Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-01-21
the LADIES
ARE INTERESTED.
Pay Great Attention to Business on
the Stock Exchange.
WEEK WAS AN ACTIVE ONE.
Bowcrs Extension Other VA
voritc stocks.

The only argument necessary to con-
vince the public that the ladies OF Salt
Lake are greatly concerned In mining
stock business. can be seen In the pit
every saturday-iadies' day-when the
fair sex come together and View with
interest and attention. the doings of
the brokers on the exchange. To-day. rs
On previous occasions. the ladies were
there IN Roodiy numbers. the attend
ance being 10 large In fact that
It was with difficulty seats could be
procured for all Of them.
From a business standpoint the call
war a decided success. bringing out NJ
d aid. sales OF 1900 shares which went
for tsss13.e2. swelling the weeks total
10 f0Y. 10l shares With AN aggregate sells
ing value OF Nti,i2s.05. Compared with
bualneeH a year aro, the volume this
week was nvc times ~ large both In
the number OF shares sold and the
money for which II changed hands.
This comparison. though somewhat
odiouH TO last year. shows 10 what eS-
tent business In mining stocks has In
creased during the past twelvemonth'
and tells Of the active condition Of the
local market at present.
Eagle led out In the trndlnR with
shares at 20 and y cents. and the
stock In good demand at p. Then fol-
lowed Four Aces which sold with un.
limited freedom at yesterdays figures.
although at the close bidding was
weak. woud-be buyers offering hut IS
cents for further blocks of the stock.
Lower Mammoth was In healthy
state 81 activity and subscribed near
~ 1000 shares. which changed hands nj
figures ranging from ~ TO ~ cents.
while the stock closed strong with a
ready bid OF Sis cents and no oner-
ngr Northern i.isht sold freely
around dollar and sacramento found
u taker at ~ cents. while star CONSOLE
dated was greeted with good business
"a stationary figures and Utah sold at
~ and u.05.
In the scramble for stocks unlisted.
camp Floyd did the first business aud
sold between 4 aud "a cents. Then
Dexter took chance at fd2i, while
Dalton WAS the cause Of great excite
mcnt. and contributed 1900 shares, the
stock selling At ~ ana "a. cents "a share.
Eagle and Hue iicil was dealt IN NJ
si.ns and Golden Eagle between and
. cents. while liomcrtnke continued ac-
tive between ana 10 cents and Her
oulca made numerous transfers ON an
advancing scale, sales being made up TO
n cents. Joe Bowers was strong and
sold above ~ cents. while Bowers Ex.
tension created quite stir, the stock
selling first at 10 cents. hut falling be-
fore the close and being dealt In AZ low
~ iiA. This figure. while am improve
mcnt over yesterday. was not what
the talent expected. ms before the call
II was predicted that II would 10 10 20
cents. and In this connection There were
current rumorr Of n new and important
strike. Little plttHburg was dealt In
above II cents and Manhattan between
aud . cents. while richmond Ana
eonda found takers up 10 cents sun
beam M to 20 cents. Swansea nj tl.ssis
Success ~ high ar cents and Naieo
az ,i.so these Hnler closing the Satur-
day call. and bringing to an end week
fraught with active business.
The closing figures were nH followHi