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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1920
Page
14
Markets rally as wet weather threatens crops and raises demand globally. Chicago reports grain gains with corn and wheat advancing amid brewer demand shifts. Wheat prices push higher. receipts show mixed milling quality. Minneapolis sees higher cash Wheat No 1 Northern bids. Visible grain supply in New York shows reductions as buyers seek stocks to cover potential deficits.
Cattle receipts and prices vary as shipments delay trade and demand weakens in Chicago and Omaha while Spokane notes steady hogs and good prices for prime lambs. New York mercantile markets show firm sterling, bonds weak, and Liberty bonds fluctuating with mixed government demand.
Active trading opened with free selling across accounts amid rail strike concerns. Markets showed mixed results with some reversals and heavy bond activity while money and credit conditions remained tight. Analysts cite gold shipments to South America and steel stock optimism as key factors shaping the day.
Potomac Copper nears an ore body as No 4 tunnel advances 1,800 feet with 400 more feet to reach surface outcrop. Eighty men employed at the eight mile distant mine near the Northern Pacific line in Missoula county. Ore body cropping described as 140 feet high, 7100 feet wide and 300 feet long. Copper content on surface ore about 3 percent with 10 ounces silver. management expects 25 percent copper and 10 ounces silver when vein is encountered. Mine has yielded ore averaging 10 percent copper from near-surface workings on Mackon Mountain. Gump waste projected to run over 1 percent copper. Superintendent Higgins says tunnel face is in quartzite with small copper seams. road from railroad to mine completed last summer at $10,000.
Boston marks a holiday with all trading halted as the day sees no sessions on the market. Officials note the celebration prompted market closures and a quiet business day across the city.
Bears dominate industrial shares with declines across the board as Vanadium and other names retreat. Trading post notes strikers returning to work, while the market shows a cautious tone and slight gains in some oils amid overall weakness.
The brief notes April values for silver and dollars with 1.2 bar silver at 68 td per ounce and 11 percent discount rates. It mentions short pills at 64 per ents threes nonth bills at 6 percent, outlining current money rates and percentages.
The North Butte Mining company benefits as copper prices rise, aided by United Metals selling company. In late 1918 to early 1919, about 750 million pounds were sold. the Edith May vein shows rich copper and silver ore on the 3200-foot level. Production costs declined to 13-14.5 cents per pound with 15.33 million pounds produced in 12 months to December, despite labor shutdowns.
The Eureka and Centen nial Eureka firms consider opening lower mine levels to lessees while Yankee Bay and Tower tunnel developments show signs of high grade ore. Consolidated Interstate Callahan Mining changes name to Callahan Zinc Lead company with John Yorg elected director. others reappointed. Copper market notes and ore shipments to smelters accompany the industry update.
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