Show SIZING UP tip THE MINING I SNARES SHARES MARKET NOT T J AN EASY THING It is anything but easy to size up the mining share market situation today as applied app to operations here Opinions differ radically as to the Immediate fu future fu- fu ture There has been a a. lot of money Inthis in inthis inthis this market and there is still a a. great grea deal that thaI has recently been placed here hereby hereby by bv investors outside of the exchange But some of the firms that have been backing Alta properties to the limit have practically cashed all their holdings and andare andare andare are now se seeking new fields For the moment some attention is being given ghen to American Fork With all exchanges closed today a a. breathing spell gives both the broker and the investor an opportunity to think The lower metal prices in so far as it applies to silver copper and zinc have resulted in some discounting of values The fact tact that the white metal has hall lost 7 cents an ounce is taken by the speculator speculator speculator lator to mean that it will win not come back and that It is only a question of a short time until it will be settled for at the lower levels again The views lews on metal meta prices differ widely but the most competent competent competent com com- authorities believe that we will experience high metal prices for at least several years There is no disputing the fact that some of the stocks that were active for tor fora tora a time have lost a lot of ot prestige with local traders There has been too much market playing on several Issues and the insiders have too often unloaded on the public and bought their stock back at lower prices But ore development Is the big factor in the market for any of the stocks A lot of af money has been I Imade made In this market and people who have It are looking about for tor mining shares that are either on a a. dividend basis or soon will be Some investors are willing to 0 pay more f for a fully u de developed developed de- de ro tl et mine r rather than n take k a chance chancey a by y buying the cheap stocks and waiting wafting for or ore development But the men who have lave made the big fortunes In mining have lave taken a chance and some of these old timers are still willing to take a hand handIn In n developing prospects Brokers are of ot one opinion regarding the he activity of this market They believe that hat trading will continue on a large scale with only short periods of Ity ty They can see much better prices in places and expect to witness some big ore development that will bring about this condition on the local exchange |