The San Francisco call., 1899-09-26
THE STOCK MARKET.

On the morning session of the Bond Ex-
change Bank of California sold up to $685.
Mutual Electric to S15 so, Gas and Electric
to S66 and Giant Powder to SIC Is. There were
no other changes worthy Of note
Business quiet in the afternoon and
fluctuations were fractional
Mining stocks rather weaker than on
Saturday. The telegram from the pump said:
'.At $50 this morning the water was so feet
inch below the 1s50-foot level station. No. 2
elevator has been running continuously. Some
decrease in efficiency. VIII investigate to as
certain
The Savage delinquent sale takes place to-
day
Operations are to be resumed in the Over
man mine at Gold Hill, New, early next
month.
dividend of $500 the 29th.
The Petra mine in Utah Will pay dividend
OF $4,000 the GOTH
The report from the Consolidated California
and Virginia mine for the week is as follows:
1400 level-Advanced the west drift 10 feet
through porphyrv and seams OF quartz; total
length 915 feet. 1860 level-Necessary repairs
are being made. 1850 level-The south drift
on the sill floor cleaned out and retimbered
28 feet. making the total length 220 feet from
the west drift from the main northwest drift
From this west drift the measurement will be
taken hereafter. On the fourth floor of the
west stope from the end of the prospecting
drift carried south an east drift was run 25
feet, nothing of value being found. Put in one
set east ON the south floor, the top showing
OLD workings. Work on this stope now dis
advanced is feet; total length 331 feet. For
nation principally quartz, assaying from 81 so
from the south drift so feet from the winze
station, has been advanced Is feet through
hard porphyry; total length 146 feet. From
the south drift 80 feet south of west crosscut
No l have started west crosscut No. 2 and
advanced It feet. The face is in quartz as
ing out below the 1850 level the north or old
Cornish pump compartment. Water is to-day
SO feet inches below the 1850 level station
from f1,a
1850 stope, IA cars, assaying on basis Of gold
value So 80 per ton
level the south drift, started from the main
west crosscut opposite the north drift was
In soft porphyry and clay. West crosscut No.
/, from the south drift from a point 23O feet
south from the main west crosscut. has been
extended 20 feet: total length so feet; face in
quartz, the quartz yielding assays from rs
cents to IS per ton. 900 level-West crosscut
No Z from the north lateral drift from point
$50 feet north from west crosscut No. and
200 feet north from the Sierra Nevada shaft
was advanced IA feet: total length IS feet
face in soft porphyry and clay.
The report from the Ophir mine for the pas
week is as follows: Ophir shaft-The bob Oh
the 900 station has been stripped and work of
securing the station started During the com
ing week the work of stripping the 500 bob
been cleaned out to point in Mexican ground
where the east drift started and 40 feet
put In place, 225 feet of the west drift from
the north drift on the 1000 level in Ophir
ground mas been cleaned out. Central tunnel
The joint Mexican west crosscut was advanced
10 feet; total 40 feet; face in hard birdseve
porphyry. While retimbering the main west
drift five cars of filings were saved of a gold
Value or Sls 52 per ton. Sutro tunnel connec-
tion-The direct connection drift has been ad-
Vanced 10 feet; total length 461 feet The face
Is in an old drift that is caved full of rock nd
clay. The south drift has been advanced 3
feet; total length 100 feet; with the face show
ing more quartz a west crosscut will be
driven through the vein at this point Sirp
ing has Just been resumed in the Wine IT.
ground above it had to be securely timbered