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Show BINGHAM CONSOLIDATIONS. Gossip on Probable Amalgamation of Copper Interests. A letter from New York to a local mines manager says that if the tremendous tremen-dous advance in Bingham's copper shares reflects any Influence other than thoso behind the advance In tho price of copper and the profits being plied up by the companies, It Is In a deliberate effort by certain . interests to acquire, such hold upon Bingham that at an hour they shall deem auspicious an amalgamation as complete and as powerful pow-erful as that which controls the mines of Montana shall be effected In Utah. While It Is denied by brokers representing repre-senting those who arc believed to bo at the back of such a project and scouted by the principals themselves, "adds the writer," the impression that such a project has been formulated Is as irrepressible ir-repressible B.B Is the proverbial ghost. That something is brewing no one can be convinced to the contrary. "Hang on to your shares," Is the closing admonition; ad-monition; "they are headed for higher figures." A local broker whose clientele In the East Is a large one and who Is In close communication with at least one of the thrones, said yesterday that he was waiting hourly for a bulletin that would let the cat out of the bag and expressed 'astonishment as a shareholder In at least one of the units that are mentioned men-tioned In the prospective amalgamation that he has not received advices long before. In each of the companies mentioned men-tioned in the gos9ip the purchases In the Boston market on which they are listed, have been, during the week, unprecedented, un-precedented, the market closing on a degree de-gree of strength that has the talent guessing at home as well as abroad. There has been not a little buying during dur-ing the week on orders from this neck of the woods and by some at least who ought be conversant with what Is stimulating stim-ulating the market. |