Show ORE AND BULLION MABKFT Settlements for the Month Well Along to Two Millionsj October In the ore and bullion market I mar-ket closed with settlements aggregating aggregat-ing S1SS0305 as compared with 2153 1S5 for the previous month In the total to-tal Is Included gold bulllonof the value of 10517787 which was placed to the credit of the Consolidated Mcrcur Mining Mi-ning company during the month of October Oc-tober although It was forwarded to the mints as the September earnings of the bonanza The total does not include however the value of copper gold and silver bullion which was produced pro-duced by the Highland Boy during I the month and that consisted of MOOOO pounds of the value of over 100000 computed on the exhibit which was recently sent out by the company The last days settlements reached a total of SG1975 divided as follows I McCornlck Co Mlngo bullion 3600 gold silver lead and copper ores 11200 Bamberger McMillan Gold silver sil-ver lead and copper ores 10575 I Commercial National Bank Gold silver lead and copper ores 7000 T R Jones Co Germania bullion 24500 gold silver1 lead and copper ores 5100 In the metal market silver ruled at 64U cents an ounce lead at 4 per 100 pounds and casting copper at IGvi cents a pound The Months Dividends The bread winners of the diggings I closed the month with the distribution of dividends amounting to 299500 the Consolidated Mercur closing it today when its shareholders will receive checks amounting to 110000 or 11 cents a share on their holdings At the same tlmo the Mammoth opens the dividend column for November with a distri bution of 20000 Shoebrldgo Bonanza Strike The management of the Shoebrldge Bonanza near Diamond Tlntlc dig trict announces the disclosure of another an-other body of ore In the drift that has finally broken into the old Shoebridge ore chute for which the seardi has been going on for so long a time and whiie the extent of the disclosure has not been determined everything looks most favorable Connection with the chute was made on Tuesday during one of Manager Heffrons periodical t trips to the mine and the winter campaign cam-paign will now go on as iu the past I Payment on the Illinois The final payment of 18000 on the purchase price of the Illinois group at Eureka by the Illinois fining company com-pany was taken down by George A Wilson who came hi from camp yes terday morning He was accompanied by George Adams president of the company upon whose order the pay ment was released and Into whose hands all deeds to the property have now passed The Illinois Is located above the ton of Eureka and upon the northern portion ot ib orcat zone and not a few expect to see It among the most productive of Tintlcs properties Col Conrads XnterpriEes CoL J H Conrad who has extensive Interests at Mercur to which he will give his attention at a later day came down from Butte yesterday morning discharged the mission that brought him here and departed for the north again last night Since leaving Utah last spring the Colonel has been to Nome where he acquired valuable ground by purchase and will return to that country again next season At Nome he succeeded In acquiring a bench claim adjoining the properties of Charley Lane and says the cleanup clean-up the present season has reimbursed him In all that he expended on the un I dertaking Col Conrad has been In ill health since his northern expedition but Is much Improved and will divide his attention between interests In fontana fon-tana and Utah during the winter Swansea Dividend The directors of the Swansea company com-pany met In regular session yesterday and posted dividend No CO In the sum of C cents or 5000 the same to be distributed on November 10th the transfer books to close on Tuesday next The passing around of this amount by the Swansea will have swelled the total paid by the company to 201500 and yet the ground which Is located at Silver City Tin tlo was practically abandoned when the company com-pany took hold of it The first regular dividend was paid on August SI 1S9G and since that time it has been as regular reg-ular as the town clock The workings on the vein have reached a depth of nearly 1000 feet and sinking of the shaft to corresponding depth and the running of a new level tp connect with the ore body will be resumed this month The management throughout the companys career has been most careful and economic and while dividends divi-dends have been paid each month ills suikl that at present there is nearly 100000 in the treasury |