The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-11-01

either the present delivery silver OF
closing at 635s cents and the latter al
So. Future delivery of silver made an
other advance, however, closing at 6S1k
cents, but one point behind the present
COPPER-The copper market has
been very quiet, and very little bust
ness has been done, says the Engineer
ing and Mining Journal. Some lake
copper sold at about 9.6o from first
hands, but several lots of secondhand
copper were sold rather below that fig
ure. For electrolytic copper, the mar
ket is nominal at about $50, but cast
ing copper is held firm at 9.20@930.
The London market was somewhat
irregular this week, as prices dropped
to to f40 los. for G. NJ. BIS, but better
buying set in afterward, and it closes
very firm at f4O us 6d.@f41 for spot,
and f41 5s.@f41 rs. Cd. for three months
prompt. For refined and manufactured
sorts we quote: English tough, FAB 15s.
@f44; best selected, f44@f44 5s.; strong
sheets, f51@f51 10 s.; India sheets, f47@
EAT los; yellow metal, 4asd.
bination between the producers, but if
negotiations are pending they have
been carried on with great secrecy and
nothing definite can be said about
them. SO far this month, the exports
from this side have been rather small,
and as no new contracts OF any I'M
portance have been made lately, 1t is
likely that shipments will fall off still
more next month.
The returns of the British board of
trade give the imports Of copper into
Great Britain for the nine months end
ing September 80 at 99, $50 tons (of 2,240
lbs). against 9S, 292 for the correspond
ing period last year. The exports for
the same period were 40,629 tons.
against 56,0S6 tons last year.
LEAD-The market has been weak,
as western producers continue to be
heavy sellers, and we have to quote
s 1908 1871 for spot, November and De-
cenber delivery, the latter month being
especially freely offered.
In London the market is quiet but
steady at 60 16s.@f17 les. for spanish
and Is. 3D. higher for English lead.
Lead imports Of Great Britain for the
nine months ending September 80 were
124, $40 tons, showing considerable de-
crease over last year, when they were
42.1O9 tons. The exports, however,
show very little change, having been
81 .536 tons this year and 1854 tons last
ST. Louis Lead Market: The John
WahI Commission company telegra phs
us as follows: Lead dull at 2.9272c.
Transactions are limited, and the gen.
eral tendency appears to point to lower
Values
Spelter is somewhat lower, producers
having shown more willingness to meet
the market. Some metal was sold dur
ing the week at 33s in store, New York
but for shipment from the west 3400
3421a are the prices asked.
In Europe the market is reported to
be rather weak, and good ordinary
brands have declined in London to Els
The imports of spelter into Great
Britain are given by the board of trade
returns for the nine months ending Sep
tember 80 at 81, 107 tons, against Al, ITO
tons in 1898, and 35,O12 tons in 1892.
From Germany the production of
spelter in the Silesian works for the
first half of the current year is reported
at 1924 metric tons, an increase of
/ ,036 tons, or 2.3 per cent, over the cor
responding half of 1898. Sales reported,
however, were less than last year; they
were ,305 tons this year. a decrease of
figures.
Imports of metal into the port of New
York for the week ending October 10
are reported by the New York Metal
Exchange as follows: 95S tons tin, 200
tons lead, duty paid, and 100 casks anti
mony from London; 46 tons Banca tin
from Holland; so tons lead, duty paid.
and II tons yellow metal shea thing from
Swansea; 200 tons lead, duty paid. from
Newcastle