The morning call., 1892-04-02
THE STOCK MARKET.

How long the market will continue in ifs present
condition of stagnation is what Is now troubling
the people in and around the boardrooms During
the past week business has been discouragingIy
dun. and the combined trading OF all the brokers
has not been sufficient TO keep the clerks OF one
Office busy In the face OF the utter dearth OF news
from the front together with the bad break In Sill
yer, prices have been remarkably well sustained
and this warrants hope that prices VIII do better
before long.
On the early call prices were a tribe heavy but
trading was duh; IS was bid for Con. Cal & Va
bu, sales recorded Ophr sold at 81 80
Best & Belcher 81 20. Curry 81 80, Sierra Nevada
81 50 and Union Con. 81 So
In the middle STOCKS Oh ollar heavy at 81 IS
Norcross sold at 81 SIS. Potosl 81 IS and Savage
81 80 No life was seen IN the south enders Alta
selling at Csc, Challenge s5c. Crown Point SOC and
overman 81 %. The balance OF the list remained
steady but inactive. After call there was quite
demand for Alta, and 1000 shares changed hands
ats5c and 81. Con. Cal. Va. sold at IS to the
extent OF $50 shares Buyers were plentiful at that
figure. and plenty OF the stock was 10 be had at
80 l21a The market closed dull at the no on re-
cess
The feature of the 2:so r NJ call was the activity
IN u, Alta ana Lady washington, 1000 shares OF each
Csc respeetivexp f,oopsy oy raEton at and
and ophlr at 81 s. This balance OF the list re-
very duh, and the board adjourned much earlier
than usual.
Yesterday the Lexington Mil and Minino Cou
pahy OF colorado paid dividend of per cent per
share. aggregsting $4,000. and the Farncomb Hill
Mining Company OF Breckenridge. Colo. a divid end
OF 21ac share, aggregating $1,000.
The cortez Mining Company Of Nevada has de-
ssosao dividend OF 27' SHARE assresatns
The Carson Tribune says: seventy-fve sacks. or
about S1a tons, OF Monarch ore not selected. but
taken haphazard from the dump. were brought in
from Pine Nut recently and taken TO the Mexican
mill at Empire to be crushed. The returns from
this test will speak louder any words as to the
permanency and riehness of the camp
me Eureka Con. Mining Company bas removed
1ts OUCeb TO the Telephone building I'm
street.
Silver was very much stronger yesterday. selling
at s71sc In New York and 395sd ia London
Bullion valued at .33l 81 has been sent to TIE
total to date on March account s5l. l769 OF Wv
ia. he Enterprise Mining Company of Rico Colo
eating s50,Oo0 payable April 5.
p The Commercial Cable Company (Mackay-
otls4 psr cont The gross rece pts OF the comnanv
,Cr , tae a last nscai year were 9o47l7; expenses
The Horn Silver Mining COMPANY OF Utah maid a
aiyidend OF l2l2c share. aggresating $50 600, on
The omahs and Lone Jack Con. Gold Mining
company OF Grass Valley has declared dividend 5
S ., tSc per share: aggregatng $1,000 Tho first
uFloend was OF Doc share, the last four OF l5c
per share, making a total OF s26, 400 paid under
me Present management In the early days under
was paid. To''o
Tbs Reno reduction works VIII resume opera.
irons shoruy. The Gazette is informed that every
thing Is IN gooc running order, and that they are
now waiting for ere. which will arrive in a day or
Speaking OF the new cyanide process OF reducips
ore. the Denver Times says: Mining men ali over
the country are beginning to realize the marvellous
possibilities of the cyanide process for extrac-
ton OF gold ana silver, technically known as the
Macarthur Forrest process Thus far all the experi.
mehts with the process have been entirely success
ful. and all over the West mills for the treatment e:
ores by this method being erected ard prarcaI
miners are fast becoming alive to the fact that In
40 other way can money be made so fast and SO
certainly as By thus treating their ores )
Inc trouble In working the mines OF Arizona here
lolore ms been not only with refractory es but
WIN the great scarcity OF water. Owing the lat
Yer TACT tho ores could not be successfully treated
oy inauguration. BY the Macarthur Forrest pro.