Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-11-03
MINING REPORTS
WONDERFUL DIVIDENDS PAID
DURING THE YEAR. :
MONTANA COPPER PAID R6SL
Gold. Silver, Lead, Zinc and Copper
Paid Over Forty Mil
lions, 49,,

New York, Now. I'm the ten months
ending October 81. the metal miningtcAnf
panies in his country reporting to the
Engineering and Mining Journal 3fFeS
total of $42, 6 S,O71 in dividends.
This is an excellent showing" says
that journal, "of the returns received by
apita invested in the mining industry.
During these ten months the Rrgest
dividend payers were the copper COM
paaies. OF these in Montana, the Anal
gamated Copper company, which controls
the Anaconda and Parrot companies and
a large interest in other companies. de-
clared So, 900. 900, or 5 per cent on it's capt.
talization. The Anaconda Copper COM
pany is credited with paying S4,s00,OO, or
16 per cent on its capital stock; the Bos-
ton & Montana company. $4,2OO. 900. or
113 per cent, and the Parrot company ST.
37s. 100, or 60 per cent on Its issued capital
stock. The Amalgamated Copper CON-
pany's dividend, however, is really a du
plication, as it works no mines directly.
and it's dividend fund is derived from the
stocks Of other companies which it holds.
'rOf the Michigan copper companies tne
Calume & Hecla paid in the ten months
IS, 900, 900. or 200 per cent on its capitaNza-
ton; Quincy, $500, 900, or So per cent, and
Tamarack. $500. 900. or % per cent. @
I'm California, the Mountain Copper
company paid 81, 200, 900, or 1872 per cent
on it's share capital. Is 1
In Arizona, the United Verde (Clark's
~. - BoreIito1 with having 81 SbD .
900, or its capital stock and the Arizona
| company 1915. 429, or IS per cent. =t 4
.The next largest dividend payers In
the 10 months were the gold mining COM
panies, which also produced some SILVER
and lead. In this group the leaders were
STATIONS Independence Qimit-D of Col
olado, with 1883, 1897, or IS s per cen; on
it's issue capital stock, n Portland,
$3.50, 900, or 25 per cent.
In South Dakota the Homestake Gold
Mining company is foremost, with s1,-
05O, 900, or 5 per cent on it's share capital.
I'm Utah the Silver King company paid
$3.50, 900, or rs per cent on it's c~apitaliza-
ton, and the DAILY West $412.-
500. or 1871 per cent.
I'm Alaska the Alaska-Treadwel Gold
Mining company paid out $500, 900, or 6
| per, cent on it's capital stock. so r.
TN Arizona the La Fortuna Gold Min
ing company leads with $232, 500, or SO per
centron its capit2lizat tom and in CahfOR..
MIA we nave the Yellow A&terrcompany'
with $3.50, 900, or 13 per cent? q t.
"Of the silver-lead dividend payers,
those in Idaho are the most prominent,
being the Empire State-Idaho Mining
company. with 1926, 54p, or 80 per cent on
its issued shares; the Standard company
with $295, 900, or So per cent; Buffalo,
Hump, S225, 900, or 10 per cent, and the
Bunker Hill-Sullivan company with $780,
600, or Z per cent.
"Of the lead and zinc mining COM
panies in Missouri n Kansas, the st.
Joseph Lead company leads with SIP, 500,
or AS per cent on it's issued share capi-
tai. There have also been numefUus
smaller dividend payers, especially i'm the
gold and silver mining industry, while IN
the lead and zinc section the number has
grown less, owing in part to the end ,of
the speculative bubble which favored the
Incorporation of companies that prom
lsed, ana, In some instances, paid, 1 per
cent monthly dividends,
The dividend disbursements mentioned
above do not include those made byc the
coal ana iron mines, oil companies .and
the metal smelling and refining COM
panles, which have been enormous in
the past lO months. There are also many
private corporations that do not report
their dividends, and these, if added,
would bring the grand total paid ato
stocknolders in dividends to a very large
amount u~nequalled probably, by any
other industry in this country"