Arizona silver belt., 1900-12-20
MINE DIVIDENDS.
Aggregate of 4,567, 452
 Paid in Eleven Months.
COPPER LEADS THEM ALL.
Only Two Hundred Companies Re- ported-Were the Dividends Paid by Private Enterprises added the Total Would be
 ProdigiouS.

The total dividends disbursed by the various companies identified with the mineral industry of the United States in the eleven months ending Novem- Der 90, as far as reported in the Engi- neerlng and Mining Journal, amounted tO sll4, ,567 452, paid by 200 companies Of the total, the gold, silver, copper lead, zine and quicksilver mines con tributed S4s, l5O, ,942, or 42.5 per cent, while the remaining s6j, j,sl6,5l0, or 5I.5 per cent, was paid by the petroleum coal and coke, iron and steel and other companies.
 Were the dividends paid by private corporations. which are not reported, added it would appear that the returns received by capital invested in the mineral industry exceed those of any other industry in this country.
 Copper mines pald S30, 439, ,52s, or 62.i per cent Of the total mining dividends. The malgamated Copper company paid out s6, ,Oo0 900, or < per cent on its capital. This was derived from divi- dends of the companies controlled by it, including the Boston and Montana, which paid S6, 4j0,0O0, or lI2 Der cent per annum on it's Share-capital; Ana conda, S4.S00, ,O0O, or l6 per cent per annum, and Parrot, Sl, ,319, loo, or % per cent. The Calumet and Hecla in Michigan paid 5000, 0oo, or 2OO per cent per aunum on it's capital stock The Quincy, also of Michigan, paid S9O0, ,0O0, or 36 per cent on it's capital stock of s2,5OO,00O.
 Gold and silver mines are credited with paying Sl4, 292 POO, or 29.3 per cent of the total. StrattOnS lnde- pendence, limited, of Cripple Creek, paid sl, ,Is7 ,337, or 10 per cent per an mum on its capital, while Portland, in the same district paid s750, 0o0 or 20 per cent per annum. HOmestake, of south Dakota paid sl ,l5J, 900, or 6 per cent per annum, and Silver King, of Utah, SS21, ,000, or 30 per cent per an nun. Lead and zinc mines paid SII2,- 3s7 or 7.S per cent of the total mining dividends. California quicksilver mines paid $20l, 300.
 The American Smelling X Refining company paid S2,1lS,SO3, or at the rate per cent on its preferred stock the National Lead company, $7s2 64o, UT per cent on the preferred and Sl49,054, or per cent on the common stock.
 Petroleum companies paid S37, 7O7, ,947 or 32.9 per cent Ol the total dividends. Of thls amount the Standard Oil com pany paid S37, ,C50, 900, or 4S per cent per annum on it's outstanding capital stock. The remaining S657,9i1 were paid by independent California and West Virginia companies.
 Under iron and steel only those con cerns are noted that are producing their own raw material. These paid S20, ll0, ,623, or l7.6 per cent of the total. The largest payer was the Federal Steel company, with S5,0j9, ,794, or 6 | per cent per annum on the preferred stock, and sl,743, l62, or g per cent on the common.
 American Steel and Wire is next, with S2,s00,0 900 on the preferred and ! g., ,655 ,UO0 on the common; both at the | rate of per cent per annum. Repub- l lie Iron and Steel paid s4, ,42l.4 .4S3, or !! per cent on the preferred stock, and | National Steel, sl IT. ,JO0, or per cent | on preferred. The Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad company paid s9O2,- | l44 on common and sl4S, o40 on pre- ferred stock.
 Coal and coke companies paid sj,- 1Il.166, or 4.j per cent of the total. The Pittsburg Coal company paid S2,- 240, GOO, or per cent, on it's preferred stock, and the Pennsylvania Coal com pany $sO0,O00, or l6 per cent per annum.
 Miscellaneous companies paid S2, S26, ,lI4, or 2.5 per cent of the total dividends. The leading payers in this class were the American Agricultural | Chemical company, Sl,O2O, 900, or 6 per cent on preferred stock; the Virginia Carolina Chemical company, $500, 900, | or l6 per cent on preferred; and s270- | 900, or 1 per cent on common; the ! National Salt company, $36O, 1000, or . per cent on preferred, and si40.00O or 5, per cent on commons; Pacific Coast . BDraX company, s220,000, or F per . cent on it's capital. York Jour | nal.
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