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Show FLUCTUATIONS OV MINING STOCKS. The fluctuations in tho values of mining stocks during the past year have been remarkable. The following table gives the closing prices of leading lead-ing descriptions at the end of each year: 1S.7U. Jiwl. A.h-. Dae Abii.i - - . & iJ is llfk'L.r - - - ii -tt') U - : Chu!U:-l'"toii - Ti - ri2 Crowo. l'uiiit - - ll -i I'l -i-4 - Duney - . . ij 7 L - UonU Jt Curry' - - iS 111 tli - 1 tloMen Clmr.ot - - (.1 . Al Hale 4 Xuitroii - -HO lii i 'J-'t - Ui Eluiuro - - IU ) Iniierlil - - - -'' 41 '1 - KooliK'k - - . S5 4ti 111 - MeailuW Vnllt-y - - 'S, I'd 1 Ophir .... 4 i'S - Oi igiunl IlilJeu Trent ure 1 H i - OTflmau . . . -T ;:u 1'iocbn - - Vi V) - a Hayinou'l i lvlj - - IS li! 7ft - S.itbss - - 01 IJ - : Siprrj Nuvatli - - 18 M 1,'. - Yellow J.nk.t - IS O i 12 - Nearly the entire list shows imurove- ment, tho more noteworthy gain being in Belcher aud Crown Point, l'elehcr has never paid a dividend, though it is now regarded as one of the best developed de-veloped mines on the Comstoek lode, having turned out a good class of ore for several months. The manaFers have been getting things rc:idy iu. an active business during the ensuing year, and will probably commence the disbursement of dividends iu January, at tho rate of about $20 per share. Crowu Po'mt paid four v 10 dividends during the year, and is expected to resume re-sume in January. At this time last year Chollar-Potoid was paying $10 dividends, but for the last few months has paid only 81 per share, tlolderj Ubariot paid dividends up to and including in-cluding March, but noiv; sinea. Ken-tuck Ken-tuck paid no dividends for J37I. Raymond Ray-mond & Ely was introduced into the board last January, and Pioche in May, tho former at?l,', and the latter at $12 per t-hare. On tho whole nui ber of shares represented by the oip-ital oip-ital stock of each company, iho difference differ-ence in market value shows the annexed an-nexed aggregate improvement in the apparent value of the mines: A'l'lia 5lSi" Ksntnck ifJ-J.n1 Brltlirr 4,M .LL"' Hc.viow Valley ri,itj Cro.ro Puint .",t. OpUIr :l','i Dud y $yt'J Q. II. Ticaiura ' 42,OCrl Coulil Currr Sl'J.OmiOTo.-uiin Ht'i.ij'.'l Hal- A Soltys'! - ".'"" HnymonU Jt lily i:ii,iui-o ;'. r Nin.U L'.i.-nO luiliiii.l M;0 ;rcll.w.Iv.ckei M.w.i , Against an jgriviiate depreciation of i l,ii'.i(1,0U0 in (' hollar Petosi, (Joldcn ' Chariot and Savaitc. ij. F. Ii idle', it. |