Volume 35 (1877) (426 pages)

68 MINING AND SCIENTIFIC PRESS. [August 4, 1877. Table of Highest and Lowest Sales in Stock Exchange. Week . Week Ending Ending pee Aug. 2 mz? 10) 11 10 2: ig 2 2 80c 65¢ 80c 60c . 0c .) 40c . 5 3} 14§ 6 2,25 Week Week Ending Ending July 2. Fuly 19. . 12§ 93 123 10 1f 2 ‘. 95¢ 80¢ 1 ‘. 50c 306 450 Name of Company. os i $200 to: ee tet cope s S Exchequer. . Geddes & Bertrand. 4 5 Con ren é Confidence 35 Sierra Nevada. eg Belcher. AVaTO. » ‘ilver Hill olid Silver outh Justice, (25; 81@8: AFTERNOON SESSION. anhattan dow Val Mexican ‘odoc, ady Bryan 300 Leviathan. 105 Mexican. 245 New York 200 North Con Vir. 150 Northern Star. 200 Occidental. Ophir nia ei 240 Trojau. 50@40¢ ilyer ul all sai. 50) 20 Utah.. Peeeoy det 6@5%) 75 Union Con. 4, [email protected] 0 Seg Belcher. 100 Yellow Jacket.. THz} 249 Sierra Nevada. ONDAY a. M. JULY 20, 200 8 Justice. S 35 115 Solid Silver. Bulllon Best 1 Belcher. 4525 Caledouia. 40 Crown Point. wae DUG ‘Ties insist ; fe 50 New Coso..1.1 ise 1 i) ret Belle. al 60 Ophir. 20 Geen Trojan. 00 Panther 35 Union Con. 300 Ryc Patch 100 Woudville. Sav: War Chol. Con 23) 3 i 2626 575 Caledouia. [email protected] F100 Goso Con 1Se 10) Dayton. 600 Defrees. 180 Eureka Con. 3 poe Point. 780 Con Imperial. 610 Con Virgiula. 200 Dardanelles 590 Exchequer. Gould & Cu 2 mongae ee = rr} a Berseuens Sierra Nevada. Silver Hill. South Justice Trojan. tah,. Duion Con 805 Yellow Jack 190 ie 1700 Argent: 830 Bet & Beles 00 Coso Con. EB ce 1020 Argenta 190 Crown Point. 650 Con Imperial. 1150 DeFrees. 30 Empire Id. 140 Bisse Con. 120 Exchequer. 2095 Gila.. 380 Grand Prize. 825 Gould & Curry. 160 Hale & Nor. = SaSneesey Ae 20 Alpha. Ey Overman. bir. . 700 4 ustice. 720 Ji a 620 Caledonia. 3 Con Virginia. id1500 Lady Bryan. 375 Leviathan 110 Alps. 70 Belcher -81@ AFTERNOON SESBION. innietta alley. exican. Belle. tend 7e 5 Exchequer. age 395 Gould & Curry tT, 170 H & Norcross. r ideas. 15 «.d4(@8} . S@7k "N'SDAY, A. at, AUG. 1 Andes +65 MINING SHAREHOLDERS’ DIRECTORY. ComPany. Location. No, Ant. LEevIEp. American Flag M & M Co Pioche 10 25 June 28 Alps 5 M Co ioche 11 60 July 20 Be chee M Co Nev 10 100 July? Bullion M Co Washoe 4 150 June 25 Crown Point M Co Washoe 31 100 June 19 Dayton O Nev 8 5 uly 4 DeBrees M & M Co Nev 1 2 July 13 Golden Chariot M Co Idaho 2 50 July 12 Hale & Norcross S M Co Washoe 5: 50 July 31 Trojan M Co Washoe 25 July 26 Leopard M Co Nv 50 July 6 Meadow Valley M Ais Ely District 1. q une Martin wake MC Nev 200 May 28 New York M Co Washoe 1: 15 June 14 New Coeo M Co Cal 4 50 June 20 North Con Virginia M Co Nev 9 30 July 11 Overmau M Co Washoe 38 300 June 20 Pacific Con M Co Cherry Creek 50 June 15 Sierra Nevada S M Cn Washoe 4! 50 Juno 13 Silver Hill M Co Washoe 12 100 July il Seats Barcelona M Co Nev 20 July 24 Savage M Co Washoe 29 100 July 20 Yellow Jacket M Co Washoe 2 100 July 16 OTHER COMPANIES—NOT ON Bella Uniou Quicksilver M Co Cal 2 10 June 28 * Crescent City Coal M Oo Cal — 25 July 16 ¥ $M Co Ney — 10 Juue 27 Excelsior 3 M Co Ney — 10 July 11 Godfrey Gravel M Co Cal 1 June 22 Hamburg M Co Eureka — 100 July 10 Mammoth § M Co White Pine 20 50 June 4 Mineatta Belle 3 M Co Cal 1 25 June 18 Nevada Lard & M Co Nev 18 2 July 16 Northern King M & M Co Arizona 1 10 July 20. Prospect Hill Con M Co Ney 1 15 July 20 Pima M Co Arizona 1 10 July 23 Spanish G M Co Cal 1 8 July 9 South End M Co Nev 2 10 July7 El Tesoro M Co Lower Cal 3 10 July 20 Ward Cou M Co Nev 1 50 June 21 ‘Washington Blue Gravel M Co Cal 2 4000 July2 [Compiled every Thursday from Advertisements in the Mining and Scientifle Press and other S. F. Journals.) ASSESSMENTS—STOCKS ON THE LISTS OF THE BOARDS. DEuING’NT. SALE. SECRETARY. PLACE OF BUSINESS. July 31 Aug27 OR Spinney 319 Plne et Aug28 Sept25 OD Squire Cor Cal & Monty st ugil <Aug30 J Crock.tt 419 California st July13 Aug 20 J & Kennedy 419 California st July22 Augl4 J Newlands 9 Oalifornia at Aug 9 Aug 30 W_E Dean 419 Californian et Aug 15 Sept3 TE Atkinson Pina et Aug 14 Sept 5 J McGeoghegan Merchants’ Ez Bept 5 Sept 279 J F Ligh 309 WV Bt Aug 2’ Sept 17 D Wilder 328 Mont; omery st Aug ll Sept3 RH Brown ‘6 California et July 20 Aug 1. T W Colhurn 408 Californla st July 9 Aug4 JJ Scoville 309 Montgomery et July17 Augé DL Thomas 419 California st July25 Aug23 DF Verdenal 409 Califnrnia at Augi5 Sept 3 J Stadfeld 419 California pt July 25. Augi$ GD Edwarde 414 California et Julyls Atig13 JL Fields 334 Pine eb July17 “Augé W W Stetsou 309 Montgomery et Augi5 Sept5 WE Dean 419 California Aug 23 eeu 17. ~J P Moore 320 Sansome et Aug22 Sept10 EB Holmes 209 Montgomery Bt Augl7 Sept20 P Ennis Gold Hill THE LISTS OF THE BOARDS. July30 Aug25 <A Halsey 312 Montgomery et Aug 17 Sept 6 LS Clark 606 Montgom ry st July 27. Aug 2 W A Kollmyer 306 Post et ae 10, Aug27 WA Kollmye: 36 Post st July 25 Augi3 JM Buffington 309 California et Aug22 Septl7 DA Jenniugs 401 Callfornia st July 12 a D A Jenninge 401 California et ‘aly 21) Aug 14 JG Riley . 320 California st Aug20 Sept1l WH Wateon 302 Montgomery st Aug 20 ept 6 H P Ledyard 240 Montgomery at Aug23 Sept12 <A Noel 419 California et Aug 27 Sept 24 P D Moore 432 Montgomery st Augl5 Septl1o CoO yas 41 Ma ket et Augll <Aug3l JW Clark 418 California st Aug27 Septlh W me Ghitkering 220 Sansome et Aug 9 Aug3l © A Sankey 381 Montgomory et Augl13 Sept3 Henry Reinereen 529 Commercial st MEETINGS TO BE HELD. Name o¥ Company. LooaTIon. SECRETARY. Orrick in S, F, MEETING. Dats. Carrie Hale Hydraulic M Go Cal FW Van Reynegom 531 California st Annual Caledonia S M Co ashoe KR, Weg mer 414 Oaliforuia st Annual Anes Diamond G & 8 M Co Nev CW Crane 426 Hp Bt Annual De Haro M Co Nev Frank Moyer fornia st Annual ane : George Douglas M Co Nev Frank Moyer i Sate nia et Annual Aug 9 Julia Con NM Co Nev el Oe California st Aunual Aug 8 Kentucky = Ras M Co Cal H 612 cial Bt Annual Aug 21 Maryland * Cal CA Sankey 331 pe ommciay et Annual Aug 6 Moore Flat Blue Gravel M Co Cal JM Buffington 309 California et Annual Aug 18 Martin White M Co Nev J G Scoville 109 Moutgomery st Annual Aug 16 Tolo M Co Ney Frank Moyer 8 California st Annual Aug 9 Vancouver M Cn Nev Frank Moyer 408 California st Annual Augis LATEST DIVIDENDS—WITHIN THREE MONTHS. NAME OF CoMPANY. Location. SECRETARY: Orricz iw 8. F. AMOUNT. PAYABLE, Black Bear aa M Co Cal WL Oliver 316 California at 40 Oct 11 California M Co Washoe OP Gordon Nevada Block 2 00 July 16 Consolidated Amador M Cn Cal FB Latham 426 California st 25 July 2 Con Virginia M Cn eee A W Havena Nevada Block 2 00 July 14 Comanche M & M Cn W W Traylor Nevada Block 2 Oct 2 Empire O M Co rat Chas Collishon 10 June 16 Eureka G M Co Cal R Wegener 414 California et 200 May 10 Hite G M Riley 320 Califorula at 20 Mar 17 Leopard M Co Nev RH Brown 426 Callfornia st 50 Dec 11 Rana SM Co Nev J Crockett 419 California st 10 Feh 10 Modoc M Co Cal PM McLaren Cor Cal & Mont’y et 50. Jan 5 Northern Belle M Co Nov W Willis 309 Montgomery st 100 July 16 St Patrick M Co Cal DF Verdenal 409 California et 30 Mar 15 West Comstock G&S M Co Washoe Oliver G Wood 534 Callfornla et 50 Feh 24 Bavage.. Sierra Nevada. Yellow Jacket. AFTERNODN BESSION 1 140 Best & Belcher. .154@15: 80 Bullion. ae 1 150 Raymond & Ely 110 Gere Nevada, 70 Savage.. 3 40 Silver Bill al 10 Utah. 4 280 Union Gon. 330 Gould & C : AF ae 50 YellowJacket. Oe ae 100 Grand Prize. California Board—Latest Sales. 1, 300 ee WE'N'SDAY, A. pe Ava. 1 au 2 6 Bi OM 0 Northern Light. orthern ‘a! 8 New York. 2 Overman. 300 40 Ophir.. 25 Sierra di 5c] 200 South Barcelona. 00 jan. 20 50 Union Con. Savage . 5%] 200 Virginia. 110 Sierra ‘Nevad: . 4: 60 Yellow Ja The Mining Share Market. The market for the past week has heen as it has usually of late, neither one thing or the other. A little rise and a little fall with no remarkahle changes at all. The only stock showing any remarkahle rise this week was Eureka Consolidated. People: do not seem to take to stock as they used to, so that the husiness is quite unsatisfactory. The Gold Hill News says: The fact of it is that there have been uo new developments of value, outside of the great bonanza at the north end, to create new channels of speculation and cause new and rapid movements in stocks. Nobody knows, . however, how soon some new development may he made, but everybody waits with feverish anxiety the turning up of something uew and exciting. Overman and Caledonia are showing improvement, also the Justice, and the prospects of Yellow Jacket, Imperial, Utah, Gould & Curry and Belcher, for finding ore, are excellent. Work is ahout heing resumed on the Lady Bryan, Wells Fargo and other suspénded mines, and gradually mining operations generally are assuming a more healthy and encouraging look. By many, the value of outside or prospecting mines is considered to be merely what the surface machinery will sell for, yet, after all, location will he found to have considerahle bearing on the case. A prospecting mine upon which thousands upon thousands of dollars have heen expended in costly machinery, deep shafts, numerous well-prospected levels without developing paying bodies of ore is not worth so much as a good location of virgin ground with neither machinery nor shaft to recommend it. The one is proven to he worthless, while the other is not. The mine with the good location is the one most likely to develop something valuable. As to the prospects and yield of the honanza mines, there is oF course hut little to say, as the hullion shows for itself, and the regular dividends follow. The hullion yield from the Con. Virginia and California for the past month show no falling off; and the payment of the ular dividend of $2 by each is fully secured aad assured, The ore sections hold out splenieee with an ahundance of the bullion material in sight in all directions, and the lower levels are showing and promising as well as could he reasonahly desired. The joint douhle winze at the 1650-foot level on the line hetween the two mines having passed entirely through that small porphyry horse, is now entirely In rich ore again, heing in the 70-foot vein west of the horse. It will not he many weeks hefore the drift from the C. & C. shaft will connect with I this winze, at the 1750-foot level, and there is every reasou to belicve that the new level will turn out as rich as the present lowest, or 1650foot level. Itis true that thete are limits to all honanzas, yet this one shows size and strength of general character sufficient to carry it to the 2000-foot level. . THE Secretary of the Treasury will soon disatch a revenue cutter from San Francisco to Sitka, to take measures to protect puhlic property and assist the collector of customs in enforcing the laws and the regulations for the government of Sitka, THE woolen goods commission firm of Thomas & Co., of New York, have failed for $500,000. oe

68 MINING AND SCIENTIFIC PRESS. [August 4, 1877. Table of Highest and Lowest Sales in Stock Exchange. Week . Week Ending Ending pee Aug. 2 mz? 10) 11 10 2: ig 2 2 80c 65¢ 80c 60c . 0c ..) 40c .. 5 3} 14§ 6 2,25 Week Week Ending Ending July 2. Fuly 19. . 12§ 93 123 10 1f 2 ‘. 95¢ 80¢ 1 ‘. 50c 306 450 Name of Company. os i $200 to: ee tet cope s S Exchequer. . Geddes & Bertrand. 4 5 Con ren é Confidence 35 Sierra Nevada. eg Belcher. AVaTO. » ‘ilver Hill olid Silver outh Justice, (25; 81@8: AFTERNOON SESSION. anhattan dow Val Mexican ‘odoc, ady Bryan 300 Leviathan. 105 Mexican.. 245 New York 200 North Con Vir. 150 Northern Star. 200 Occidental.. Ophir nia ei 240 Trojau. 50@40¢ ilyer ul all sai. 50) 20 Utah... Peeeoy det 6@5%) 75 Union Con. 4, [email protected] 0 Seg Belcher. 100 Yellow Jacket... THz} 249 Sierra Nevada. ONDAY a. M. JULY 20, 200 8 Justice. S 35 115 Solid Silver. Bulllon Best 1 Belcher. 4525 Caledouia. 40 Crown Point. wae DUG ‘Ties insist ; fe 50 New Coso...1.1 ise 1 i) ret Belle. al 60 Ophir. 20 Geen Trojan.. 00 Panther 35 Union Con. 300 Ryc Patch 100 Woudville. Sav: War Chol. Con 23) 3 i 2626 575 Caledouia. [email protected] F100 Goso Con 1Se 10) Dayton. 600 Defrees. 180 Eureka Con. 3 poe Point. 780 Con Imperial. 610 Con Virgiula. 200 Dardanelles 590 Exchequer.. Gould & Cu 2 mongae ee = rr} a Berseuens Sierra Nevada. Silver Hill.. South Justice Trojan. tah,. Duion Con 805 Yellow Jack 190 ie 1700 Argent: 830 Bet & Beles 00 Coso Con. EB ce 1020 Argenta 190 Crown Point. 650 Con Imperial. 1150 DeFrees.. 30 Empire Id. 140 Bisse Con. 120 Exchequer. 2095 Gila.... 380 Grand Prize. 825 Gould & Curry. 160 Hale & Nor. = SaSneesey Ae 20 Alpha. Ey Overman. bir. . 700 4 ustice. 720 Ji a 620 Caledonia.. 3 Con Virginia. id1500 Lady Bryan. 375 Leviathan 110 Alps.. 70 Belcher -81@ AFTERNOON SESBION. innietta alley. exican.. Belle.. tend 7e 5 Exchequer. age 395 Gould & Curry tT, 170 H & Norcross. r ideas. 15 «.d4(@8} . S@7k "N'SDAY, A. at, AUG. 1 Andes +65 MINING SHAREHOLDERS’ DIRECTORY. ComPany. Location. No, Ant. LEevIEp. American Flag M & M Co Pioche 10 25 June 28 Alps 5 M Co ioche 11 60 July 20 Be chee M Co Nev 10 100 July? Bullion M Co Washoe 4 150 June 25 Crown Point M Co Washoe 31 100 June 19 Dayton O Nev 8 5 uly 4 DeBrees M & M Co Nev 1 2 July 13 Golden Chariot M Co Idaho 2 50 July 12 Hale & Norcross S M Co Washoe 5: 50 July 31 Trojan M Co Washoe 25 July 26 Leopard M Co Nv 50 July 6 Meadow Valley M Ais Ely District 1. q une Martin wake MC Nev 200 May 28 New York M Co Washoe 1: 15 June 14 New Coeo M Co Cal 4 50 June 20 North Con Virginia M Co Nev 9 30 July 11 Overmau M Co Washoe 38 300 June 20 Pacific Con M Co Cherry Creek 50 June 15 Sierra Nevada S M Cn Washoe 4! 50 Juno 13 Silver Hill M Co Washoe 12 100 July il Seats Barcelona M Co Nev 20 July 24 Savage M Co Washoe 29 100 July 20 Yellow Jacket M Co Washoe 2 100 July 16 OTHER COMPANIES—NOT ON Bella Uniou Quicksilver M Co Cal 2 10 June 28 * Crescent City Coal M Oo Cal — 25 July 16

¥ $M Co Ney — 10 Juue 27 Excelsior 3 M Co Ney — 10 July 11 Godfrey Gravel M Co Cal 1 June 22 Hamburg M Co Eureka — 100 July 10 Mammoth § M Co White Pine 20 50 June 4 Mineatta Belle 3 M Co Cal 1 25 June 18 Nevada Lard & M Co Nev 18 2 July 16 Northern King M & M Co Arizona 1 10 July 20. Prospect Hill Con M Co Ney 1 15 July 20 Pima M Co Arizona 1 10 July 23 Spanish G M Co Cal 1 8 July 9 South End M Co Nev 2 10 July7 El Tesoro M Co Lower Cal 3 10 July 20 Ward Cou M Co Nev 1 50 June 21 ‘Washington Blue Gravel M Co Cal 2 4000 July2 [Compiled every Thursday from Advertisements in the Mining and Scientifle Press and other S. F. Journals.) ASSESSMENTS—STOCKS ON THE LISTS OF THE BOARDS. DEuING’NT. SALE. SECRETARY. PLACE OF BUSINESS. July 31 Aug27 OR Spinney 319 Plne et Aug28 Sept25 OD Squire Cor Cal & Monty st ugil <Aug30 J Crock.tt 419 California st July13 Aug 20 J & Kennedy 419 California st July22 Augl4 J Newlands 9 Oalifornia at Aug 9 Aug 30 W_E Dean 419 Californian et Aug 15 Sept3 TE Atkinson Pina et Aug 14 Sept 5 J McGeoghegan Merchants’ Ez Bept 5 Sept 279 J F Ligh 309 WV Bt Aug 2’ Sept 17 D Wilder 328 Mont; omery st Aug ll Sept3 RH Brown ‘6 California et July 20 Aug 1. T W Colhurn 408 Californla st July 9 Aug4 JJ Scoville 309 Montgomery et July17 Augé DL Thomas 419 California st July25 Aug23 DF Verdenal 409 Califnrnia at Augi5 Sept 3 J Stadfeld 419 California pt July 25. Augi$ GD Edwarde 414 California et Julyls Atig13 JL Fields 334 Pine eb July17 “Augé W W Stetsou 309 Montgomery et Augi5 Sept5 WE Dean 419 California Aug 23 eeu 17. ~J P Moore 320 Sansome et Aug22 Sept10 EB Holmes 209 Montgomery Bt Augl7 Sept20 P Ennis Gold Hill THE LISTS OF THE BOARDS. July30 Aug25 <A Halsey 312 Montgomery et Aug 17 Sept 6 LS Clark 606 Montgom ry st July 27. Aug 2 W A Kollmyer 306 Post et ae 10, Aug27 WA Kollmye: 36 Post st July 25 Augi3 JM Buffington 309 California et Aug22 Septl7 DA Jenniugs 401 Callfornia st July 12 a D A Jenninge 401 California et ‘aly 21) Aug 14 JG Riley . 320 California st Aug20 Sept1l WH Wateon 302 Montgomery st Aug 20 ept 6 H P Ledyard 240 Montgomery at Aug23 Sept12 <A Noel 419 California et Aug 27 Sept 24 P D Moore 432 Montgomery st Augl5 Septl1o CoO yas 41 Ma ket et Augll <Aug3l JW Clark 418 California st Aug27 Septlh W me Ghitkering 220 Sansome et Aug 9 Aug3l © A Sankey 381 Montgomory et Augl13 Sept3 Henry Reinereen 529 Commercial st MEETINGS TO BE HELD. Name o¥ Company. LooaTIon. SECRETARY. Orrick in S, F, MEETING. Dats. Carrie Hale Hydraulic M Go Cal FW Van Reynegom 531 California st Annual Caledonia S M Co ashoe KR, Weg mer 414 Oaliforuia st Annual Anes Diamond G & 8 M Co Nev CW Crane 426 Hp Bt Annual De Haro M Co Nev Frank Moyer fornia st Annual ane : George Douglas M Co Nev Frank Moyer i Sate nia et Annual Aug 9 Julia Con NM Co Nev el Oe California st Aunual Aug 8 Kentucky = Ras M Co Cal H 612 cial Bt Annual Aug 21 Maryland * Cal CA Sankey 331 pe ommciay et Annual Aug 6 Moore Flat Blue Gravel M Co Cal JM Buffington 309 California et Annual Aug 18 Martin White M Co Nev J G Scoville 109 Moutgomery st Annual Aug 16 Tolo M Co Ney Frank Moyer 8 California st Annual Aug 9 Vancouver M Cn Nev Frank Moyer 408 California st Annual Augis LATEST DIVIDENDS—WITHIN THREE MONTHS. NAME OF CoMPANY. Location. SECRETARY: Orricz iw 8. F. AMOUNT. PAYABLE, Black Bear aa M Co Cal WL Oliver 316 California at 40 Oct 11 California M Co Washoe OP Gordon Nevada Block 2 00 July 16 Consolidated Amador M Cn Cal FB Latham 426 California st 25 July 2 Con Virginia M Cn eee A W Havena Nevada Block 2 00 July 14 Comanche M & M Cn W W Traylor Nevada Block 2 Oct 2 Empire O M Co rat Chas Collishon 10 June 16 Eureka G M Co Cal R Wegener 414 California et 200 May 10 Hite G M Riley 320 Califorula at 20 Mar 17 Leopard M Co Nev RH Brown 426 Callfornia st 50 Dec 11 Rana SM Co Nev J Crockett 419 California st 10 Feh 10 Modoc M Co Cal PM McLaren Cor Cal & Mont’y et 50. Jan 5 Northern Belle M Co Nov W Willis 309 Montgomery st 100 July 16 St Patrick M Co Cal DF Verdenal 409 California et 30 Mar 15 West Comstock G&S M Co Washoe Oliver G Wood 534 Callfornla et 50 Feh 24 Bavage... Sierra Nevada. Yellow Jacket.. AFTERNODN BESSION 1 140 Best & Belcher. .154@15: 80 Bullion.. ae 1 150 Raymond & Ely 110 Gere Nevada, 70 Savage... 3 40 Silver Bill al 10 Utah. 4 280 Union Gon. 330 Gould & C : AF ae 50 YellowJacket. Oe ae 100 Grand Prize.. California Board—Latest Sales. 1, 300 ee WE'N'SDAY, A. pe Ava. 1 au 2 6 Bi OM 0 Northern Light. orthern ‘a! 8 New York. 2 Overman. 300 40 Ophir... 25 Sierra di 5c] 200 South Barcelona. 00 jan. 20 50 Union Con. Savage . 5%] 200 Virginia.. 110 Sierra ‘Nevad: . 4: 60 Yellow Ja The Mining Share Market. The market for the past week has heen as it has usually of late, neither one thing or the other. A little rise and a little fall with no remarkahle changes at all. The only stock showing any remarkahle rise this week was Eureka Consolidated. People: do not seem to take to stock as they used to, so that the husiness is quite unsatisfactory. The Gold Hill News says: The fact of it is that there have been uo new developments of value, outside of the great bonanza at the north end, to create new channels of speculation and cause new and rapid movements in stocks. Nobody knows, . however, how soon some new development may he made, but everybody waits with feverish anxiety the turning up of something uew and exciting. Overman and Caledonia are showing improvement, also the Justice, and the prospects of Yellow Jacket, Imperial, Utah, Gould & Curry and Belcher, for finding ore, are excellent. Work is ahout heing resumed on the Lady Bryan, Wells Fargo and other suspénded mines, and gradually mining operations generally are assuming a more healthy and encouraging look. By many, the value of outside or prospecting mines is considered to be merely what the surface machinery will sell for, yet, after all, location will he found to have considerahle bearing on the case. A prospecting mine upon which thousands upon thousands of dollars have heen expended in costly machinery, deep shafts, numerous well-prospected levels without developing paying bodies of ore is not worth so much as a good location of virgin ground with neither machinery nor shaft to recommend it. The one is proven to he worthless, while the other is not. The mine with the good location is the one most likely to develop something valuable. As to the prospects and yield of the honanza mines, there is oF course hut little to say, as the hullion shows for itself, and the regular dividends follow. The hullion yield from the Con. Virginia and California for the past month show no falling off; and the payment of the ular dividend of $2 by each is fully secured aad assured, The ore sections hold out splenieee with an ahundance of the bullion material in sight in all directions, and the lower levels are showing and promising as well as could he reasonahly desired. The joint douhle winze at the 1650-foot level on the line hetween the two mines having passed entirely through that small porphyry horse, is now entirely In rich ore again, heing in the 70-foot vein west of the horse. It will not he many weeks hefore the drift from the C. & C. shaft will connect with I this winze, at the 1750-foot level, and there is every reasou to belicve that the new level will turn out as rich as the present lowest, or 1650foot level. Itis true that thete are limits to all honanzas, yet this one shows size and strength of general character sufficient to carry it to the 2000-foot level. . THE Secretary of the Treasury will soon disatch a revenue cutter from San Francisco to Sitka, to take measures to protect puhlic property and assist the collector of customs in enforcing the laws and the regulations for the government of Sitka, THE woolen goods commission firm of Thomas & Co., of New York, have failed for $500,000. oe