The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-12-26

mines have resumed the shipment of
concentrates. They are being shipped
to the Great Falls smelter.
The roads to all the mines are in ex-
cellent condition. The recent fall of
snow and the continued cold weather
have made them as hard as rock and
some big loads are being brought down.
Mining Dividends.
From the Mining and Metallurgical Re-
view
The following mines paid dividends last
month:
Two dividends paid by the Homestake
Mining company of Dakota on the 18th
of November, numbered 277 and us one
being the regular and the other an extra
dividend, Iamounted to 100000. That
makes $S57,000 this year and $S,03S,750 since
the mine was opened.
The North Star mine of Grass Valley,
Cal, paid dividend of $4,000 last month.
The total paid has been $500, 600
Two big mining companies of Montana,
the Boston & Montana and the Anaconda
Copper companies, paid dividends last
month. The former distributed s2,2250OO
among it's stockholders, which makes
$14, 800 900 in dividends from the start, and
the Anaconda paid 81 per share on 1900,
900 shares, making total of $12, 10000
paid by that company.
The Standard Consolidated Mining com
pany of Nevada paid a dividend of 10
cents per share on Nov. %.
The Bald Butte mine of Montana paid
dividend of $4,000 on the 18th. makin-
27500 this year and s777,140 from the
start.
The Bullion-Beck and Champion mine
of Utah paid dividend of $4,000 on tho
same date. the 18th of like amount this
year and SO. 42S. 400 since the start.
The Central Lead mine of Missouri paid
a dividend of $1,000 on the 18th, making
$4,000 this year and $4,000 in all.
The Doe Run mine of Missouri paid a
dividend of $500 on the 18th, making
$4,000 since Jan. l, and sS7, 800 from the
beginning.
The Golden Cycle mine of Colorado paid
a dividend of $4,000 on the 18TH
The Gwin mine of California paid div
idend of $1,000 on the 18th; the Pennsyl-
vana one of $4,000 on the Sth
The Yellow Aster mine, Randsburg,
Cal, has paid sl05,OOO this year. the last
dividend Of $4,000 on the 9th
The Argonaut mine in Amador county.
California, paid dividend of $4,000 on
Nov. %.
The Deer Trail No. mine in Washing
| ton paid a dividend of $500 the same
| date
The Gold Coin mine of Colorado paid a.
| dividend of $4,000 the same date,
The Breeze Mining company of Colo
| RADIO paid dividend of cents per share
| on Dec. /.
| The Bonanza mine in Stevens county,
| Washington. paid its fourth dividend OF
| $500 last month
The Mammoth of Utah paid 10 cents
| per share on 100000 shares last month";
| Sl,6lo000 has been paid to stockholders in
dividends from this mine.
The United Verde Copper company paid
| its usual monthly dividend of so cents
| per share Nov 2S
The South Swansea r,,ina Of
| the dividend for November of $1,000 on
| Nov. G.
The Pennsylvania mine, al Grass Vel
ley, paid the usual monthly dividend Of
| $4,000 on Nov. 8.
The Yellow Aster mine, in Kern county,
paid another dividend of 1000 on the
9th inst
| The Gwin mine. in Tuoumne county.
paid another dividend of $1,000 on Tues
| day, the 18th inst.
i" The Bunker Hill and Sullivan mine OF
| Idaho paid a dividend Of S21 900 on the
| 4th inst.
The LIE Roi of British Columbia paid a
| dividend of S24O 600 last month.
The War Eagle of British Columbia
paid $26,250 in dividends last month
The Champion of Nevada county, Cal
| ifornia, paid $4,000 in dividends last month
The entire dividends paid by mines of
the United States and British Columbia
which California paid $l21.139: Colorado
$261,5 500; Idaho, $4,000; Missouri $500
| Montana. $4,64O,0 900; South Dakota. sl1O-
COO; Utah, 1858 500: Washington, $1,000
| Central America. $4,000: British Column
bia, $216,25o; total, $5,69o,sS9.
Why quicksilver Is Up.
| Quicksilver is higher to-day than in
many years, being SO per flask above the
highest point reached in 1898. In 1S74-75.
| when the great mines of the Comstock
| lode were using tons of the fluid metals
the price reached its highest notch. being
| $llS.75. Although the successful and OK
| tensive introduction of the cyanide and
| chlorination processes has curtailed the
use of quicksilver in metalurgical oper-
| atoms to great extent, still the unusual
activity in mining all over the world has
| Kept up constant demand for the metal
| IN milling and placer mining and its con-
| sumption in the arts is rather on the in
! crease than otherwise. The great quick
| silver mines of California continue to pro-
| duce, but in much smaller quantities than
| formerly However. the rising price of
| the metal. which has been going on for
| months, has stimulated production some.
| what IN the larger mines and has also re-
| suited in the reopening of old mines,
some of which have been closed for years,
| and also in the discovery and opening of
| new mines. Within the past 10 DAYS n
| mine near Cloverdale, in Sonoma county
| California, has made the first shipment of
| quicksilver produced in 90 years and other
mines. long idle, are about to resume pro-
| duction.
Commercially speaking the quicksilver
mining industry began in 1850. From that
| time to the close of 1898 there We're pro-
duced 1,S0156S TASKS, an average of IS, 800
| per year. The production last wear was
Sl,o92 TASKS. and was the largest in 10
Years, being notable recovery from the
declining tendency in 1896 and 1897.
About dozen mines are being worked
| in this state at present. The output for
1898 came principally from eight of these,
| as follows:
Flasks
| New Almaden :. ............,,.. S75
| I'VE" Iuild Observation-Disclosures, 5 600
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| Aetha -. $3.50
| GREAT eastern ............, OLA
! treat western Observation-Disclosures. l. $50
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