Show t SOUTHERN LIGHT A rIVE Better Tone in Mining Stocks Noted Yesterday RICHES OF OLD TUSCAROPA BJ3NEWED ACTIVITY I THIS NOTED NEVADA CAM Wi B Andrew Makes an Examination Examina-tion of the Dexter Mine and Says it is a Great Property The Salmon Sal-mon River Country Salt Lakers Orettmg in on Valuable Properties There Contracts Let For th Erection of the Monolith Mill Tree Gold at Manning SemiMonthly I Semi-Monthly Shipments of Geyser Marion CyanidesEnlarging the Mercur Mill Expected That the Work Will be Completed by June 1 The Columbus Mining Company Com-pany Annual Meeting Held in Park City Monday Night The Swansea Dividend Will Make the Monthly Distribution of Wealth on the 10thThe Alaska Mining Company Incorporate Operating in Washington H Watts as a Promoter Ore and Bullion Silver Sil-ver and Lead Mining Notes and Personals S predicted in r these columns business picked w up on the floor of the Mining Exchange yesterday yes-terday and amore a-more earnest demand was noticeable no-ticeable 1 although b al-though in some I instances the I bears got in 6 their I deadly i work In the listed securities there was but one stock that wa in any wy active and this was Northern Light which was a ready seller and closed firm at the quotations given blow Mercur scored advances and drew out considerable inquiry hut the fortunate owners of this stock holdout hold-out for better figures Anchor chron icled some advances in the bidding but there were no sellers in the pit I was giv and take with the bears and bulls when BullionBeck was called but they could not get together on prices and the stock was inactive In the way of sales Galena developed an upward tendency in the bidding but was firmly held at 05 cents Mammoth Mam-moth was stationary and yet strong at xne quotations or tne previous day GeyserMarion was wanted but there 5s seemingly an effort being made to get the stock at a decline below the ruling figures Xo change was noticeable notice-able in Utah which closed in good j 4 shape at the quotations that have I ruled this security during the week The unlisted stocks received marked attention from the brokers in the pit and a number of transfers were chron icled Swansea did nothing more than to hold its own although it was in the ring as a favorite Still i is not be Jiexed that the stock will go beyond the 250 mark for some time to come Hover was trotted out for the first time fl a mouth or more and frst ahiJe i i looked as if the buyer and I seller iretoo far apart for any ac tfMty At the close however 500 I shares J were transferred at 30 cents I min owaiisea was nrm in tne otter ofer ings but it ias slow in the bidding A fractional difference stood between buyer and seller when Richmond Anaconda was called but the stock was inactive Alice was fairly strong but mmovable Dalton was in the same fix while Sunbeam was weak Homestake came in for another dose of the same medicine that it was floored with at the previous call and displayed considerable activity at lvs cents Xo change was noticeable in noteeahle P xter which has been quiet during I tlio past week Little Pittsburg nS I fi rod a decline both in the bidding and offerings The transactions of the day were as follows SALES OF STOCK 400 Xorthern Light at 90 cents 100 Northern Light at 90 cents Jon Xorthern Light at 91 cents 500 Rover at 30 cents I 500 Hlm stake at 1 cents Total sas 4600 shares Value of sales 75702 The closing quotations were as fol lows CALL OF LISTED STOCKS i i tr I > ° F i I i L II I I Tr 3 = I U same of Stock r I i I 2 i II I ATTnhor 5100 l Ajax 62WS 70 BullionBeck 650 I j 675 tVntenafalEureka 40 on 1l 0 Daly 325 I 410 Daly W st 1 7 SO Dalton and Lark 10 j S East Golden Gate 2 j I Eagle r J14 Galena i 91 95 Gtycr i 115 i fr Four trs l GV > 10 Horn Silver j 15 i Hercne 1 10 l 19 4 Mercur 735 i 715 Mammoth i 1 52 1 160 serMarion i 1 2PI 1 37U Northern Light S i SO Ontario 1 700 I S 9Y I Sliver King 1 1 n Sunshine 1 25 i 3 I 1tah 1 1 02 110 CALL OF UNLISTED STOCKS i = 1 Name of Stock iI I c g II 1 Swansea 235 t 1S240 l Rover 1 27 i 45 HomcFtake ii I South Sxvniisea j t 1 65 1S2 Richmond and Anaconda 21 t Alice > 55 i CS Dalton 2 lL i i 1 65 155 Sunbeam l 7 Lucky Bill 10 13 Pictsburg 3 > si 3 |