Show THE rnVIBENDPAYES Utah Mines will Distribute t 77400 Today MAKES 157400 THIS MONTH With Others Yet to Henr Prom Tho Advance in Copper and Talca Told to Account for it One of which is the Change of Control of the Highland Boy and Cinch on the Copper Market by the Standard Oil Option on Golden Gate Extension llaturing Diamond Deal Kotcs nw dividendpayers will today dls tlliuto i 31oo among their sharehold cs < j < disbursement of this Hum In has been thus i i mg the total llmt x iiJiI in February lo ir7400 and ith ollKrs to hear from To the total thin fir the Sliver Kins of Park City r li i contributed 75000 and the Swansea I cl Whor city 3000 while chocks went nut ItrU night In payment of the Daly Vt it dividend of Park City amounting TI CxjiWJ and thai of the Grand Gulch amounting to 2100 k THE ADVANCE COPPER Various Stories Told to Account for It Highland Boy Control r CopiKr pegged an advance of half a cont a pound yesterday and upon the local market ruled ai 15 cents the I highest point thai has been attained tho present year while It has ruled as low as 15 cents Locally It Is viewed au thin flrat substantial confirmation oC rctcnt advices that the Standard Oil crowd hus succeeded Jn Its determination determina-tion lo control the copper market and if there are any damaging declines tho nrrcint acMiaon It will be with the acquiescence ac-quiescence of Standard Oil people Along with tim advance comes um nmvs that the same crowd has recovered recov-ered the control of Utah Consolidated or Highland BOY of BInpham and that vlth the dicker on which It was done bamurl New house Reginald Ward A 13 Armstrong and others In the Now house crowd step back with the minorIty minor-Ity It la i known that when the monitor L mon-itor ore chute In the Highland Boy was I lapped by the No 7 tunnel the New liouro crowd began buying very actively ac-tively and that some of the purchases wore made at nearly 40 a share Then tho dicllne came and down the toboggan tobog-gan they followed lu until It stood them i an average of something les than 530 At i hut figure they finally allowed the Standard Oil crowd to recover the control con-trol IF not known but the report which followed the recent Inspection of tim N t propprty by President Burrage Is said lo hoAf decided the deal Another story told by the oracles In support of predictions that copper IH h hcxlulcd for silll further advances Is Unit an understanding has been arrived iu between tim Standard Oil crowd and K nator Clark which clinches the end thai the Oil crowd started out lo at t tin No matter what influence Is behind be-hind jestcrdays advance however tim producers of the red metal arc slapping slap-ping themselves on the back while looking look-ing for still further advances Golden Gate Extension Deal L M ul owners of the Golden Gate Ex tonslon the Flodora and Freed and GrIffin groups of mining claims at Mer cur Unit were last season acquired on a ooOOJi option by Samuel Newhouse are looking forward to the 2lth of the II pr sent month with keenest anxiety for undi r th > contract the first regular imyment becomes due and yet the pur criiaser Is absenting himself in the East vMiftlier or not It will be matlo oc nro Mdtd for Is entirely conjectural as no Instructions whatever have been root ro-ot Ivod at tills end of the line concerning It In the meantime every letter In the agreement between Mr Newhouse and the owners of the property has been compiled with and there Is no reason to believe other than that the payments iMll be provided for as they mature Sluco taking possession of the ground that embraces a very large acreage sinking to the vein has gone along Ktcadlly and while Jt has not yet been encountered the depth at which It Is expected under the surveys has not bcn reached The territory adjoins that of the great Golden Gate from rthich nearly 1000 Ions of ore are now bring daily raised and hna long been looked upon most favorably by mining inca conversant with that district Deal in Diamond Ground Information reached the city yester day that In Now York Dave Scovllle has succeeded in the placing of his property at Diamond Tlntlc district and that lie will return In a few days pi pared to Inaugurate a campaign of n Ho development Just what figure was involved In the transaction Is not 1ated other thuu that the sale has placrd Mr Scovllle and his associates LI on easy avenue Tho ground embraced In the deal Includes a considerable portion por-tion of that on which the town of Diamond Dia-mond Is built and was originally acquired ac-quired by the fatherinlaw of Mr Seolllo under an agricultural patent t For many years it was practically abandoned Two years ago the per formances of the Bowers and Bowers JJxtcnsion the Showers Consolidated and others begun to draw attention to Diamond and recollecting that the ea tate had some assets In the old camp Mr ScovillL came west to Investigate them On the ranch or the ground covered cov-ered by the agricultural patent he found prsons engaged in the raising of ores Instead of carrots nnd ejecting them he took possession In the deal It Is unfit un-fit itood that he has associated with him some very wealthy talent and that upon his arrival he will put a large iuo of miners to work The ground Is Iy located and should develop Into a pdtictYr I Lease of Bazouk The raznuk Consolidated Mining comP com-P my of JJIiiKhuin has secured of S S Murdoek a lease and bond upon the Ba youk mining claim located in that cninp and for which ll promises to pay i I oi < i r I before November IGth next 7500 1 The ground i well located lu the old p f nap md believing that It Is pofslblo m nut It among the producers the com I my IM developing it steadily I Ore and Bullion Settlements in the ore and bullion market ycstcr dj H vtllements reached a total oC n no I divided us follows Mrfornfck Co Mlngo bullionS bullion-S to I gold silver lead and copper ores f M A i T Pv Jones Co Gcrmanfa bullion si 201 I gold silver uiuTlcad ores 21 l > 7 7In the metal market silver ruled at f < 4 runts an ounce lead at SlGTVi per 10 p undi and casting copper ai 15i I i nt i pound j I Advocate Articles Piled Artlilps of Incorpowitlon oC the Ad 01 ate Mining company were yesterday li u vlth the Secretary of State The < iiltal stork Is 0000 dlvldeil Into i OIK Chares eif the par value of 25 I uts f xi h A J Moore Is pivsldiiit of 1 ihe company H W Panilosc vice V in r I tic nt and treasurer N f Paulson rjirj fl vho with Lars II Ouizen 1 X II Cohen and William Johnston form the directorate The object of the company Is to acquire and develop mining mi-ning properties In Gold Mountain mining mi-ning district I HEAV3T LOTS OF STOCK SOLD But They were of the Cheaper Sharos Values were Small I The day ou the mining exchange closed with the ale of TOO shares of stock for J 177412 Daisy of West Dip J and Yankeo Consolidated of Eureka dl vlded the lions share of attention Of the former a spllllnj of 11000 was made at 44 cents with the latter figure bid at the cloae while n lot of 10200 Yankee bore It from 11V6 to 1OVI cents with a fraction better to he had at the i finish There was a market for every I offering that was made of Mammoth I and while it was sandbagged down lo 1stwI i It recovered and sold al 191 i with a KOCH demand for U ut the loiter figure at tho cbs Kngle Blue Boll < I fluctuated between 09 cents and 1O4 I whllo Petro of Blnglmm straightened J up and recorded the sale of 1000 at 35 j cents with Chloride Point going down I to 13 Sunbeam with 2WO on the bar Ksiln counter was onsed down to 263j after slllnA up to 27V while 2000 Gui den Ivnglii was allowed to KO al Jt and I COO Lower Mammoth at 4 It cents with i the market closing on the following ls uivs V Hid A koii Ajac 5 n l S 47 4 Alblim V l i V 0714 lOa Anchor Cfi i nunkor HJII < Olii 0 Iio ton Do J4L Mari W 51C OTV BullionFleck sr S 90 BIL Dutlot 115 CtMiciiiilul Kuroka 227 25 00 hlorldo Paint 11 toPper Ranch 00 3 1aby 01 III iiiloii V IJiUton Lark ottl 07 Iily 153 1U5 DnlyArcBt V S 1178 llSO Uoxlor V > J50 2 < tt Dlunond Con iu Jinrlo V 01 Eagle A Ulna Doll 100 103 Kmoralil uii Four Aces > > CC 05 Frisco 00 rjnlini 00 11 fievHcrAlarlon V IflVi l3Vt olden Kogle 0 rtau Cirand Central CSQ 505 Hercules OM llorsehrl QI 03 llornestako 01 00 Horn Silver pu 10 Ingot 03A W Jot Cowers 07Jt ngu Jn flowers Extension03 mu Kremlin k 10 IM Rrlnc I9 75 Mttlo PUtsburg S 01V m Lower Mammoth i 41 IIIUP finer 02 OJV4 Mammoth V 15116 lll Manhalian j 1x114 Martha Washington 00 ul May Day SSV Ki Mircur OIO SZi Midnight Bowers OOU in Northern Ilghl 01 os North Swansea ir Novada g Omaha 01 Ontario SOO OiVi Orient 07 Potro 21 3C Sacramenm 33 Showers Con SO 35 South Swansea 180U 140 Star Consolidated 20 2T Sunbeam 2CV4 27 SmiKhlno I 17 2 Swansea 353 3 SO Tetrn 05 i 07 Vtah 35 ico Vnio 51 70 West Mt Placer SO y Yankee Con 10 11 Sales were recorded as follows Chloride Point 500 at 17ic COO ai 13c Daisy lOO at Ilie < W ai Hie SOOO at 4c Lower Mammoth SCO ut lie Mammoth 100 at SlSS 100 at lS7li 10 al 1874 2 < > 0 at Slwy 100 al S19l < A ICapIo Blue Dell 200 su 51 2C dat de 100 at i02 Polro 1i at Kc Sunbeam KO al 2740 1000 at 27c GOO at 2triic Golden Bade 2000 at VAc Boston c Do La Mar 20 > 30 al Ac Yankeo Con aw at llAc 1000 at UTSC IKO at llVic 500 at lUic itm at lie 200 at lOViC Shares sold 370O Soiling price 177412 THE SLUMP JX DAISY While its management was dumping another consignment of gold dust Into the sampling rooms of the Consolidated Kansas City Smelling and Refining company yesterday afternoon Daisy of West Dip came very nearly turning up Us toes The shipment of dust had been relied on to stimulate 1U It didnt On the contrary the shares early in the afternoon began to pile upon the bargain bar-gain counters and from n i = Jt cents 11 was marked down to 2Vi Many bought because be-cause It was cheap and In the trading the curbstone was at Intervals entirely blocked The policeman overcame that however If Is i estimated lint no less than 50000 shares changed hands with an occasional wall from thy man who had made his original Investment around UO cents a share The appalling decline was due entire ly to the various yarns concerning the quality of lie ores and the value of the cleanup There were some who insisted that operations at the mill had I been on a loss of 10 cents a ton By I many this was scouted but It did hot I save lie security that went down with I deafening effect PETITION FOE INJUNCTON Efforts to Restrain Protective Committee Com-mittee U S Mining1 Company TRintXK SPKCIVLJ Boston Mass Feb 16Au attempt was made In the Massachusetts Supreme Su-preme court before Judge Knowllon today to-day 10 secure an Injunction to restrain protective committee of the United States Mining company from carrying out the reorganization of the compairy by giving a mortgage for SOOOOO with options ou the stock The court re fused to grunt a temporary Injunction bin set the case down for a hearing on Monday The plaintiffs are E U llovey assignee of Dlllaway Starr and M C Itted assignee of II C Walnwrlght t Co and Dupou Sar gent The defendants arc C C Jackson Jack-son John Parkinson and A G Veb sLut members of the committee The plaintiffs were examined by Lawyer llutchlns who said that U was contended that the committee had no authority under the agreement for deposit de-posit of the stock to omcr into the proposed pro-posed plan nf reorganization Counsel for defendants was not prepared lo goon go-on and promised that nothing would be done ivendlug the hearing on Mon day and so court refused n temporary Injunction lest Its purport be misun derstood and cause trouble to each narty In interest Manger Xeill of the United States Mining company denies the report from Sail Lake that tin miuagpmenl has begun the wholesale discharge of mS nci5 He states that at the present lime there are fully 100 men employed in the underground workings und that tILL amount of development wnrk that vivs done during January cxixeded that done during any previous month In the history of the company The present working force Is mnaller limn It was three months a jo but at that time over 100 men were employed on the surface Manager > eill has been summoned io appiar as a witness Monday In the suit brought by the remonstrating shareholders He will not return t j the property until the local situation i ha been more thoroughly adjusted at r kast nut until the new board of direc I tors has be n elected 1 Developing the Jersey Blue Supirrhuendcnl Duggan nf the Jersey i Blue at Blnglmm has returned lo the I city after conferring with the Eastern 1 V management and IB again devoting himself to the development of the ground While In New York hu dls j I cussed thy future of the properly at some length with iol I S Pine and says that it ork will nonilmie steadily I through the season Tin result thus I I fir IIUK bpfii very encouraging and i I v lib abundant means In tin I ireasury 4 lh i iimtiiilmi lu IOu promlKpK to be 4t moat Interesting one CoT Pine IB expected ex-pected from Now York the last of the month when he will outline the work of development UNITED STATES COMPANY Its Reported Reduction of Porcc The Placing of Its Bonds V A dispatch from Boston says Manager Man-ager NeJll denies a report from Salt Lake that there has been a wholesale discharge of men nt the pro per ties of the United States Mining company In Blngham No such report has ever been In circulation nl this end of the line orally or otherwise The only thing which has been said concerning a reduction of the forces at the mines was that said by a few men who had been dismissed and who came hero seeking employment All they claimed was that those not working on ores were laid off temporarily As scheduled the hearing on the petition peti-tion of certain dissenting shareholders In the matter of the bonding of the companys proportion came up In Itos lon yesterday on the motion for a temporary tem-porary restraining order which won denied and the situation accordingly remains as Jl was when the majority of the shareholders voted In favor of lie proposition Thu hearing on the motion for nn order pormanenlly restraining re-straining the company from the issuance Issu-ance of the bonds amounting lo JKOO 000 was then rel for Monday nexU Should this be denied as Is expected tin placing of the bonds will follow the proceeds plnied In the treasury nnd Manager Nelll who has handled the proposition so Intelligently from Its Inception will start for home V I Pointo from Cigale Writing from the little town of CIgale on the Weal Dip a rorrcspondcnl says Work about the Daisy mill Is going on in fine shape Mr Fred Butter su IKTlnlendenl has made many Improvements I Improve-ments since he look charge The mine Is looking better than ever before There arc 100000 tons of ore opened up nnd ready for sloping The mill is running al full capacity the ore is getting richer and altogether things are very flattering The winter has been very favorable for timber men and the ranchers aud farmers adjacent are employing Ihelr time In hauling loads to the mines for which there I Is a good market Ophlr shows signs of activity The new mill being erected by Senator Clark of Montana Is nearing completion comple-tion and will give life to that old and once prosperous camp I Manning is spreading A numoer 01 new houses have boon erected there this Winter and the mill kept up well Some of the magnates of the Overland Over-land mill at Sunshine were out this week Humor has It that the capacity of the mill will be enlarged Ibis spring and other Improvements will be Inaugurated Inau-gurated In that camp Should tills prove irue It will be cheering news to many Ores from the Zip Coon The De La Mar Lode says after an Interview with George H Sanford who Is now In this city awaiting the arrival ar-rival of parties who have joined him In the purchase of De La Mar property that he has a large amount of valuable i ore on the dump and Is only awaiting the arrival of sticks that a shipment from the Zip Coon may be made Of recent samples sent to Salt Lake by Mr Sanford the Lode says the Boston De La Mar was given credit for Ihem all through a mistake The samples sam-ples In question showed from 280 to SO In gold and from 103 to 100 ounces silver per ton Jack Quinn Goes to the Coast Jack Quinn so long associated with the bonanzas of Park City and lessee of the old workings of the Daly when a slab of earth thai fell from above came near dispatching him over the range left for Seattle and other points on the Pacific coast last night intending intend-ing to absent himself until spring The Injuries sustained by I Mr Quinn have given him much annoyance und he leaves for the north and west believing that the trip will hasten his recovery I While the mining of the old levels of the Daly has enabled the lessee to ship some ore It has been with very careful sorting as it was from those parts of the bonanza that moneys were derived de-rived for dividends amounting lo 2500 000 Ore and Bullion Exports The ore and bullion statement for the week ending February 10th which was yesterday posted by railways shows that during thai period there was forwarded for-warded eightyseven carloads or 3M2 019 pounds divided as follows Pounds Sliver and lead bullion 7M3oTi Copper bullion 210033 Ores 2518yc Total 34J2M Glasgow and Western Plant From the enlarged plant of the Glasgow Glas-gow and Western Mining company at Ciolcoiula Net there came upon the market yesterday a rarloud of matte for which ashler Boyd received a cheek amounting to over SCOW This Is the second consignment of the kind with which the company has arrived on the local market during the past few days and arrangements having boon made with Manager Jones of the American Smelling and Refining company com-pany lie Glasgow and Western will lu future send its product to Ibis point The matte Is among the best thai has ever reached this market the analysis showing over CO per cent copper over 150 ounces silver and an average better than 20 gold per ton Since lie enlargement en-largement of Its smeller the Glasgow and Western has decided lo abandon the shipment of concentrates and crude ore and will convert everything Into a matte In which form II will go upon Ihc market In this way the cost of transportation ls greatly reduced and with the smeller now under perfect mastery the shareholders may begin to crane their necks for dividends Manage Man-age Slalmanu who came In from the mine yesterday is to be congratulated ihal the equipment of the big undertaking under-taking has now been completed and lint from this lime the filling > of the treasury will continue Mining Notes Manager George Dern of the fercur loft for the mine and mill again yestor ady morning V The Star Consolidated of Tlntlc appeared I ap-peared on the market with another carload of ore yesterday Capt R C Gemmcll leaves for Mer j cur this morning to give his attention lo possessions In lint camp Manager Sharp of the Bunker Hill came in from Stockton last night and reports everything at his camp moving satisfactorily The Highland Boy smtltor yesterday forwarded to the refinery at Perth Am boy N J G0070 poundsof copper gold and silver bullion J The Tesora delinquent Hat which ap i pears In this issue of The Tribune shows that all but 1225 has been paid In on assessment No 1 Yesterdays receipts at lhi Taylor fBrunton sampler consisted of ten ear loads of ore from Kurekg one from Nevada Ne-vada and one from Robinson The Daisy of UVsl DIj > reported at the gold samplingroom of the Con Kansas CIty Smelling and Ileflulng company yesterday with 150 pounds of sold dust V The announcement wa made by the friends of Tohu A KIrby fovmer super Imemlrnt of the RulliouRoek that on I March 1st next ho will lake a respon slblt position with the DalyXVest of j Continued on pnyo 7 |