Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1899-03-16

Total ..,.., 80. ,..... Sj3,O56,OOO
The record that has been made by
some Of the individual gold anc silver
mines OF this country Is simply amaz-
Ing. For instance:
The lComstock Lode Of Virginia
city, New, has produced gold and
SILVER In the last twenty years the
enormous sum of $500, 1900; most Of
this ore yielded but Is per ton In gold.
The Witwate5sand, OF South Africa,
produced Ia the FIRST year (lss7) only
slO5, 900. but In 1895 10 had Increased
TO Sl0,0O0,0O0 per annum, while the
output for the ten years exceeds 500,
OOO,03O. la 1896 IL was abJut $ll,-
OOO, 900.
The Calumet and iIecla has paid
SIS, 900 900 Ia dividends alone.
The Anaconda, Of Butte, Mont,
which nas recently been sold for si0,-
00O,O 900 20 the Rothchllds, paid that
amount Ia dividends bef0re selling.
The Alaska Treadwell Gold Mine,
with ore running less than %, has
paid si,OOO,OOO In dividends.
The Ontario, Of Utah, has paid
Sll 900, COO Ia dividends.
The Mollle Gibson, S50OO,O 900.
Granite Mountain, sl3,OOO,OO0 the
stock selling from 10 cents per share
10 $40 Inside OF Two years, aud paying
90 percent Ia diYidends each month,
The Ilomestdke, OF Dakota, on o.
ore, has paid s3,3l3 30 IA dividends
every day IL has run for the past ten
years,
There have been enormous sums OF
money also made Ia buying and selling
the stocks OF some mining companies,
altogether, irrespective 0f the diyi-
donds earned by the properties on
which those stocks were based. The
hgures given below ta6en from the
onlcial records,
yellow Jacket stock rose from Si2
10 1910 per share 10 1872, aud from s5a
% $50 In 1874, and from $50 a. sl5s In
ls75i In 1867 II advanced from 80 cent 5
to sl2 per share The company has
paid g. lsi,0O0 In dividends.
uni0u Consolidated advanced from
90 10 so3 la 1875, and has shown ,yery
hrge profit II other years, selling at
y cents aud $40 In 1885,
Standard Consolidated stock was
placed Ia this market In 1897 az so
pes share, or at the rate ot $1,000, ,OOu
Tor the nine. II sold the same year
at tS5.I5 IL has paid s3,77l ,l5o 10
dividends
La ISIS Sierra Nevada advanced
from % 10 SlS3 per share.
la lsls Savage advanced from si6 90
TO $500 per share, Il has spaid g..
itO, $50 Ia dividends.
ophlf advanced from ssl In 1878 70
s2o) Ia 1870,
Ontario was placed with the puollc
at ems Ia so per share, or at the rate
.otsi ,sO0,Qo0 10 81, ,5Oa, 900 tos the mlne.
After paying for years large dividends,
u sold az slS, II has paid sl3lI5,OOO
10 dividends.
Reutack sold ats3in lsll, atd s5ib
la lS7a
llomestake was placed un the mar
ket ia 1879 az sl150 20 go per share
OF az the rate of sl,15O,Oo0 10 s2.NlO.-
900 for The mine 10 more than
doubled Ia value ia the same year.
aud Is nov selling at about double the
original sellius price. II has paid S.,
6ls,13o la dividends. aud Is said to
have twelve years ore blocked out aud
10 sight
Hale aud NoWtoss sold al sl6 iu
1871, and S6ls,5o ip iS7s.
Gould and Curry sold AT $3.50 In
lSll, and $50 IA iSls.
Grown Paint advanced from ssll in
iSIl 20 81 SIS per SHARE Ia 1872. THIS
mine has paid en- ,S9S 0OO In dividends.
Consolidated California advanced
from eos SO la lSlt 10 sl00 ia ISIS
Consolidated Virginia rose from n
'euts PER share 10 1885 70 s0S per share 7
10 lSS6.
chollar sold al sse Ia isIl, aud ssia I
a lsI2.
califor0ia sold atts5 Ia isiL and
"a, Ia 1874