The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-12-30

the treasury to Thomas Kearns and
associates at p cents per share. The
stock saw some wide fluctuations. IL
opened at 81 cents and closes at about
that price. selling as high as - CENTS
and as low as / cent. Operations at
the properties are to be reSumed on
quite an extensive scale.
Star Consolidated.
Under its new management Star
Consolidated has made an admirable
record, notwithstanding the financial
difficulties to be Contended with. Dur
ing the gloomy days the shares sold
as low as . cents, and at the heighih
of their activity in September as high
as Sl-lI- These nigh prices were the re-
suit of developments at the mines. fol-
lowing the change in administration.
and the handsome shipments of ore
which commenced to come from the
properties. Manager Packard has
cleared the company of outside i'm
debtedneSS and * n0N returning one
half of the lO-Cent voluntary assess
ment. He Will pay the other half soon
and should then be in a position to
regular dividend payments.
The shares continue so have their uUs
and downs in the market. ana close
the year at practically I5 Ce0JS. They
have been very heavy traders all year.
Sacramento show d net gain of 80 1-3
per cent after selling down To no cents.
The company IS increasing its mill ca
paCitE m should resume dividends
within sixty days. During the past
two months the shares have been very
active, and close in good tone.
Showers Consolidated displayed con
siderable activity early in the year. but
lost heavily after March, and closes
in the HeighbOThoOd of II cents. hav-
ing ranged between - cents and
cents. A voluntary assessment met
with Il fair response.
Silver Shield.
The newest candidate for honors is
the Silver Shield, whose properties are
at Bingham. At the time of listing in
December the shares were at - cents
and they nave gradually strengthened
to p cents. The proposition is clean
and attractive. Regular monthly diVi-
dendS of One-half cent per share are
paid. with tn company earning nearly
an equal amount monthly for the sur
plus und
Tetro continued regular operations
and at the close of the year has every
thing but pay ore. The prospects for
obtaining this seem very favorable.
The shares at one time jumped to p
cents on UHfounded rUmOTs of ore de
~VelOpment. They close at practically
the same as the opening.
Utah paid but one dividend and the
stock was not particularly active II
shows little net change. The mines
are now in much improved condition
and the outlook for the future is good.
NaleO shows a heavy net loss, al
though closing above the lowest fig
Ures of the year. The mpan was
disappointed in the results of its de-
VelOpment work An assessment was
necessary to cover the operating de
felt. The mines are in the hands of
~leasers, who have put in a small smell
ter and are meeting with some success.
Despite the expenditure OF a vast
amount of money n energy. the West
Mountain Placer has not been a sue
cess as yet. The stock viii not sell for
the amount of the last assessment. A
reorganization may give better results.
TesOTa has shown some activity dur
ing the closing months of the year. af-
ter d rest of several months The con
troll is now owned by the Bingham
Gold & Copper Mining company. and
regular ore shipments are going to the
smelter of the latter company.
Yankee Con.
Although ft has sold as low as 3
cents, Yankee Consolidated closes The
year with only slight net loss. Tho
company succeeded in finding some ORE
and made a number of nice shipments.
only to find later that the ore was all
on Nav Day ground. it cost the Yam
kee 3.0G9 to settle. and the manage
meut is now searching for ore bodies I'm
its own territory. The shares have aE
times been very active and sensational
i'm their fluctuations.
The Johnny is n latest stock listed,
but has not yet shown any activity
The properties are i'm the StateIine dis
tTiCt and nave much merit.