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Show V ..-.L.l . .Ji 1 1 ' - i ' V '? II U - .-UU 1 i ; Grand Central, which began to be taken yesterday at 32.50, proved the morning's morn-ing's feature on the mining- exchange, In th open board trading, selling 25 shares at 33.75 and DO at 33.83, the stock closing so strong that a further advance was anticipated. ' x - ' ' The regular call was productive of little that aroused Interest, although the wrapping up of 50 Daly for a bid of 22 caused eome speculation. , AJax held strong, selling BOO at 5 cents, another lot an eighth higher. May Day, not much changed, was willing to give up 2000 shares at cents and a 2000 block for the same figure with a buyef's thirty-day option. There was a better demand when the open board was reached. Consolidated Mercur was bid up to C3V4, but only 100 shares came out. Daly West was firm, selling 65 shares at 334. Butler-Liberal brightened and buyers took 3000 share at 10. while Tetro remained steady, one lot bringing 32. "New York lacked strength and sank to 9 cents, with the sale of 1300 shares, while. a bundle of Martha Washington went at S-16. I The session closed with Quotations" and sales as they follow:. . I OWLY.TTn?r.K STOCKS SELL. ' ' "S : - , 4- - -f 4- 1 4-' Only three smaU Mocks got In- -f to the trading on the afternoon - call; Little Chief weakened an ' sold 2000 at 4V, cents. New York held steady around V4 cents, re- f leasing 1200 shares and 8-18 cent ' f brought 2000 Martha Washing- 4- ton. Tor Daly-Judjre $4.60 wa - 4- bid; for Daly West 133.80. ' 4-4- 4- 4- 4- 4- 4- 4- 4- 4- 4- 4- 4- rf 4-4v JTZW TOUX 22TTAX. ' . i 4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4- 4- 4- 4- 4- 4- 4- NEW YORK, March I. Bar 4-4- silver, 67"?c. ; 4- 4- Lead and copper quiet and tin- 4-4- changed. 4-4-4-4- 4-4-4-4-4- 4- 4- 4- 4; 4- 4; UETAL MARKET. ? - 6ilver remains stationary at 87 S) cents an ounce today; copper 1 unchanged at UVt cents, and lead at 83.50. Bid.i Asked. I AJax , ..I . 8 .&!4 I Alic .10 I Bullion-Beck .... .... t.W Butler-Liberal 0M .Vb Carlsa ? 7 Century ...... .74 , Consolidated Mercur .... -61 - Daly 2.00 2.20 Daly-Judge t 4.a 6.05 Daly Weat 23.50 84.80, Dalton .... Eagle 4k Bine Bell - v r Galena 07 Grand Central 3. 4.00- Horn Silver 1.00 1.40 Ingot 0U4 .01 Little Bell M 1.00 , Little ChlC .WT4 Lower Mammoth ... .88 .' Mammoth 1.W . L , Manhattan i May Day .T4 . .0 Martha Washington W"4 8-18 Montana-Tonopah .. .... 1.00 1, Nw York 0W4 -f Ontario-.. - Petro ...... . .;....... .vfa ...... Richmond-Anaconda ; .01 -OS1 Sunahln .... Swansea ........ . .... .40 South Swansea -09 Sacramento 20 Silver King O.0O Star Consolidated .163 - -.it" Silver Shield OZ .03 Tetro .3214 -4 United SUtes 20.28 . . 21.60 Uncle Sam Con.. .. 1" Utah .6H -0 Victor ' . Wabash . 00 Yankee Con -Wk .43 MORNING SALES." AJax, 600 at 6c; 600 at 6Hc Daly, 60 at 82.00. May Day, 8000 at 6c; 200 at 6c, buyer thirty days. Martha Washington, 4000 at S-16c OPEN BOARD. Butler-Liberal, 8000 at lOc. Con. Mercur, 100 at 63Hc Daly West. 65 at 834. Grand Central, 26ta $3.75; 60 at 83.86. . Martha Washington, 1000 at 8-lc. New York, 1000 at VA,c; 300 at c Tetro, 600 at 32Vc . TOTALS. " Regular call, 10,060 shares, 8458.12.. . Open board. 6840 shares, 83146.38. Grand total. 16,890 shares, 23604.60. COPPER BELT IS ' NOW HAULING ORE After a delay of two weeks, that has been both annoying and expensive to management and patrons alike, the Copper Cop-per Belt railroad last night resumed the hauling of ores from the Yampa, Commercial Com-mercial and Ohio and Utah properties'. Much as the management regrets the unfortunate wreck which has so largely checked the output of the great camp, nothing has been left undone which could hasten the hour for resuming operations and as the borrowed engine is behaving better than was anticipated the work should now go forward smoothly. . Assistant General Manager Bayly said this morning that he wa assured that one of the locomotives now in the shops would be out In another week, which will give facilities for handling the ore of the company's regular customers. custo-mers. . . The Yampa has some ore on hand and has not been required to shut down since Its start Sunday, the Ohio Copper company's mill will start tomorrow and it is probable that the bins of the Utah Copper company will be filled and the plant put at work by Thursday afternoon after-noon at least. ' ' These things achieved, the road s management, the defendant companies and the army of employees will all feel cause for congratulation. of success, from the reports they hawe thus far received. PLANT NEARLY READY. Work Is being rushed rapidly on the alrt compressor plant of th Butler-Liberal. The building Is nearly completed, the boiler foundations are laid, and with all of the machinery on the ground. Manager Man-ager Jacobs expects to see the Burleys attacking the face of the drift sot later than next Monday. TODAY'S BOSTON MINING STOCKS 1 (Furnished by Hudson Sons tc Co., brokers, room 5 D. F. Walker building.) Amalgamated 45V94S Consolidated Mercur 4062 Daly West ...3434 Utah 8Vp94 United States Mining ...20i&20 MINING NOTES. - Settlements of ores and bullion yesterday yes-terday amounted to 872.100. Superintendent Croyton Snyder of the Holland, at Gold mountain, is In from camp. An assessment of 1 cent has been levied by the Park City Gold and Sliver Mining company. It becomes delinquent delin-quent April 18th. The New York of Park City is preparing pre-paring to install a pump to care for a small flow of water on the 400 level. William A. Farlsh, former manager of the Majestic, is now in Boston to report re-port the results of an examination of Mexican mines, made . for an Eastern syndicate. Assays of samples from the Majestic of Park City, brought down by Manager Ralph, show 54.4 per cent lead, 84 ounces in silver and $4.13 gold per ton. There Is enough of this streak to encourage further development. A Boise, Ida., dispatch says that assays as-says of average samples from the Black Warrior property give returns on the ledge now cut for 36 feet, of 37.97 for 25 feet next to the foot wall; of $3.05 for the next 11 feet, and of $112.62 for a rich streak 28 inches wide. One car of ore from the GUmore of Idaho and three cars from the Grand Central of Tlntlc are at the Taylor & B run ton sampler today. Two cars of lead ore from the AJax are being sampled today. Manager Channlng of the Utah Con. will return from California in about a week. E. D. Trenam has purchased the membership mem-bership of J. A. Cunningham in the Salt ' Lake stock and mining exchange.. .W. Zelgler, who comes here from the Granlte-Blmetallla of Montana, has been made acting superintendent of the Ohio Copper company's Bingham mines and mill. . Grading for the lead blast furnaces of the United SUtes' Bingham plant Is now nearly completed. TO USE PECK PROCESS. The Bullion-Beck shareholders at their annual meeting yesterday discussed and regarded favorably the plan for the reduction of their milling ores by the Peck concentrator. Manager Farns-worth Farns-worth reported that there are now on the dump 75.000 pounds of this ore, with values of from $8 to $10 which he is confident can be treated at a 'good profit. , In the election of directors and officers offi-cers no changes were made. P. T. Farnsworth being president and general gener-al manager; Joseph Smith, vice-president and treasurer; M. C. Morris, secretary; secre-tary; these, with J. A. Cunningham. A. E Hyde. H. C. Lund and P. T. Farnsworth, Farns-worth, Jr., constituting the directorate. IfflNXRAL EXHIBIT 07 OREGON" AT ST. LOUIS. PORTLAND, Or., March S.-'A fine collection col-lection of Oregon minerals has been gathered together by State Mineralogist J. H. Flsk for exhibition at the St. Louis fair. The exhibit comprises every variety of minerals that is found in Oregon. The exhibit will be shipped from here next Saturday in all probability. There are thirty oases, consisting principally prin-cipally of minerals of economic value which can be used in the arts, manufacturing, manufac-turing, agriculture or commerce. Among them are boxes of crude sienna, fire clay, three qualities of Iron ore, shell-marle, coal and steatite. TXX37X TOTJTt JQTTALf. Superintendent Charles Sandall. writing writ-ing from the Four Metals mine of Dug-way Dug-way to Manager Moats, reports that the drifting on ore has now gone forward 280 feet. Work on the cross ledge is also progressing favorably, and the big tonnage of rich rock on the dump la steadily growing larger. . . INTEREST Uf UTAH OIL. S. V. Shelp, trustee of the Guffey-Oa-ley syndicate now drilling for oil at Farmlngton. Is back from a trip east, during which he held several conferences confer-ences with the big operators. There is considerable Eastern . interest in this new Utah field, says Mr. Shelp, and Messrs. Guffey and Galey are confident |