Show BIG STOCK SALES Lower Mammoth Jumps Enormously on Heavy Deals l Yesterdays transactions on the mining i mi-ning exchange were not only far above he 1 average but with two exceptions Tuesday nnd Wednesday of last week the volume of business was the largest of any session so far within the year and 27650 shares of stock sold for 3J 31787 These sales were confined to the stocks of fine properties of which Lower Mammoth played the leading part Star Consolidated witnessed good sales DalyWest found a buyer for fifty hale at 2J50 and Ben Duller HUt Martha Washington witnessed the sale of 2000 shares each the former at IM cents and tho latter at 2 icnls a share Lower Mammoth created considerable con-siderable animation and the bidding was decidedly spirited The prices of the day before were loft far behind and as high as L 7Cy was paid The sales Included 11200 Shares started In at I60 and rose gradually to the highest high-est point and then receded slightly to 173 for the last sale with 17uX bid and 173 asked at the close cose Star Consolidated of which 0400 shares found buyers continued on the down grade starling at 70 rents recoding re-coding soon to 6 i and coeilng 10 GS21 at the close The closing quotations quota-tions wore as follows 1 Asked Bid sl I I Anchor j 5 10 JOO Aj jnx I7 C3 Albion tf 10 70 Alice 10 ulllonI3eck Km llno Bird Extension OtPA Ben Butler 0YL < V Centennial Kureka 2100 2GOO Chloride Point i 10 U Con Mcrctir 3G0 3ii Daly 110 l 1G2 DulyWest 2GWT 2002 Dalton Lark f 07 Dalton O v 10 Dexter 1 r lf0 Daisy JJO6 OJ Eaglo 02 Emerald Ji > OPA Eagle Blue Bell J 70 8 fiOV4srMarion r I OO fr B 001 Galena V 01 1 Grand Central 500 5fi 5 Golden Eaglo AO < 01 Horn Silver IISA llerselel 01 5 Homestake O W 0 Ingot < Ql 0 i JOG Bowers 0 KJ 03 A Joo Bower Extension 00 ½ Kremlin 10 Lower Mammoth J 7 173T6 Mammoth r l Manhattan OOVi May Day < 12 1314 Martha Washington0 02A Nexadi 4 02 Northern Light 095 01 Ontario 5fri Petro 1H 12 > A RoccoIlomestakQ Si SH Ofi Swansea t SGi 418 South Swansea 03 105 Sunbeam r tt 12 I Sacramento 39 10 Silver Shield 254 GV Silver King 7000 SOOn Silver Cloud l d 95 Star Consolidated CS i 63 Showers Consolidated 11 14 1 1 8hOCl < i 2011 10 Tesova 20 Utah t 100 Valeo 22 ½ Yankee Con C 10 IIU Sales were recorded as follows asfolows DalyWest lJ at 2ij CO Lower Mammoth 00 at SlGO 200 at S1C1 1200 at 1G2 COO at lfi2 I < G at 163 100 at 1024 L 200 nt 1611 200 at SlC2 > WIt W-It 16111 10 atlGlt I at SlC3 i MOO at 1G < seller 10 days 200 at 102 i 100 at I 163 100 at 1 < HJ4 100 at 161 500 at 1G5 10 at lG > Vi 100 at S1G54 IOu at lG 100 at S1664 100 at G 1W at 167 200 at 167i4 100 at 1CS 100 at S1C9 100 at lGlt 100 at 170 100 at 171 10 at 171 > 4 10 at 171 200 at 172 100 at 172 100 at M73 0 aLt 1 100 aL 171 seller len dm jaIl ai 1iI 1 at 17 3 al 17J 10 at 171 10 It 171 It I at I 175 Jo liLt 17GI l0 at 1751 10 at 171 100 at 17I5 200 at L734 100 at I 5173 = 200 at 173 Star Consolidated SCO at 70c 100 at rc 1100 at CVr 2000 illl GSc 000 at C9c 10 at 67c I OJ at Mic son at GSIC 00 at 6Sc00 at tSltc 200 at fi7vtc l 1WO at C7Ve WO at Wcc 200 at CC 100 alfjll IM at TPHic 100 at U7tc ion at fi7V 100 at SVic t LfO at GS4c Ben Butler Ou at HC Martha Washington 2000 at 2c Shares sold 27050 Soiling virtue 3131787 ON THE CURB In the afternoon on the curbstone trading continued brisk and strong prices prevailed The sales consisted of GOOO shares which brought 5SQ75 and included 3300 shares of Lower Main moth at from 172 to 176 500 Mammoth Mam-moth at from 210 to 217 and 200 Roe coHomestake 90 cents SALES OF THE DAY On themining exchange in the morning morn-ing 27050 shares sold for S31317S7 ami in the afternoon on the curbstone iOOO shares brought 8075 making the total sales of the day 153650 shares for 40 20287 Ore and Bullion Settlements The ore and bullion settlements yesterday I yes-terday amounted to S9GS50 divided as i follows McCornick Co Mlngo bullion 1200 silver 3100 and lead ores S 27500 cyanIdes 1 R Jones CoOrcs 521700 bullion bul-lion 17200 850 Bambergcr McMillan Ores 1 850In the metal market silver ruled at 63 cents an ounce casting copper at 1591 cents a pound and lead at SI per 100 pounds Inspecting the Honerine Manager C H Scheu of the Ilonerlne of Stockton returned last night from l two days inspection of the mine The work of development In the old producer pro-ducer is progressing without Interruption Interrup-tion and the management is expecting to be rewarded before many weeks with substantial returns after the prolonged pro-longed expense incurred during the tedious process of clearing the shaft I of water and driving the lower tunnel I Dewey Company Meeting Capt George T Bridges of Eureka was In the city yesterday to attend a meeting of the directors of the Dewey Mining company The holdings of the company consist of three claims which join the 11 G W group in North Tin tic and upon which the assessment work for the ear will be completed at once after which the property will be further developed at an early date Interested in Kearsarge Several Salt Lakers are Interested In the recent big strike made in the old Kearsarge mine In Alder gulch near Virginia City Mont for the reason that they own a mine which Is on the rend lines of this now famous properly Just what action they may take loolc lug to the reopening of the mine from which much ore was shipped remains to be seen but I Is understood that Hens will at once be taken to at least begin preliminary work a Salt Lakers interested are Thomas Bcsln ger John M Cannon Henry Helper A H Vogeler J A Reeves and others Mining Notes A car of ore aruivcd at the sampler yesterday from the Utah Queen A L Hall M at the Cullcn with line placer gold specimens from Madison county The Ophlr Hill mine reported on the market yesterday wIIt eight ColS of concentrates Tho Swansea was L shipper on yes terdays market to the extent of six cars of ore II G Wilson IK I inidnr nn oxionslvc cxlrlhc examination or a number or mileR In which 11lel he Is interested in the Tlntlc dis The Centennial Eurtika was shipper on yesterdays market and ten cars of copper ores were received fromMhc nlne The Canada Copper company with wih comlL properties consisting ng of six claims in the Rocky district near JNltlford in 1 I Beaver county Is pushing rapidly the assessment work for the year on Its I grounds L G Burton the mining engineer has returned from several days work I nt thc Gemini and other TSntle properties proper-ties ttMM i1 P Gilbert of the Blackbird I Black-bird Copoer and Gold Mining company han returned from n three days trip 1 h at Frisco whore he was looking l after I t 1 the development work being done on i i the Copper Gulch group which belongs lo his company Col Hcffron of the Blnplmm Copper I and Gold Mining company and C KO McCornick yesterday went to Ogden t confer with Manager O P Posey who I I r was on the way from New York to I California A H Mayne formerly of Mercur and now of Joplin Mo Is in the city id spend Christmas with his family I here I Mr Mayne reports the loadzinc properties prop-erties in which Sail I Lakers have interested I inter-ested themselves the past two years as I giving a fine account of themselves The price of zinc Is settling down to n II uniform figure and the coming year I I la 1 full of promise there I I |