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Show L-dBI IS BULL AND - TRADING SLOW AND WEAK lng of the main working shaft which Is being sunk carefully and fully timbered tim-bered and which will be used as the main outlet of the property. Now. however, the management haa decided trf clean out the old workings and do a lot of prospecting In them. The former for-mer owners of the property took out $75,000 from a email pocket In the upper up-per -workings and the present management manage-ment Is confident that this rich streak goes down and will endeavor to And the etreak again. METAL MARKET. " The metal market is unchanged W Thursday. Silver sells at 604 cents ) W per ounce, copper at 14 cents per W pound, and lead In ores at $3.50 per 100 pounds. Ths A. S. & R. Co.'s actual average weekly sales price for desilverized domestic lead in ( New York Is $4.60 per 100 pounds. VICTORIA'S DIVIDEND. The directors -of the Victoria ef Tintlc met Thursday in Provo to declare the dividend of 3 cents1 a share, or $7500, which will be paid on the 20th- The company com-pany has marketed only five cars of ore, but thjs has brought in $12,200. The ore is taken out through the 900-foot level of the Grand Central, and as 'there is quite a large amount broken, another shipment Is expected before the end of the week. The chute will be opened through the 900-foot level of the Grand Central at once and stoplng will shortly begin. The Victoria shaft ts about 2000 feet from the ore body and probably will not be used for pome time to come. . - The market , on the stock exchange Thursday morning was disappointing. The more active stocks received little . attention, and the ones In which trad- Tfng was done were slow and weak. Had it not been for "Wabash the market would have been without a feature. The general trend of the market while dull was not changed in any material way, and prices, with, a few exceptions, were , ma standstill. Little Chief led off with the sale of an .dd block at 24c, but the stock was held much higher at the close. Victor Con. recorded a sale at 4Vc, but the demand i was so slight as to be almost unnotice-able. unnotice-able. "Wabash, was the feature of the 'market, and the stock shot up steadily ' from 31.10 to $L12tt, with only a limited amount coming on the market. It was .clos-ely held at $L20 fi.t the close, with - $L12ft bid for It In vain. Yankee Con. maintained all Its strength and even advanced ad-vanced a trifle, the standard price for the day being 39V4c, although there apparently ap-parently was quite a block for sale at a slightly higher price. Joe Bowers attracted at-tracted a slight amount of attention at 2c. but New York, which was strong Wednesday, sold down to 26C with little lit-tle activity. May Day advanced a trifle . from the prices of Wednesday, and was to be had at 23c. The closing quota- ' Uons follow: ",., . ,.1 . Bid. Asked. , Ax $ -It $ -H Boston Consolidated e.0 Bullion-Beck 1 00 2.00 - Beck Tunnel .OS1 .... Butler-Liberal J Carlsa .12 .13 Consolidated Mercur 29 .34 Century ..- 01 Creole , -TP Daly 2.57i 2..0 Daly-Judge 6.00 6.50 Daly West 12.00 13.09 . Ragle & Blue Bell . ? Urand Central 2.90 3.40 ' Goldneld Bonansa , -10 Morn Silver 1.20' ... Ingot 01 -2 trim Butler ;; , I ' Little Chief 02 -Ofi Lower Mammoth -Tl -12V4 Montana Tonopah 1-65 .... Mammoth 1 50 l.fiSH . May Day ....V .23 , Martha Washington 004 .01 New York -26 Ontario 3.50 I Petro 094 .... Roeco-Homsetake -60 Richmond-Anaconda 01 .03 , Swansea 25 .3o South Swansea , -07 Sacramento 10 .lO Silver King .....'.. 49.00 65.00 Star Consolidated 12 .14 Silver Shield - .lo4 .10 . Tonopah 9.2 .... - Tonopah Belmont 5 - Tonopah Extension 2.40 .... .Tonopah Midway 32 Tetro JiS .20 I'nlted States 24.50 Uncle -Sam Consolidated ... .21'i .24 rtah .40 Victoria 2 0 2.25 Victor ConsoiTdated H .05 Wabash 112V, 1.20 . Yankee Consolidated 391 .34 THIS MORNING'S SALES. Little Chief. 54 at 2c. ' Victor Consolidated. 560 at 44c. Wabash, l' at $1.10; 200 at $1,124. Yankee Consolidated. I'10 at 39c; 300 at 2?Vic; 200 at 40Uc: 10 at S9c. pPEN BOARD. ' Joe Bowers, lono at 2c. May Day. SoOO at 23c; 500 at 23V4c; 2500 at 23ic. - New York. 1900 at 25c; 00 at 26c. Wabash. 2-TO at $1.10. Yankee. 20 at 39V4c TOTALS. -Regular. 1554 shares for Jf.3o.97." Open. 9700 shares for $2500.:S. Grand total. 11.404 shares for $3230.22. TO EXPLORE CT7KTISS. Col. Ferry of Park City has ordered a complete equipment of machinery for the Curtise property of Park City, which is being operated by the Colonel under lease and bond. The order Includes a 100-horse power boiler, a 100-horse power pow-er heater, a compressor and a hoisting engine complete, with the necessary cable ca-ble and supplies. This looks as- if the property was to be thoroufhly explored and developed and is a fairly good Indication Indi-cation that the mine is showing up most encouragingly. TODAY'S BOSTON MINING STOCKS CFurnished by Brokerage and Finance company, successors to Hudpons Sons & Co., brokers, room 5, D. F. Walker building.) build-ing.) Amalgamated 64T465 Consolidated llercur 3Ti3S Dalv West 12ftl2Vi rtah - 42Vfi424 United States Mining 24V624H Ringham 33S34 MINING NOTES. It Is reports that the bottom of the winze In the Yankee Con. has cut the ore formerly encountered on the' tunnel level. The May Day was on the market with two cars of ore Thursday. Foreman Boyle of the Lost Packer mine of Loon Creek, Idaho, is In the city consulting with the local officers of the company. Superintendent Raddatz of the Hon-erine Hon-erine came in from Stockton Wednesday night. It is reported that three feet of ore running 41.6 per cent lead, 36.4 ounces silver and $5 gold has been encountered in the Peruvian of Alta. W. B. Wark, Interested in placer diggings dig-gings In Idaho, is in the city. It Is reported that the' force at the Bamberger De La Mar mine and mill has been increased and the mill forced to the limi. There Is a clash over the possession of the Martha Washington between the Sheriff and the receiver. W. H. Clark of this city has Just made the second payment on the Tin Horn group at Goldfleld. , The New York has thirty tons of ore on the market. Theodore Hatfield and George Ches-grow Ches-grow have left for Caliente to outfit for a trip into the Irish Mountain country. Manager Reynolds of the Wasatch King has Just received some fine samples, sam-ples, of copper ore from that property, which axe now In the hands of the assay as-say er. . D. H. Peery has Jupt returned from an extended trip In the East. Child, Cole & Co., Brokers, 100 Atlas block. Both 'phones 225. ADDITIONS TO THE YAMPA SMELTER NEARLY DONE. - . That the Tampa smelter will have ' . . completed the additions to the plant by Christmas time is best 'assured by the fact "that the management has announced an-nounced to the Copper Belt railroad , that the road will be expected to handle 400 tons of ore daily. .-The additions to the plant, which consist of anotherfurnace anotherfur-nace and an Edwards roaster similar V to the one which has given such satisfaction satis-faction in the past, will bring the capa-" capa-" -.-city of the. smelter up to 500 tons of crude ore a day. The management will ftart up with 400 tons a day, and will gradually Increase this amount as the furnace gets broken In, to capacity. The mine is In lendid nhape, having been prepared fully for the purpose of meeting the increased demand, and, the ore will be handled easily and economically. econom-ically. The machinery In the addition Is now In place, and is being connected up without delay. STORM HAS TIED UP THE CAMP AT ALTA. Alex Colbath, superintendent of the Alta Quincy of Alta, who is down from camp, reports the storm very heavy in that camp. Foreman Dan Doyle of the S Pittsburg has been unable to get over . to that property for three days on ac-count ac-count of the storm, although he has-tried has-tried every day since Monday. The trails are In bad shape on account of the Ice formed over the rocks under the snow, but In general the camp is keeping keep-ing up Its activity. ." The rupst of the mines of the camp were rejoiced to have the storm cease, ,a8 it was badly needed by those who depend de-pend ?n water power, namely,' the Co-. lumbus Con., 'the South Columbus and . the Alta Quincy. The Columbus Con. mill is again running, having fixed up the trouble with the pipe line. A large fire was built, which expanded the pipe sufficiently to get the ends of the break . caused by contraction together. INTEREST IN THE EAST., John Hill, Jr.. secretary of the Pitts-i., Pitts-i., burg of Alta, has Just returned from a business trip to the East. He reports . that that portion of the country as apparently ap-parently prosperous and that there Is a lot of ready money lying around for investment. Mr. Hill was questioned continuously concerning Utah and Utah mines and says that the mining . Industry is exciting more Interest and comment than ever before In the East. f LOOK FOR RICH STREAK. .It has been decided by (the directors of the Morrison Mining company of ' Humboldt county, Nev., to put on an extra force of three men oh each shift at the property. For some time the only work being done on the property haa been the sink- New York Money. NEW YORK. Dec. 15. Close: Money on call steady, 2'fi3 per cent; closing bid, iVt per cent; offered at 3 per cent; time loans easy and dull; sixty, ninety days and six months, 3 per cent. Prime mer-can mer-can tile paper, mrg4i per cent. Sterling exchange strong; closing firm, with actual ac-tual business In bankers' bills at $4.S7.45?i) j 4.87.50 for demand and at $4.84.4544jM.60 for tixtv-day bills. Posted rates. $4.S5(i4.8o14 and $4.88. Commercial bills. $4.S44.- Mexican Mex-ican dollars. 48'4. Bonds Governments steady; railroads Irregular. Insane Man Runs Am nek. -EL PASO. Tex., Dec 15. Joseph Craug. a veterinary surgeon from Ontario, Canada, Can-ada, en route to Los Angeles and San Francisco on a pleasure trip, went suddenly sud-denly insane here, cutting and seriously, if not fatally wounding W. D. Richards, a railroad man, and Police Captain W. D. Greet. Craug In turn was shot by a policeman, po-liceman, but was not killed. , COUNTY DIVIDED INTO TWO DISTRICTS The County Commissioners Thursday passed a resolution dividing Salt Lake county Into two school districts, to be known as the Granite and the Jordan. The vote was unanimous. KIND-HEARTED LAWYERS. - A lawyer's club of California has been formed, with a branch" club in every county and headquarters in San Francisco. Fran-cisco. Its declared objects are: The reduction re-duction of expense to litigants, the elimination elim-ination of delay In reaching a final settlement set-tlement of cases and the securing of uniform rules of practice in the various counties of ths State. - t t |