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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1910
Page
14
Editor notes a prolonged slide in copper shares on the Boston Stock Exchange. The piece argues for better publicity by copper mining managers and proposes a mining bureau structure to protect investors, citing Granby North Butte and Calumet & Arizona as examples and forecasting further analyses in future installments.
The Boston Market reports a broad stock selloff led by Amalgamated and North Butte. Prices slipped across copper and industrial issues with Utah Consolidated cited as a painful lesson for investors. Steel common fell most, trading 141 shares down to 7 1/4, closing at 7 1/4. Telephone also eased to 1 3/4.
Recession in markets reflected on Bay State Gas Rhode Island Coal Rawhide Mining Majestic and Laramie with declines from 39 to 35 cents 22 3 4 to 21 7 8 and more. Trading remained broad and active throughout the session with full curb list details provided.
Total sales in New York 714300 and Boston 41814. Most active issue in New York steel common 191300 shares and in Boston steel common 8641. Cumulative 1910 to date New York 157627600 and Boston 9656122 shares. Compared with last year New York 202377100 and Boston 13923135. Notable moves include Brooklyn Union Gas up to 133 in New York and Calumet & Hecla down to 535 in Boston. Call money and time money figures shown for New York and Boston.
After a slow start the market turned very active and weak in the final hour, erasing 2 to 3 points in many issues. Yet last hour volume nearly matched the first hour, with brokers bearish as pools still hold stocks and concerns rise over continued decline despite the President's message. Company stockholders will receive 11,700,000 dollars, or 58.50 per share, with a 1 dollar dividend payable from a 200,000 dollar distribution.
The company has paid shareholders a total of 21,700,000 since organization, equal to 82.25 per share, surpassing the original issue by 1,700,000. East Butte ore shipments for the week ending Nov 27 1947 totaled 1971 tons with 5.5 percent copper, including 1295 tons of first class ore at 6.9 percent. Chandler Bros. & Co. of 24 Milk Street issue a circular on Republic Iron & Steel. Calumet & Arizona declares a 1 dividend.
The fourth annual report for the Superior and Boston Copper Company shows improved finances with a year ending Sept 30, 1910. Balance sheets list cash and receivables, a reduced liability, and a sizable loan to fund continued sinking of the McGaw shaft toward the 10th level while awaiting ore reserve blocking and shipment resumption.
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