Show i J I BEARS HAMMER DOWN OON MINING STOCKS Professionals Take Market Mar Mar- ket in Their Hands and Reap Short Shor Profits The past week has been a purely professional playtime on the Salt Sl Lake stock and mining exchange with wih bears bidding aown the price of stocks and filling shorts at this opportune time Absence of supporting supporting sup sup- porting orders for the larger siver silver silver- lea lead Issues put the th market into the hands of the professionals who have made made the best ot of affairs while the time was vas wag opportune Taking the bear toy y the hand and crying forth tears of ot disappointment over the Christmas dividends the shorts have been able to scare the public pub pub- lic Bc lc out and shoot prices off of for tor every everyone one of ot the leaders Park Park- Utah Park Utah was bid down to 70 I a a share shar while Tintic Standard went below 14 1 a share during the week I and finished Saturday by selling for foI 14 4 Mammoth sold for tor and Walker Valker which has been successfully suc sue attacked by a a group of oC brokers for several weeks suffered the worst collapse j in five years ears when it I broke Saturday to Silver Siver King Coalition Colton has been holding holding hold hold- ing lag firm rm of attempts to shake the price prie downward One at attack attack attack at- at tack lowered th price to but tout the stock quickly rallied but finIshed finished fin tin Saturday rather easy Speculative stocks stock most of ot which have some professional support to look after their market interests have been running funnIng long along quietly with wih a fe few suffering bad breaks broks Siver Silver Shield after Its is sharp decline de de- de- de dine cline of ot a a short while ago has been going along showing a slow but stead steady rise Iron King King iCing has ha been around 44 cents but Keystone Key Key- stone suffered breaks during the tile week The Cottonwoods are all al lonely with wih professional efforts to bolster up their courage Est East i I Ithe Standard has suffered badly since the stock was distributed to the public pubIc and Prince Consolidated which has had bad a sorrowful position pusi- pusi tion ton ever since the cent 10 assessment assessment assess assess- ment meat was plastered on it I. I threatens to sell below 10 cents a a share with the assessment paid In 11 fact Saturday Saturday Sat Sat- at- at Prince did go for tor 9 4 3 cents in many ways carrying out the prediction of ot some wiseacres that tot it i could be bought after atter the assessment assessment assessment assess assess- ment sale for considerably less than 10 cents a a share shar The The- The closing quotations and sales for tor Saturday Saturday follow I I SL Mining Stocks Stock I I I I. I Bid I Asked Aita I 02 09 Alta AHa Ala Con 00 Am MetaL Stin Co i 01 03 Alta AHa Tunnel Tunnel 0 40 00 01 41 Aita Merger erger 04 Ala Bullion 02 02 03 Bulion Big Hill Hi 06 05 07 Bg Big Cottonwood Coal OO Bingham Binghan Mines Mine Metal 22 22 30 Central Standard 04 Centennial Eureka Eureka 01 02 Cedar Talisman Cl 01 02 Columbus 01 Combined Metals Metals Rexal OG 06 4 07 01 Colorado Con 06 4 06 own Crown Point 06 05 07 01 Card Cardiff 55 57 6 Croff 03 04 0 Chief Crot Con Daly Daly 05 Dragon Emma an Silver siver I 01 Empire Mines 21 1 22 2 2 Emerald 04 0 J 16 15 Empire Mines 05 07 East Eat Crown Point 01 02 Est Tintic Coal 05 07 East Tintic Con 13 13 1 15 East Eat Antelope 01 01 02 Eureka Eureka Lilly Liy 13 14 Eureka Bullion 06 08 00 East Standard 05 07 Gold Chain 07 10 Great Western 03 os 04 Galena Galena 01 2 03 Hamburg Mines Unes 01 Hamburg Lowell 1 V l 01 01 Indian Q Queen en 01 Iron King 43 46 46 Keyston 56 06 60 GO Kennebec Kennebec 09 JO Little Lite May 00 01 Lehl LehI Tintic 02 03 Leonera Leonora 01 Lynn Big Six 06 08 Mammoth 06 90 Mountain View 16 17 Mason Maon Moscow 15 15 17 Michigan Utah 06 07 M Montana Bingham New Quincy Quincy 0 30 35 1 North Standard 07 07 01 6 I 02 Ohio Copper 70 10 80 23 24 Park Park Utah 15 PInce Con 10 Bristol 00 01 Argentine 07 08 South Standard 12 15 1 Syndicate 00 Sliver King Coalition 1012 Silver King Con Coalton 81 I Sioux Siver 05 05 Silver Siver Shield 6 53 66 55 Tar Baby a 00 ft Central I 02 2 02 Standard 1375 1425 Utah Con 03 Union Chief Chiet 01 West Toledo 01 02 Walker MinIng 1524 Woodlawn OJ 06 I Yankee Con 07 07 Zuma Zuma 01 04 SALES Big Ble Cottonwood Coalition Coalton 1000 at le Ie Central Centra Standard 2000 at nc Combined Metals At 6 c. c lOGO 1000 at 6 c. c Iron King 60 50 at R H 45 at tic Hc Keystone at aO SOC Kennebec KEnnebec at DC e. e Mammoth ammoth at 10 Utah Michigan at at SOc North Standard Standard 1000 at Park Bingham at 23 c. c Park Utah lOG at 1 at 05 at Prince 1000 at lOc lOco at Oc Rico Argentine 1000 at 1000 at atT T ic 2000 0 a at Sc 1000 at 1 Sliver Silver King Coalition aI 20 at rio 10 Silver Shield 1000 at SOc at It Sic ne at Sic sc at 54 Tintic Standard at at 24 1 14 Walker Walter at 1 50 at It 6 at 6 I. I Yankee at 7 c Zum Zuma Zuma at PRICE THEM l. l The Tho bureau burEau of ot labor statistics statistics' index of wholesale prices R after remaining rel relatively rEl- rEl rei- rei constant for tor three months de declined tie tie- dined from in September 10 to loS laS 18 In October reflecting declines In the prices of agricultural products product particularly grains livestock meats cotton coton and sugar ugar Since November 1 I prIdes prices ot of grains wool rubber sugar carat an and ana have hare Increased |