The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-04-21
WEEKS BUSINESS
ON STOCK EXCHANGE
With Day Short, it Reached
isearly 100000.
SOME STRONG ADVANCES
THE WEEK PROVED AN EVENT
Full ONE.

The past week has been an eventful
one on the mining exchange. The vol
ume Of business was not so large as in
the week previous. but the exchange
was closed on Monday. In all 356,740
shares were sold. ON cash value basis
of $197, 1925 OF that sum Sl29, 57e. As
represented the forenoon ard $67, 5s4. a
the afternoon business.
Ajax closed the week as it began,
though it was off several cents for two
or three days. indications point to a
connection with thegvein on the i 900
foot level within the next few davs
and the talent is on the tip-toe OF ex-
pectancy in consequence.
considerable Mercur jumped from
ainout $3.50 to $3.50 on Thursday and
has remained strong above the latter
figure since. The advance was due to
activity Of the shares in Boston and
the splendid showing recorded Tuesday
morning, after the SIS. 900 dividend de-
clared Monday and made payable on
May 1.
With the feeling OF uncertainty that
surrounds the outcome OF the option
held Tor the control of its shares, Grand
Central has declined about Csc during
the week, closing with q sale yester-
day at $3.50.
Lower Mammoth, with the ore chute
opened on. the 900 level Friday after
noon, advanced from 1856 TO $500, and.
as against $40 on Tuesday last, ii
closed yesterday with sales ranging
from $3.50 down TO S4.S31a.
May Day has proven a steady mem
Der all week, with frequent sales at
SLOO, and none under Csc
Martha Washington, which has been
subject to vicious bear attacks for sew
eral Gays, braced up Friday on the ap-
Sorption of some as 900 shares nv u.
SinarS a a
1880 on Tuesday afternoon it sold yes-
terday at 23e to 25c a share
Hankee Consolidated has been a IA
vorlte All week, and Hsht1e prices were
allowed to sag, little for a day or
two, the news that the vein had been
opened in the south drift, sixty feet
from the upraise, and that a full breast
OF ore had been broken into, sent the
stock 70 $1.35 yesterday morning
though il closed 4c lower The talent
Is banking on Yankee going to 81 a
Star Consolidated has been on its
good behavior during the week and
closed stronger than it opened Tues
day.
Ben Butler has advanced about nc
a share during the week. while Boss
Tweed has held around 15c.
Northern Light, Silver Shield. Sacra-
n1cnto, Tesora, South Swansea. Little
Chief. Tetro. Sunshine. Diamond CON,
swansea SI1.Illn Golden Eagle, Joe Bowers.
west Morning Glory and several other
stocks have shown considerable ac-
tivity, and with the exception of Silver
Shield, which. is off a little, none OF
them have suffered a decline worthy of
note, while several have shown yerv
good strength.
Century has advanced in favor and
sold yesterday at $780, while Showers
consolidated. with the understanding
mat the shaft is to go down to the 500
has advanced &c or &c a share.
alec has also shown strength. and
on limited trading and boom reports
sold Friday uprto Size. In sixty. DAYS
Lessee Boyie's time, viii be up, and re-
port is that the company will then as
sess and make antoher effort to find
the vein in the lower tunnel.