New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-05-24
The bids f0r stocls at the close Of DE Exchan

| The market for mining stocks is brner, and there
is a general advance in prices. Tele from San
! Francisco report an advance in Consolidated Vir-
GINA, in two days, Of 81 per share in Ophir, of So
per share Yellow Jacket, II /; California, SO; and
ChoarPotosi. 81. The heavy decline Of last week
is attributed 10 bear movement, aided by unfsvOr-
able reports the condition Of the Ophir and Cali
fornia mines, ard the assertion that assessments
| were To be levied shortly. The facts appear to be
that the mires now looking better than ever be-
fore The shipments of treasure from San Francisco
to New-York during the week ending May Il We're
1892 900, and the amount shipped to al points since
Jan. was S161O1 ,43f. During the week ending
May IL the Empire Gold Mine produced 222 tons of
Gre. and the bullion yield for the previous four
weeks amounted to $4,000 pure gold. new re-
fnery, for separating the gold found in the silver
bullion coming from the Comstock Lode, is TO be
added 10 the new mint at san Francisco, having
capacity to refine 81 800 900 per we-k.
A new mint is 10 be built in Colorado. and DR..
Linderman, the Director of the L. :. Mint, is now
examining different localities in that Territory to
select suitable point for it. The present Branch
Mint at Denver is used only for aSsaying, stamping
bullion, and similar purposes. and has no facilities
for coinage. The product OF the Comstcck silver
mine is increasing and it is estimated that a short
time the yield will average AT the rate of SjOOOO,-
600 per annum. For the week ending Nay IT the
shipments OF bullion from the Georgetown Colorado
silver mines were $2f,J94. coin value, or which
S15,94s were from the Stewart Reduction Works,
and $500 from the Judd a Crosby Works Tie
Choar-Potosi Mine is yielding about go tons Of
silver ore per week. of the average assay value OF
1892 per ton
London advices report the market FOR British Con-
soils easier on free sales, In. United States bonds
were strong, ard Fries higher. money being unal-
tered in and out of the Bank of England. The for
eign exchange market was rs usual on Saturday,
dull, but rates were firm or tho basis OF quotations
given below. The outward bound steamers took very
little gold and only small quantity of silver bars.
Gold opened at 11Gl. and thcreaf n ruled duh and
foatureiess at 116l4G l1Gls, the clique making 10
decided movement to-day. The highest price
of the week was 1853, and the lowest 10 >.
On gold loans the rates vera first ia
and then l per cent paid to hayo balances
carried, later Lao per cent per annum being
paid by borrower, and le4 until Monday TIE
Assistant Treasurer redeemed $171,D00 il callei
Five.twentics, making q total for the week of
1857 700. The weekly disbursements of com IL
teres footed up Si73 900 Of which So, coo were OF
to-day. The iIDnort entries Of foreign dry goods at
the port q Ncw-Yor'l for the week ending tonight
were II .4Gi. $50 tine amount thrown upon the mar
kct FOOTING up 4,4593.3), and Of general crc.,an-
disc, 1852, 913 making total in gold coin vaiaa-
ton OF -. 81 SO. Inc export ccaTdLccs Oh CO.
nestle produce from this port for the week ending
Tuesday May Is, We're to tie currency valuation OF
S4.1OG,jJ1. The specie movement is given else
where The days business at TIE Gold Exchange
Bank covered: Cold cleared, SIS .993 900; gold bal
ances, $l,71GGO3 currency balances, S2,3S5,3sl
The principal god quotations were as follows:
1Ooo..118l, 113o... 1iGs 100 1lGi- 23I.-~ll6s
O8O...IlGif I2O'....ll6s l3O..- ll6is 3OO.II5-s
HOO .ll6is l2.JO....llG - ! ZOJ."4lo'si
The business at the L. :. Sub-Treasury comprised
Gold receipts. 1919, sO7 IL; gold payments, Tl53-
4js %; gold balance, $53 716,516 Is; currency
receipts, $3.50, 400 40; currency payments - ,o96-
2sO II; currency balance, S4G,447,26i p; Gus
TOMS $214,OO0. The Treasury balances at the close
of business today werc Currency, S3,5OOOO0
coin, So, 10000 less com certificates, So
100000 The Treasury shipment of legal tenders
and fractional currency for the week ending to-day
were 81 300 900. The Internal Revenue receipts nj
Washington to-day were $4,000; total for month
to date S9.115 600; National bank notes received
for redemption to-day, 97T5, 900; total receipts Tor
the week, 81 600, OO0; Customs reported at Wash
ington to-day were $4,000; total for month TO
date, IS, 100000.
We annex closing quotations Of foreign exchange;