Daily Arizona silver belt., 1908-12-17
Senenty -6Oe Mines Pay Big
 Money in Eleuen Months

As the result of careful compilation the Mining World is enabled to show that seventy-five mines and metallur gieal works in the United States, dur ing the leven months of 1908, paid to stockholders in dividends the sum of $44 4,4s5,705, making grand total since their organization of$51S,926,S ,S3S on an issued capitalization of $i3l, ,077,9 ,9s3.
 The copper companies, as usual, hold the lead as dividend payers, for during these eleven months cighteen of them paid out in dividends $lS,276,092, mak- ing grand total since organization of $332, ,306,99S, on an outstanding capital ization of $s7, ,097 ,O00. Anaconda of Montana, which is controlled by the Amalgamated copper company, paid $2,- 100000 or twelve per cent on par, $25 so far this year, while the total amount to date is $4l 100000, on the issued capitalization of $30,0OO,O00. Boston & Montana, an Amalgamated property al so. has paid so far tbis year in divi- dends, $2,l00,000, or about 56 per cent on par $25, making a total to date of $59, l25, ,000, equivalent to over fifteen times the issued capitalization of $3,- 750,000, since it's incorporation in 1887. The Calumet X Hecla has turned over to its shareholders this year (ll months) $l,500,0 ,000, making q total disbursement to December l of the enormous sum of $l07 ,350,000. Calumet X Arizona is another of the copper wonders, for in less than seven years it has paid divi. dends amounting to $l0,200,000 on an issued capitalization of $2,000,00O. So far this year this company has paid div idends amounting to $900,000. United Verde, W. A. Clark s Arizona property, is credited with paying dividends -o- taling s2,250,000 this year, with total credit to date of $26,545,322 on a capi. talization of s3,O00,0OO.
 Forty-six gold, silver and lead mines paid dividends for the eleven months of the year amounting to sl0,926,936, making a grand total of $ll2,609,627 since organization, on an outstanding capitalization of $lls,s4s,l33. The great Homestake in South Dakota, cap italized at $21, ,s40,00 has paid this year $1,255,s 800, marked increase over the same period last year, when only siS6,sO0 was paid owing to the fires in its mines. Since it's organization the property has returned in dividends $l7,- 336, l50. Second place is given to the Bunker Hill & Sullivan silver.lead mine in the Occur d-Alenes, Idaho, which has declared this year dividends of $sl0,000 making a total to December l on $l0,- 596,000 on the capitalization of s.. 100000. Third in the rank is the Alas ka.Treadwell, the largest low-grade mine in the world. For the eleven months this year it duplicated its rec ord of the same period in 1907, when ii paid to its shareholders $600,000, mak- ing its total since organization $9,5s5,. 900, oni ts $5,O00,00 capitalization. The fourth on the list is comparatively a newcomer, Tonopah, which has SO far this year yielded an even half million dollars, with total credit of $3, 10000 on its $l,000,0O0 capitalization. Fifth in the line is the Portland mine of tho Cripple Creek district, Colorado, which has paid this year to its stockholder' $4s0, ,00O in dividends, with total oi ss, O7,0SO, on a capitalization of s3, 000,OO0.
 Six zine companies passed to stock holders $2,l24,00O in dividends during the eleven months of the eyar, making their total to December l, $l3,062, ,50C on an issued capitalization of s33, ,360, 900. Of these dividends the New Jer sey Zine company is credited with $l, 600,000 for the eleven months of tho year and total since organization Of $l2, 2,s00,000 on a capitalization of $10, 000,00O.
 One California quicksilver property i' credited with a dividend payment oi $l50,000 with total to date of $l,O70, OOO op a canitalizatiou nf S500 GOO