The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-02-25
MINING STOCK MARKET DULL.
Comparatively No Fluctuations in
the Values of Securities.

Comparatively No Fluctuations in
the Values of Securities.
All of the mining stock brokers~re-
port a very dull week. and one of the
marked features was an absence of
any particular fluctuations in the val
ues Of securities. James A. Pollock. in
his weekly market letter has the fol-
lowing to say on the situation:
The stock market this week was in
sufferably dull and narrow fluctuations
have been the rule. The trading has
been almost wholly confined to the
regular dealers, who, while apparently
not making any special effort to sup
port the market, have taken strong ad-
vantage of all the weak spots shown
Of this latter, however, there have been
but few People are seemingly salts
fed with their investments and GER
tainly are in no mood to sell them. In
short the market ruled steady, but
without any movement.
Ajax was offered at 81. This COM
pany has levied an assessment of three
cents a share. Until the legal comDli-
cations lowering over the title of this
property are settled it is a very eX-
cellent stock to leave alone, Alliance
was quiet. with a single bid of 60 cents
and the only Offering was small block
at S. Work is being actively pushed
in the sinking of the new shaft in the
main tunnel and the superintendent e1-
poets to reach ore at about 400 feet
depth. Nothing doing in Natural Gas
The shares look Ike a fair speculation
and should sell at 20 cents some time
during the next six months.
Anchor is making an excellent show
ing in the way Of production. but the
shares are being sadly neglected, Bull
lion-Beck held steady With small offer
ings. This property has paid SGD, OOO in
the past six months Centennial-Eu-
reha maintains its Characteristic steadt-
ness, and as it pays SO per cent an
nually. at today's quotations is a profit
able investment. No trading in Dalton:
the shares are motionless at az cents
bid and 31h cents asked.
Daly-West was So bid and Sc asked
Horn Silver failed to record q transac-
ton and buyers and sellers were far
apart al &2.40 bid and S2.65 saked. The
Horn Silver concentrdt0r us now work.
ing day and night instead of daily as
heretofore. Mammoth continues the
most active stock on the list and adj
Yanced from 81 to $40 in the bidding
Shares sold during the week at 81, Is
ana Sl.25 ana ruled steady at the close
at S1-2S asked The new strike in this
(
superintendent reports the average not
quite as high as was first thought.
The ore now being extracted will run
{ from % to 80 ounces IN gold and car
RIGS silver and copper also. There is
no longer any talk of an assessment to
liQuidate the existing Indebtedness,
the prevailing opinion being that the
company win be able to clear itself
from the returns beinS made from the
/ late strike.
Mercur was moderately active and
{ sold at $3.50 Most Of the stock being
sold is going east. and is being taken
/ in for purely Investment purposes
/ Ontario is positively duh at IS bid and
SO asked The old-time favorite has
lost its long prestige There was a
strong demand for SILVER King. but
opinions do not agree as to values
and only a small block sold at sl3
/ RuTnors of a dividend are rife, but nc
declaration of the same IS apparent
The output of the mine IS very heavy
and the cash balance in the treasury
must be assuming proportions crafty,
ing TO the stockholders.