Show STRONG WEEK IN STOCKS I Trading Was Heavy and Some Prices Notably Improved The wetk on the mining exchange was characterized by brisk buying at strong prices and 103225 shares of I stock brought 112579IS Lower Mammoth Mam-moth which had advanced to 138 and declined to 120 the previous week continued on the rise ahd heavy sales I were made during the entire week on steadilyrising prices owing to the strike that was made on Tuesday on 1 the SOOfoot level the highest price being be-ing cached yesterday when 180 a share was paid May Day has been In I gQod demand at but slightlyvarying I pries Star Consolidated has held a prominent position on the board dropping drop-ping from 79 and SO cents to about 65 cents and recovering yesterday to as high as 79 cents when S100 shares found buyers between thai figure dnd 71 cents the far greater part of the sales being made around 73 and 75 cents On account of the report of anew a-new ore body being found Mammoth started In at 211 at yesterdays session ses-sion a raise of about 40 cents over the quotations of the day before but it I declined steadily to 226 at the close declned steadiy cose and during the call 1625 shares changed hands At yesterdays session 17S00 shares were sold for 1725662 T 1C closing quotations were as follows I Bid AskcO Anchor r 100 Antler 01 AJax 50 62 Albion 70 Alice 3iis BullionBeck 350 400 Blue Bird Extension l 00 > 4 Ben Butler 01 = t Bunker JII11 Oltf Boston DC In Mar O I Centennial Eureka 2123 Chlorldo Point OL 10 Congor 5 Con Mcrcur 333 313 Daly 20 DalyWest 2573 20GO Dalton < Lark 0 Dalton O9fc I Dexter 0 150 Daisy COW CY Emerald 03 > j Eagle Bhio Bell 70 SO Four Aces 01 GeyserMarlon OOyi 0 < Galena oV 16 Galena King 20 Galena 2 Grand Central 53p 6 Golden Eagle OOji 01 Horn Silver 110 Ingot 01 C > JOG Bowers v 03 01 Kremlin < 12 Little Plllsburg 01 Lower Mammoth 164 leayi Mammoth 227 2 Manhattan L COIS MayDay 10 121s 1214 I Martha Washington 02 028 Northern Light 00 01 Ontario O Petro 1VA PvoccoHomcslako 0 lCO Sunshlno 11 Swansea 37 1 100 South Swansea 0 Sunbeam M 42JA Sacramento 33 39i Silver King 67BO Silver Shield V 25 23 Star Consolidated 76 77 Showers Consolidated 10 15 Tetro O OiJ Tcsora 20it 2 R cora 6 r Valeo 2 West Mountain 03 Yankee Con 10c 1 Sales were recorded as follows 100 at316 100 Con Mercur ICO at J350 10 rW at at J343 ICO at S350 DalyWest WO at 52C23 Grand Central 10 at 530 Ingot 1CCO at lXc Lower Mammoth 500 at RiG 100 at SUGTfe 2 at JlEO ICO at 5175 10 at SUI ICO at 172 ½ 100 at 173 10 at SL71 100 at 170 10 at LG9 > 100 at SL6S t n 0 t 1 0 Muniiiiuin JW ill 41 iuv ui t a at 230 x l Z 2 r at h2t1t at 228 ½ 10 at 229 200 at 4227 10 at 2 May Day 100 at i24c 200 at 12XjC Northern Light 130 at Tic Sliver Shield GCO at 26c Shlcl S1lr f Star Consolidated 1000 at 71c 1200 at 2 SCO at 71Lc COO at 70V c 2 at 70c 10 at 71 Oc 100 at 71c 100 at 71c 100 at 71c 10 at 72c O at 72Vc 10 at 73Vc 600 at 73c 10 at 7214c 10 at 734c FOO at 7t f al i5c 2 at 7G 20 at 75Vc 10 al 7 c CO at 74c 10 at i61c 10 a i7 500 al Re 10 al 7ic GO at 8c 10 at 7 iii 100 at 77 c lWat S4c 0 at 7Tc Swansea 100 at 183 100 at 3 S Martha Washington 1000 at 2c Tetro 1COO at 7c Shares sold 17MX Selling value 1725062 ON THIS CURB In the afternoon on the curbstone 3500 shares of stock were sold for 56205 These sales included 200 shares of Grand Central at 550 1000 shares of Mammoth at from 225 to 227 1100 shares of Lower Mammoth at from 163 to 173 and 1200 shares of Star Consolidated at from SO tp S3 cents SALES OF THE DAY AND WEEK Yesterday there were sold on the exchange ex-change 17800 shares for 1725662 and on the curbstone 3500 shares brought 6203 making a total for the day of 21300 sharefl for 2346162 The sales for the week on the exchange ex-change were 109225 shares for 112 57048 and on the curbstone 39500 shares brought 110032 making the total sales for the week both the xchan weC on exchange and the curb 118725 shares for 17263118 Ore and Bullion Settlements The ore and bullion market closed for the week with settlements amounting to 3677S8 Yesterdays settlements were 13610 divided as follows I rolows McCornlck Co Mlngo bullion I 3300 silver and lead ores 6100 T R Jones Co Ores11700 bul lion 10500 J700 Commercial National Bank Ores I 7100 Bamborger McMillan Ores 4310 In the metal market silver ruled at C3 cents an ounce casting copper at 15 cents a pound and lead at > I per 100 pounds Con Mercur Statements Thc Con Mercur w1 discontinue Its former cuctom of Issuing monthly statements of the amount of ore treated and the receipts and expendi tures of the company and Instead such Information will hereafter be given either In semiannual or annual reports re-ports This change Is the result of In I stniillons from CapL Do La Mur who I slates that Easlern shareholders arc iI I averse to the monthly statement fays 1 loin as they consider it has a tendency A to unduly affect the value of the stock I = and besides many object to the frequent I fre-quent notices for the reason that often lotce i they do not wish it lcilovn that they are dealing in mining properties as I such securities arc considered decidedly hazardous by the ultraconservative class |