| Show THE U S MINING CO the united states investor an apt illustration of the nervous tendency of the stock market in Boston was I 1 given monday when on what appears to be most unreasonable and criminal representations in a small newspaper out in utah copies of which were circulated more or less m 1 n this vicinity united states mining was w as knocked down from 25 to 22 only reacting to 23 on tuesday when it was realized what a tissue of falsehoods the article contained and only getting back to the starting point by the most strenuous support of its friends for several days on monday nearly shares were offered but eager buyers rather checked the selling and on tuesday it only took shares to push the price back nearly two points it is claimed that certain correspondence between one of the bo boston ston directors and an official of the company at the mine office was stolen by a clerk acting under pay from some interests who are opposed to the new management of the mine who was responsible for purloining the correspondence spon dence we are not prepared to say but it was a most despicable piece of business to say the least direct evidence that there is no pressing need for money on the part of the company is furnished in a statement commission house here who offered of a large 25 a share spot cash for shares of U S mining only a short time ago and the off offer er was promptly refused this in the face of the erection of a smelter plant at the mammoth mines ta in california |
