The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-01-20
MARKET
The Total Sales Amounted to
$135,262 SO.
AJAX THE FEATURE
LOWER MAMMOTH SOLD UP TO
S4.7o A SHARE.

As compared with the week ending
jan II, sales on the mining stock ex-
change have shown falling off of
S3,0SS shares and S2S. 676.S4, though it
cannot be said that the past weeks
business was poor one For the period
named 1S0.o29 shares were sold for S135,-
262-Ss. The difference in the two weeks
business is accounted for by the dwind
ling of transactions in Lower Mammoth
and Star Consolidated, coupled with a
somewhat lighter business in DAILY
West and Grand Central
Ajax has been the chief feature of the
market during the week and from a
closing sale on the 18th at 1872. il went
TO Sl-1S on Wednesday, and then began
to recede again, though it still clings
close to the 81 mark, with very heavy
selling movement in evidence.
Lower Mammoth began the week at
about the same figures at which it
closed on Saturday. and, like Ajax, by
Wednesday it had reached the highest
point at which it has sold during the
boom. On that day it was traded in up
TO $40 a share, and then began to ease
on, dropping as low as $4.15 on Friday
and closing strong, with small offerings
at S4-3O yesterday.
Grand Central has been traded in to a
limited extent only. but a sale was
made yesterday at S5.9S, or % cents
higher than 1T sold for one week ago.
Mammoth has been steady and Il good
business has been done on its shares at
S2.25 to $3.50 per share
May Day has been active and prices
at which II sold were from to 10 cents
higher than the ruling figures during
the previous week It closed yesterday
with sale at Al cents, and not share
heNra IN
the week.
Northern Light has ruled about 1 cent
lower and heavy business has been
done in its shares, while Ben Butler
Manhattan, Martha Washington and
Joe Bowers have furnished most of the
business in the ranks of the little fell
lows at fairly maintained prices.
Consolidated Mercur sold under So
after the passing of the dividend on
Tuesday, but ii has recovered a little
and was held at $40 yesterday.
Daly-West, which sold down to 1920
on Monday, has gradually picked up
during the week and closed at S29.65
bid, S299712 asked, yesterday.
Anchor has shown signs of returning
lie during the week and a sale at 81
share was recorded on Thursday. 1t
was quoted yesterday at S1.5O bid, "a
asked.
DAILY sold on Monday at s1.s2. and
terday, though $1.66 was all that was
bid
Some trading in Dexter Consolidated
has been INDUCED in during the week
at figures between S1.25 and S1.35 a
share. and Dalton has also been in de-
mand, though buyer and seller have
rarely got together 1t closed yester-
day at l01s and 10 cents.
A strike was made in the Little Chief
of Tintic Thursday and its shares.
which have been inactive for months
immediately sprang into prominence,
and sold Friday at 10 to u cents Yes
terday it brought II TO Is cents, and if
the discovery Of ore holds out it will
likely go still higher
sunshine has remained around p to
= cents, and trading has not been very
heavy Sunbeam is stronger. if any
thing, and what business has been done
was all at 40 cents and better
NaleO has done d little business
around 30 cents and Yankee has huctu-
ated between 91a and 1115 cents. while
the Swanseas, Silver Shield, Rocco
Homestake, Eagle & Blue Bell and sew
eral others have held their own.
The past weeks business is shown in
the following table of the daily sales: