Show THE MINING SHARE MARKET an upward tendency has been a prominent feature of the stock market durino during the past two weeks the gains being shared shared in very largely by what are termed the smaller stocks for instance martha washington Washing toni which two weeks ago was quoted at 11 cents in the bidding 11 has been a seller up to 25 cents since our last issue although today the ath it is quoted at 18 cents bid and 21 asked yankee hankee con has bas also scored an advance of 10 cents and ben butler has disclosed considerable sid pid erable activity at a marked gain manhattan has more than doubled in value and has been in good demand northern light petro and silver shield has shown increased strength and gains in quotations and the same can be said of may day and sunbeam am con mercur and ontario have been popular with investors the latter being especially active and at heavy advances in selling figures daly participated in the dealing with gains to its credit dalton lark being in demand on a steadily rising market dexter has been weak and is quoted lower than figures flo t ures of a few days ago although quite active in the way of transfers lower mammoth is again t on the upgrade and has gains of 50 cents to its credit mammoth is also a favorite and at a marked advance rocco homestake Home stake has been strong and has registered a number of transfers of late the tone of the general market has been excellent and transfers have been very heavy on the board as well as on the curb comparative quotations are given in another column on this page |