Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-11-03
Mining Companies Have Paid
Sl2. 568,O7l in Dividends
,r1N LAST TEN MONTHS
ana, properties Largest Payers
corr I,ar vine. are Among the LHrs-
est silver Producers

40, yor, Nov. Sin Tue '''
W. o,,ober g. the metal mining
''l'D' ,ts I'm this country reporting TO
CONF r...oserlng and Mining Journal
zoe ,ot,l of ll2,5GSO7i in dividends
inl nm excellent showing says
D'' ,.,rool "of the returns received
w ,,' csp.,al invested in the metal mining
'H -c"-,rg these ten months the largest
..i1--5 payers were the copper com
~, nv. NJ those In Montana, the Anal
- -. Copper company which con-
t- ,be Anaconda and Parrot com
Wv, and a large interest in other
p- l-I declared 100000 or per
'y -, IN MS capitalization. The Ana
Id copper company is credited with
s.yIrr 81 100000, OF 16 per cent on It's
,,n.tal stock; the Boston & Montana
e-rrary "a 100000, or ll8 per cent and
me- Parrot company sl,379loo or 60 per
,g,, on ms issued capital stuck The
t~slplmated Copper compalys avn
80 however. is really duplication,
n works no mines directly and us
si,iSend fund Is derived from the stocks
=. '.tEr ,8upanigs which 10 holds. or
~. Michigan Copper companies Calu-
,ro. q Uegla paid In the ten months,
,t60 606 or zoo per cent on It's capital
,.,g,,. Quincy. $500 900. or 30 per cent
80 Tauaraek $4,000 or % per cent.
~ california the Mountain Copper
1,rnsny paid 100000 or 1872 per cent
an he share capital In Arizona, the
United Verde ex-senator Clarks prop
o, S Il credited with paying 3l650OOO,
or K nor cent on is capital stock and
~. AIlyona company $576.i29, or is per
cent The next largest dividend payers
IN The ten months were the gold mining
corpanes. which also produced some
slvsr and lead In this group the lead
as we're STATIONS Independence, limit
"a N colorado with N,7S9,S31, or 1913
rs- cent on IT'S issued capital stock, and
p5ruard. $3.50 000 or % per cent
In south Dakota the Homestake Gold
Mining company is foremost with ST.
6;6 a6 or 3 per cent on Its share cap
"a, In Tnh the silver King company
r5H $4,000. or % per cent on It's cap
'allzqilor. and the Daly-West company
,rp sM or 1877 uer cent. In Alaska
NE Alaska Treadwell Gold Mining COM
psDv paid out $500 GOO, or per cent on
hi capital stock. In Arizona the La
Fortuna Gold Mining company lead
with g2l25O0. or 90 per cent on It's cap
REALIZATION. and 90 California We have
Inc yellow Aster company with $780,
O0 or IS ner cent. OF the silver-lead
dividend payers those In Idaho are the
most prominent. beng the Empire
sn,e.Ilaho Mining company, with
&sa5M. or 80 per cent on Its issued
shares the Standard company with
tEM. or 50 per cent; Buffalo Hump,
i.l500 or 10 per cent and the Bunker
Hi Sullivan company with S2lO,OOO, or
per cent OF the lead and zinc min
Ing companies IN Missouri and Kansas,
the st. Joseph Lead company leads with
Gl2NQ or as per cent on It's Issued
share capital There have also been
numerous smaller dividend payers, es-
psclally IN the gold and silver mining
Industry. while In the lead and zinc
section the number has grown less, ow-
Ing IN part 70 the end Of the speculative
bubble which favored the incorporation
q companies that promised, and In
some instances, paid per cent monthly
dividends
The dividend disbursements men,
toned above 90 not include those made
by the coal and iron mines, oil com
panies and Tho metal smelling and re-
fnng companies, which have been
tnornous IN the past ten months. There
are also many private corporations that
Do not report their dividends. and these,
!! added, would bring the grand total
paid 20 stockholders IN dividends 10
very large amount, unequaled probably
by any other industry in this country"