Arizona weekly citizen., 1881-01-30
Our Weekly Mining Review
Special Correspondence of TnE cnIzES'

NEW YORK. January 16.-Buslness at The mlnlug boards has been acli'e for inc pasi week, the total saies amounting 10 7j5,S3l shares. some If the better class Of mining s'O.Hs show encouraging advances anu tIO
 market generally has Deen i"'li9 steady. the business Of the week 0e- inc well distributed throughout the . iisI The tendency Of mining stocks seems to be toward higher prices
 The circle of outside dealers IS grad
 n-llv widening. and with favorable
 rsncrts from many of the mines, there
 is reason to hope that the mining etock market will show much greater ac,ivitv than it has shown for the
 D.st few months, and that properties Pf merit will advance materially.
 During the week there has been no
 orea, difference in val Ies, but an out Side buying movement has been de welcomed which has given the market 1, decidedly better tone, and which n-omises well for future speculation.
 Bodie stocks, with the exception ot Ros,ln Consolidated, have been very ouiet during the week, and transac- ,ious have been small. Boston Con- eolidated opened on Monday at ooc and sold down to S5c, but since then has developed strength from day to day, and from Sl.O5, the price thls morning, the stock advanced 10 ana closed strong at SEQ. The reason for the recent weakness m Boston Con has already been shown ln these laiiere but as the difficulties then mentioned have been adjusted, and as the mine, according to both official and private reports, Is developing finely and promises to become val uable property, there is every reason 10 believe thai the stock will soon ad- vance to much higher figures, ana many operators predict for 1t a vlgor- GUS boom. The number of shares sold during the week amount to 47,- C5O.
 Bodie has been neglected and weak, declining from S5.l3 10 S4.oS, on sales of 6O0 shares.
 But lilile business has been done in Consolidated Pacific, the total sales amounting Go Uut 1900 shares, selling at 97c ana S1 This stock seems to be very closely held, ana is likely be- fore long Co sell at better prices.
 Only HOO shares of GOOdshaw have been sold the present week, al Soc and l9c, and the stock, which was recently pretty active, now shows very little life
 Of other California stocks, Chero- kee has been fairly active at $L65, SI.70 and $1G0, the sales for the week footing up 7i50 shares.
 Gold Stripe has been quiet al s. 45 and $40 on sales of 200 shares.
 Green Mountain records sales of zoo shares, at S4. % and 5. This com pany has just declared Its regular nineteenth dividend of cents per share, and has many friends on the street, although fluctuations in the stock are uaimpOrtant.
 Rising Sun has been fairly active, recoIdiEg sales of 3900 shares, at $1S5, $l S0 and S1.90.
 Calaveras has had fair amount of attention; having been dealt in to the extent Of 32, 800 shares, at from 19c 10 22c, closing at 2lc.
 Leadyille stocks have been active during the week, the majority of them marking a slight decline Annie has been very active, but declined soc to 4Sc, closing at 49c. Business tor the week, l20 300 shares. IL Is currently reported thrt while this mine has yielded but little lately, and this only from the sale of iron ore, a large ore body has been opened up which will be made to serve a purpose when the manipulatOrs of the stock are ready for their deal, which has been ex- pected for some time.
 CbrysOlite has been quIet, recording sales of 94S0 shares, and after advanc- ing from 8 90 to SC, closed at 8. 75.
 Climax has been active, and was traded in to the amount of 20S00 shares, declining from 5lc to 45c, clos ing at 4jc The officers of the com pany have issued a circular to the stockholders stating that, owing 10 the small amount of cash on hand and the absence of ore, the mine has been shut down until mines in the neigh b0rhoOd, among which is the Annie, shall have demonstrated the existence of ore bodies at a greater depth than has yet been reached in the Climax.
 HIbernia has been active but ir- regular, the result of an apparent effort to induce outsiders to take hold l of the stock. Opening at Sl. D, the | stock sold down to S1.20 and closes to. | day a. $14e, on sales for the week of | 20, 500 shares.
 Only 3J0 shares of Iron silver have | been sold during the week at S3.35, | and 200 shares of La Plata at 30.
 LeadvIlle has been dealt in 10 the | extent of 3300 shares, and after ad- | vancug from 49c 10 54c, closes at soc | Little Chief has been active and ir- regular, 12,330 shares selling at from Sec 10 9Sc, closing at Soc.
 Little Pittsburg has received more | than the usual amount of attention, | 1850 shares having been sold, the | stock advancing to S2. 60.
 Of other Colorado stocks Bassick | has been traded in to the amount of 200 shares at $11. 75 and S12, although | bids of Sl2.15 were made to-day with | out bringing out any stock.
 Bull-DOmingo has been weak, de- | clining from $340 to $3 on sales of 4500 shares. The street is wholly at sea as to the cause of the decline.
 Silver Off has been very active and irregular, declining in the early deal ings from s. a. to B. h, selling up to $4 20, and closing strong at $40 Sales for the week, F, 900 shares.
 Robinson Con. records sales of 100N shares selling from SS to S7.75.
 Hukill has been fairly active, 7l50l shares selling at S1 45 and S1.35.
 The COmstOcks have been fairly ac- tive during the week, but irregular. Con. Virginia has had large dealings, 12, ,6S0 shares having been sold at from $1.95 10 $2.25. California has also been active, advancing from S125 to $i 8 on sales of 6470 shares. Ophir closes at the opening price of $6. 9, having sold up to S6.15 during the week; total sales 2l60 shares. Union Con. has been fairly active, and has declined from S10.25 to S9 .63 on sales