Salt Lake Herald | 1897-06-05 | Page 3 | Strong Demand for Omaha

STRONG DEMAND FOR OMAHA I I No Special Improvement Noticeable in the Stock Market j All was quiet and inactivity on the I I floor of the mining exchange yesterday and the pit would have scored a whitewash I I white-wash had i not been for the transfer 1 I of T few thousand shares of Richmond In Anaconda the listed securities there was a I I dull aching void a long felt want that could not be filled and declines were noted until Geyser was reached I I which managed to hold its quotation of the previous day Four Aces also I exhibited an upward tendency although I al-though the rise has been very slow and gradual Mercur was stationary but I 1 is believed that it will move upward in the near future Mammoth was extremely I ex-tremely low in its bidding quotation I I although holders stood out for 150 in I the asldnC GeyserMarion was unchanged I r un-changed aId somewhat weak Northern 1 North-ern Light was inactive and yet the I I stock was firm and in favor with the I brokers I I I In the unlisted stocks Little Pitts I burg recorded slight gains Swansea I was firm at the bids of the previous day and stronger in the offerings I South Swansea noted gains in the biddings bid-dings and holders stood out for better I l prices Sacramento was also in better i demand and advanced to 21 cents in A v the bidding offered at 2 The feature i of the call however was the spurt I i made by Omaha Two weeks ago this stock was offered at 20 cents hut since I that time it has made steady gains and yesterday starting at 21 cents In the bids it advanced rapidly until at unt the close it was wanted at CO offered I at 40 follows Thi transactions of the day were as SALE OF STOCKS 1000 Richmond Anaconda at 2 cents 1000 Richmond Anaconda at 1 rents 1000 Richmond Anaconda at I4 rents Total sales 3000 shares Value of sales 55373 I