The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-06-27
per mine of Michigan one of

net N a5o So Heela copper mine of Michigan one of
quarterly dividend of 81 per share the 18th.
The California Powder Works Company paid
The Security Savings Bank and the Hum
boldt Savings and Loan Society have declared
: I,l l.S per cent on ordinary deposits, payable
The report from the Consolidated California
ana O., virginia for the week is as follows
The Comstock Pumping Association has
See and engage IN the following work at me
been extended % feet; total length. 6S7 feet;
the face OF this drift is in heavy clay and
porphyry. At a point 627 feet in We cut into
water and heavy clay wall having all the
appearance of the hanging wall of the Com
fore reaching the crosscut No 2 from the
Consolidated Virginia shaft. 1850 level-From
tb ~ Ieet south OF t dhe west erose@
tracted fifty tons of ore OF an average of
SIS So gold value of samples taken from the
hllinss from the track floor, the balance be-
Ing ore from new ground In raising in this
second floor above the 1850 we have a width
OF at least ten feet of clean that will assay
ola slopes by few feet of low grade ore. por
phyry and clay. l have failed to find any
record either written or mapped that would
indicate that this ground had been worked be-
fore. The ore is 100 feet south of the old Calf
fornia south line and near what is believed to
be the footwal OF the vein. 1850 eveI-Neces-
sary repairs are being made this level. The
air pipe from the surface to the head of the
VINE extending from the 1850 to the 1900 has
been connected to the compressed air hoist;
the pipe line is now being tested and
pect TO start work in the Wine within two
days. In the shaft from the 1850 to the 1850
level three-inch compressed air pipe has
been carried down and this line will be
tended downward the levels are drained.
for heavy work.
The report from the Ophir mine for the past
week is as follows: mo underground work has
been done through our shaft during the week.
central tunnel-The north drift has been
tended 81 feet; total length, 1868 feet; face in
poTphyry showing some quartz The survey
referred to last week showed that had yet
~ feet to run to reach the Mexican line The
race OF the drift is now in Mexican ground.
Joint east crosscut will be started the Ophir
this crosscut reaches the hanging wall of
vein a west crosscut will be started and run
10 the footwall of the vein. The Sutro tunnel
direct connection was advanced 10 feet; total
Iength, 2Qs feet; face In hard seamy rock
During the week have passed through a
seam of quartz bounded by clay walls The
changes in the face frequent that we are
expecting to cut into much softer rock Work
on the quartz stringers has been continued and
the southwest drift extended feet total
showing more quartz than at any time since
the DRIFT was started. No OF value has
been found in this drift
In the Chollar and Potos mines the Joint
west tunnel has been advanced during the
week 81 feet; total length 209 feet; face in clay
pOrphyry and boulders of quartz which give
low assays. On the tunnel level they have one
man on repairs. Sutro tunnel level-The Zadig
DRIFT has been cleaned out and repaired to the
face. At point 900 feet south from the Sutro
a southwest drift and advanced it feet; face
in very hard porphyry.