The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-11-04
RETURNED BIG DIVIDENDS.
The Showing of Ten Months for
the Metal Mining Conn
panfea.

NEW YORK. Nov. SIN the ten
months ending october 81 the metal min
ing companies in the country reporting
to the Engineering and Mining Journal
paid total OF s425ss.07l In dividends.
This IL an excellent showing saws
that journal, 7'of the return received by
capital invested In the metal mining in
During these ten months the largest
dividend payers were copper companies,
or those In Montana the Amalgamated
Copper Company, which control the Ana
conda and Parrot companies and a large
100000 or per cent. on its capitaliza-
ton. The Anaconda Copper Company is
credited with paying oocoo or 10 per
Montana Company. A,2o00OO or Is per
cent. and the PARROT Company, sl.S79.io0,
or 90 per cent on its issued capital stock.
idend, however. is really a duplication.
as Il works no mines directly, and rs
dividend fund is derived from the stocks
Of other Companies which It holds;
Calumet and Hecla paid in ten months
~ 00o. 900, or 20 per cent on its capftaliza-
ton: Quincy. seq, 900. or SO per cent. and
I'm California, the Mountain Copper
Company paid 81. 200.000 or 1872 per cent.
on its share OF capital.
ator clark's property is credited with
paying 1850. 90. or IS per cent. on its
capital stock, and the Arizona Company.
s576,42e, or IS per cent.
Gold Mining Companies.
1.-THE next largest dividend payers In the
ten months were the gold mining COM
panles, which also produced some silver
and lead. In this group the leaders were
STATIONS Independence. Limited OF Colo
RADIO with 81. 7s9 1877. or 35.s per cent. on its
issued capital stock. and Portland. s7SO,oo
EN- South Dakota the Homestake Gold
Mining Company Is foremost with slo5.ooo,
or per cent on its share capital. In
Utah the Silver King Company paid $780,
ooo. or Is per cent, on It's capitalization.
and the Daly-West Company. sii2,5oo. or
TreaS S fs Gold Mining Company paid out
In Arizona the La Fortuna Gold Mining
Company led with s2s2; 800; or % per cent
the Yellow Aster Company, with $4,000,
'.of the silver-iead dividend payers.
being the Empire state-Idaho Mining
Company with 1926 ,54i. or 80 per cent. on
its issued shares; the Standard Company.
Hump o. or 10 per per cent cent ana the
Bunker Hnl-Sullivan Company. with
$4,000. or per cent.
Lead and Zinc.
''of the lead and zinc mining COM
panies In Missouri and Kansas, the. st.
Joseph Lead Company leads with Sill, 500
or 46 per cent. on Its issued share capital
There have also been numerous
smaller dividend payers, especially In the
gold and silver mining industry. while In
the lead-xinc section the number has
grown owing In part. to the end Of the
speculative bubble which favor the In
corporation OF companies that promised
and In some instances paid l per cent.
monthly dividends.
THE dividend disbursements mentioned
above do not include those made by the
coal and iron mines, oil companies and
the metal smelling and refining com
panies. which have been enormous In
the past ten months. There are also many
private corporations that do not report
their dividends. and these, IL added
would bring the grand total paid TO stock
holders I'm dividends to very large
amount uneuualed probably by any other
industry In this country"