week. At the Com
bination shaft in conjunction with the Savage
Chollar and Hale & Norcross companies they
have been making surface repairs about the
mouth OF and in the shaft, including putting
down new flooring and a new set OF tinbers
at the collar of the shaft; taking down the
clpoa to prevent its falling and the erection
convey the TIy
the the drapght outside the building They have
also with the same companies repaired the sta
ton on the Sutro tunnel level of the Com
bination shaft to prevent threatened cave and
TO preserve the connections.
IN the Ophir and Mexican mines during the
past week no underground work was done
through the main shaft. In the old Central
tunnel east crosscut No. has been advanced
ten feet; total length twenty-one feet The
lace Is IN porphyry, clay and quartz showing
no no assay, value Have cleaned out and re-
timbered the west drift and laid track 100 feet
making ZIG feet from the Wine to the switch
opposite the south DRIFT and where the pro-
posed north drift is to be started toward Next
can ground. ~