Weekly Arizona citizen., 1880-12-11

sal
 stock boards has been large not"ith-
 s,sn5ing inc fact that it was broken
 in mon by the Thanksgiving DoIlosy'
 S,ocks have been active and irregular,
 although some Of them, especla,Iy 'ne
 IeadYiile properties, show an auv1nce
 over the closing prices ol Iast week.
 Sales of TESTS shares are recoroe9 at
 both exchanges. The outside public
 sfiT show a reluctance to take an ac-
 flve mart in the speculation ot the
 hoerds There is more hopeful feel
 inc generally in regard 10 many Of ,be 1roperties dealt in, but there Is also hesitation 10 act upon 1t until results of developments now Tn prog ress shall prove that the hope Is not entirely unfOunded.
 A few of the lower priced stocks, like Copper Knob, Silver Nugget and C .layeraS, record q comparatively large number of shares sold, but aside from these the business of the week has been pretty well divided and more attention has been paid 10 the more substantial stocks.
 Copper Knob again records the largest number Of shares sold, VIZ: 244 800 shares for the week, but at declining figures, opening at loc and selling down to He, closing at l5c. Rumors have been current on the street of irregularities in the payment of the last dividend by thIs company, and a committee has been appointed by the American Board to investigate it's affairs. It is widely believed, how ever. that the mlne really possesses merit. and that the present low price of the stock is solely due to the mis- fortunes of the Vice President and principal owner, Brandreth - for whom much sympathy is expressed, especially by his brother members, who also commend the promptitude with which he has settled his con tracts Brandreth's troubles are thought to be due to his attempt to keep a great many irons in the fire. and. as usual in such eases, one of them got burned
 The Leadville stocks have been active and fluctuations , have been fre0uent. with a gradual hardening Of prices. The news from Leadville has been more satisfactory than for some time past, and much more hopeful feeling reigns in regard tO the future of the Leadville properties, now that operations have been re- sumed m the various mines on Fryer Hill.
 Annie has been active and somewhat irregular, opening at 39c, and after nuctuating between 3Sc.and 41c, clos ing at 4lc, on sales amounting Co 9S. 200 shares.
 Climax has also been active and irregular, beginning al 4Sc and rang ing between 46c and i0c, closing al 55c. Sales aggregate 40,300 shares.
 Chrysolite has been quiet and fairly steady. opening and closing at seq, having in the meantime touched S65g and S7I4. Totai sales. b, 2j0 shares.
 A lair amoun- Of business has been done in little chie., al prices ranging from Sl to Sl.3J. closing at S1.10- on sales of $, j50 shares.
 Little PittsburC has been neglected. only 320 shares selling at S2l5 10 $21S.
 or other Colorado stocks Hukill has received less attention than ordinarily and closes unchanged at Sl.65, on sales amounting to 2,400 shares.
 Domingo records safes of 1,G00 shares, at $5 and S4.95. Silver Cliff has been fairly steady at S2l1@215, and records sales of 2. 5j0 shares.
 ITcn Silver has been very active, opening at s 70, and at one time sell ing upto $5l6, but if failed to hold the advantage and closed at S345. The compromise which followed the judg- ment recently rendered in the United States Court, in the suit in which this company was involved was used as a lever to raise the price, but it seems that some of the holders who have not an unquesiioning faith in the speedy and proper development of the claims which are now supposed 10 have all hindrances removed to such develop ment, haze taken advantage of the recent spurt to market theu shares Sales of 21, 300 shares are recorded.
 Bodie stocks have been very quiet, and the one showing the greatest ad vance is Bulwer. which opened at S115 and and closes at $40. on safes of 17S0 shares. Bodie has been quiet but strong, 650 shares selling at S41S t0 S5, closing st S4ai Boston Con ~olidaied has been very quiet. bul has been firmly held ai $l to Sl l0 bids failing To bring te bring out more than 300 shares oi stock Good.haw has bean iairly active al an advance. 6fJo shares selling 1t from 6Sc Co SEC
 A fair amount of business has been done in Green Mountain at steady prices. the stock opening at $4ai and closing at $4S0 on sales of 23j0 shares.
 Horn Silver has been quiet but firm. 900 shares selling at SILL and Sl215.
 Alta Montana has been fairly active but at declining rates, opening $l. 10 ] and closing at 99c. on sales of 3lO0 i shares IL is difficult 10 reconcile the 1 present low price Of this stock with the recent favorable reports from inc 1 mine. CalevoraS has again been quite ac 1 tive. but at declining figures. open 1 lng at Bic and weakening 10 23c on ] sales oi 59, zoo shares.
 Great Eastern has been compara- ! lively quiet l4,500. shares selling at l from 31c down to Bic.
 Silver Nugget continues to he ac- tive and irregular, and remains one of 1 the fsvorite gamhles of The American HoaTd Daring hr present week it, inanipulator, will"d ih-t ii should work an advance ana rhr result ,,s. 5 hardening from :.e Go .;cc. nn sales oi G3.2co ,hare- liner. is uo,hinc new 60 report concerning rhe 4f.iI- oi ihe company.
 Eureka Consolidated has been siong at SIS. Sales, 300 share,.
 The Comstocks have been much dealt in and have been generally {. weak, but mol so weak as might have been anticipated from the decidedly reports which have con tinued 10 come from the mines. Con- solidated Virginia records sales of 33l5 shares at S2.35 to s. l5. and Cal ifornia 2600 shares at from Sl.10 10 sl 60 Sierra Nevada has been quiet