The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1907-01-10
GOldfield Stocks Hold Boom
in Highly Active Market
Great Volume of Business Results in
Movement to Have Clearing House

The prices Of Goldheld and other
Southern Nevada mining stocks adj
vanced again yesterday. Comparing the
closing quotations last night with those
Of Tuesday night the gain on the basis
OF bids for certain more prominent
stocks is shown by the following: Gold
field Consolidated Mines advanced from
ss.s7 bid in the board Tuesday night TO
$3.50 last night; Jumbo from sass TO
S4.25 bid; Combination Fraction from
S. TO SIS: Booth from 9S cents to
$1.25; Mohawk from SIS to $3.50; Red
Top from $3.50 to s4.25.
The market was strong all day and
the regular and informal sessions were
no sooner over than selling on the curb
began. raising prices still more Clos
ing bids in the board for Columbia
Mountain were on the basis OF s1.25 a
share Columbia "a cents; Blue Bull 81
cents: c o D s1.20: Daisy $3.15; Flor
ence $3.47; Frances Mohawk IS cents;
Goldheld Mining Of Nevada $40; Cold
field Kewanos s1.7o; Great Bend $1-20;
Jumbo Extension $l70; Nevada Gold
field AZ cents; ORC az cents: Red Top
ss2s; Sandstone II cents; ST. Ives IS
cents; Silver Pick sL47.
Closing bids for the Tonopahs in
cluded $5.37 for Belmont: s1-32 for Jim
Butler; SO for Little Tonopah; 1920 for
Midway; 80 cents for Midway Exten-
sion; 1892 for Montana; SO cents for
North Star; S5.75 for Tonopah Exten-
sion; $1.S5 for West End
The highest priced Bullfrog stock.
as shown by bidding, was Tramp Con-
solidated at sl.67; with Gold Bar at
sL32; ,Bullfrog Banner at 81; Golden
Scepter at IS cents; Mayfiower Console
dated at Ga cents There was little
change in the Manhattans or In the
mines OF the outside or unclassified dis
tricts- DiamOndfeld Triangle drew bids
Of so cents; PittsbDrg Silver Peak
brought bids of $1.75 a share.
Goldheld Consolidated Mine started in
the regular board at s9.37 Y. soon ad-
vanced to $3.50. but fell of somewhat
toward the close of the informal ses-
sion Mohawk was not sold at either
session In the morning 100 shares Of
Red Top were sold at s3.S0. At the
next session 500 shares were sold at
1928. Combination Fraction moved up
ward at the informal session-2000
shares at $3.50; 100 shares at $5.37 z /;
then geo at s5.25. with rapid rise to
SIS on a sale OF fifty shares.
The troubles Of the Sullivan Trust
Company did not intrude themselves
conspicuously yesterday. The brokers
having signed the agreement that has
been previously described, viii now
wait for the company TO put up its
stock in escrow for their security
James +. Degan. one Of the brokers
who were hit by the protested draft
transactions, confirmed the report that
he had released the attachment at Cold
field against the company and had
agreed TO go on in with the other
brokers and accept the same terms that
were offered in settlement.
A movement is on foot, promoted by
men Of means. to get control Of some
OF the Sullivan mines. with the under
standing that if they should succeed
they viii put In a strong management
headed by some experienced man OF
business.
The San Francisco Stock and Ex-
change Board nominated officers yes
terday TO serve for the year, these be-
ing the old officials without exception.
The list includes A. B. RuggIes for
president. Joseph King for chairman.
r. J. Hadley for secretary and Charles
.. LANG for treasurer. The election
viii be held next Monday There is no
opposition ticket in the field, so the
old officers will again be seated.
A large undertaking has been de-
cided upon by the brokers of the board.
The president. A. p. Ruggles. has been
authorized to communicate with some
Eastern expert who can assist the