The San Francisco call., 1901-10-20
MINES AND MINING.

MONTEzUMA COPPER & COAL SHARES
MoNTEzUMA COPPER COAL SHARES.
MoNTEzUMA COPPER COPPER 8 COAL ssHAREs.
PAYING QUARTERLY DIVIDENDS.
PAYING QUARTERLY DIVIDENDS.
PAYING QUARTERLY DIVIDENDS.
AY1NG PAY1NG UARTEY 9UARTERLY DiviDENDs. DifyiDENDs
Thousands of readers of these advertisements
have cause to regret their apathy as regards
shares Of the Montezuma Mining Company Of
Washington when they were offered few
months ago at &c and &c. The price of shares
10 now 25c cash or Csc on instalments, yet are
only one quarter the price they will be In less
than a year; for Montezuma shares are GER
tainly going to par value of 81 per share. The
reason for 1t is obvious While no copper ore
has been marketed, many tons Of II are being
piled up on the dump at the Tacoma mine
work in tunneling was suspended for two
months while the machinery for operating the
air drills was being installed. That work Is
completed and a largely increased operating
force is now busiiy engaged in taking out ore
Before this ore can be marketed it is necessary
connect the mines with the Northem Pacific
Railway. which has just been completed from
Fairfax to the new town of Montezuma where
postofhcc has been established.
DIVIDENDS PAID FROM COAL.
While work at the copper mines is. az stated.
being vigorously prosecuted. operations at the
coal mines are even more active. More than
100 at work at the mines and in the
building OF a 50, 900 ton bunker at Montezuma
The coal taken out is OF a superior quality for
steaming and cokinE. while the product OF our
great backsmthing vein. varying from to
feet in width is being sold on the Tacoma and
Seattle markets At $40 per ton Montezuma
shareholders are absolutely certain OF handsome
dividends from this coal alone there being :.
feet of It In eight veins, all above water level.
As 10 quality. We cannot do better than quote
the following report of the tes, OF Mon.ezuma
coal made by the Quartermaster Generals De-
par,ment. Washington. D. c.. and addressed to
Major Ruhlen. ousrtermaster. Seattle. Wash
!ngton. as follows:
GOOD COAL. SAYS THE GOVERNMENT.
II am directed by the ouar,ermas,er General
to advise you that the said sample (Mon,ezuma
CoaD has been carefully tested by this office
and was found TO have equivalence OF eight
cen hundred and hf,y-n us5s, pounds the
cord of standard oak wood.
This coal was tried also in a blacksmith
forge. and was found 10 yield heavy welding
heat
Accompanying this report is a tabular state
rnent OF tests OF various Goals In on the
Franklin Coal. Washington. .,..,........e2 1922 lbs
Nanaimo. British Columbia. .22i? lbs
Scranton Anthracite. Pennsylvania. -. isIs lbs
weiinesan CasI r,,a ;,,,ho lbs
south Prairie. Washington 1913 lbs
MoNTEZUmA ..............s.............. 1859 lbs
II will be seen from the above tina, our Mon
'ezuma Coal has nearly eiEh, and one-hait go
per cent greater heating power than the eele-
bratcd Nanaimc Coal and Welsh Anthracite
and falls very little short 0, Pennsylvania An
thracite Itself. in this respect. Considering that
the Montezuma Coal was taken directly from
the mines unwashed. this Is indeed remark.
able showing.
WHAT PRACTICAL MEN SAY
ABOUT MONTEZCMA COAL.