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Show HDA POTASH IS SUBJECTJF REPORT Valuable Mineral Is Showing in Sagebrush State in Good Quantity. Nltruto of noda and nltrato of potash wore Imported Into the United States In it'll to the valuo of $17,117,008, according accord-ing to the buieun of HtutlutlcH. Nearly nil llni nltratu Imported comeu from Chllo nnd Ik used for fertilizing. Thla enormous expenditure for Imported ni-tnitos ni-tnitos lends Interest to a pamphlet, just IsHuod by the United Stales geological survey, "Nitrate Deposits," by Uoyt 3 Galo (bulletin 523). All the known occurrences of nitrate deposits in the United Stutos are described de-scribed -by Mr. Gale, and though most of these are probably In the nature of "prospects," they are Interesting and of Importance as Indicating the possible origin of deposltH which can be mined commercially. Last year George Otis Smith, director of the survey, and A. FT. Brooks, In company with Mr. Gale, visited a reported deposit near Gerlach, Nov.. where specimens of salts running high In potassium nitrate wore obtained. Reference Is made in tho bulletin to areas in most of tho western states where discoveries of these nitrates have born reported from time to time. The extreme solubility of nitrate salts renders It unlikely that concentrated do-1 posits will remain anywhore except In plnccs either not subject to or protected protect-ed from the solvent action of rain, surface sur-face water or moving ground water. Thus nitrate salts arc found chiefly In caverns or caves, or under overhanging lodges, or, as in the Chilean and other South American occurrences, in a region of exceptional aridity. The assertion that none of Ihe nitrate ni-trate deposits of the character mentioned will prove commercially workable is, ac-cordlnc ac-cordlnc to Mr. Gale, not warranted. Such deposits have proved to be of value under un-der exceptional conditions, as when they were utilized for the manufacture of gunpowder, gun-powder, during war times, In the eastern states; and It le entirely posnlblo that changing conditions may render somo of the western deposits valuable. It must bo recognized, however, that so far ns may he Judged from preRont evldenre, few If any nf the deposits now known warrant much, on tiny for development as a source of commercial nltrato Halts. A copy of the report may be obtained free on application to tho director of the geological survey. Washington, D. C New York Mining Stocks. James A. Pollock &. Co., hankers and brokers, furnish tho following, received over their privnto wire yesterday after-noon: after-noon: NEW YORK LISTED STOCKS, Sales.l H. L. lClse Chlno 6,500 -14R 431 U4 Goldfield Con 100 2fc 28 '21 Nevada Con 1.G00 23L 23J 23i Ray Con .700 232 23 233 Tennessee- Copper 1,700 -iG? ioli 453 Maml Copper 000 39 J 29 J 205 Utah Copper 6,500 66i 65D 65Q Inspiration 100 10a 10n IPS NEW YORK CURB RANGE. Sales.! H. 1 L. Clso First National Cop ..1 2i II 2J Glroux Con J 1,500 oi u 51 Nevada Utah f. uc 2c Be Ray Central 2g 23 28 Yukon Gold 200 3i 31 35 Ohio Copper 200 1 11 1$ New Keystone 2A 2 2 South Utah 9 1 8 MasOn Valley 200 123 12 128 Brad en Copper 1,100 7 0 65 Ely Con 2,300 23c 22c 28o La Roso 1,500 25 23 2E Mays Oil I 1,000 38c 27c 27c Belmont 150 10 10 10 Tonopah 100 69 flfl 66 Alaska 600 10 10 10 NJCW YORK CURB CLOSE. . Bid. lAskod. Ely Con $ .22 $ .25 First Nat Copper 1.S7J 2. .125 Giroux Consolidated ...... $.00 5.25 Yukon Gold 3.371 K-H2i Now Keystone 2.00 2.12i Niplsslng S . 87 i 8.50 Ohio Copper 1.62i 1.75 La Rose 2.37J , Brltlflh Columbia Cop .... 4.871 6.12J Bay Stato Gas im. ,37a .50 Braden 6.S7J 7.00 Mason Valley 12.621 12.871 Sioux Consolidated 04 .06 Colorado 13 .13 Iron Blossom 1.20 1.30 Caflba 05 .1C Nevada Hills 1.75 l.S7j Boston Mining Stocks. James A. Pollock & Co., bankers and brokers, furnish the following, rcoolved over their private wire yesterday afternoon after-noon BOSTON COPPER RANGE. SaleH. II. L. Clso Algomah 202 3 3 55 Butte & Balaklava .. 70 Si 3g 3g Calumet & Arizona.. 285 S3 82 S2i Chief Con 1,225 lj U 11 Copper Range 17S 593 5ti 51'K Dalv West 130 t 4 4 Davis Daly 550 2 2 2 Eust Butte 3,465 161 16J 16J Giroux Con 630 5i 5 5 Granby Con 501 53 H 681 581 Greene Cananoa 8,780 10i 9S 10C Hancock 100 261 26J 261 Indiana Copper 1,040 131 lt 13J Inspiration Con 60 IDA 19i 106 Lako Copper 1 T5 35 J 35i 35A La Roso 90 2g 2 2g Mason Valley 13 121 J 3 Nevada Con 2,977 201 23 231 Nevada Utah ( 5c 2c 5c Niplsslng 45 86 81 Si North Butte 315 343 S4J 34g North LaJce 35 !j 31 Ray Con 12S 231 235 231 Superior Boston .12 3 8 1 Trinity 30 5J 55 51 U S Smelter com .... 1,604 50 I9q 403 preferred :., 334 5H 511 51.J Utah Con 66 12 12 12 Eagle Bluo Boll .. 250 1 1 lj BOSTON CURB CLOSE. 1 Bid. lAskcd. Begole ? 1.25 ? 1.50 Bingham MlneH 5.50 5.625 Butte it liondon IS .50 Boston Ely 1.12 1.37 Bohemia 2.50 3.00 Butto Central 7 12J 7.20 American Zinc 34.75 34.871 South Lako 7.25 7.50 Shannon 16.00 16.25 Old Colony 9.00 9.50 Ohio Copper 1.625 1.75 Miami .... 20,25 29.50 Mayflower 12.25 13.00 Michigan 1.75 2.00 Majestic 44 .45 Kerr Lake .. 2.50 2.621 Keweenaw , 2.00 2.25 Helvetia .75 1.00 Calaveras 2.75 2.S7J Victoria 3.75 3,00 Winona 5.25 5 37j Wyandot 2.00 2.50 Tuolumne ,. 3.00 3,125 Utah Apex 2. 00 2. 25 Stewart 1.25 1.30 ,OJibway 4.00 4.25 Nevada Bouglas :j .SO S.S75 Greene 10.25 10.50 Eagle & Blue Bell 1.871 1.50 Hoton Copper 7. 75' 8.75 i Oneco 1.06J 1.12J S "W Miami 6. fiO 6.25" Arcadian 3. 00 3.50 Pond Creek 23.25 23.50 Metal Market. The metal quotations for Thursday, posted bv McCornick & Co., wore as fol-'v?s fol-'v?s Sliver, 63c; kad, ?.".I0; copper, $17.45, |
