The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-05-03
MINE PROFITS OF
PAST FOUR MONTHS
Good Increase Shown Over Same
Period of the Preced-
ing Year.
G0LDFIEJD CON. Is
LEADING THE LIST
Silver King Coalition Third in
the Silver-Lead-G Gold Diyi-
dend Payers.

During the first four months Of this
year seventy-scven American metal
mines and works paid dividends Of SAL
1881 Compared with the correspond
ing period last year. there is shown a
marked increase in point of profits aSd
IN the number of companies participat-
ing.
According to reports made to the Min
ing World the seventy y-sovcn properties
cited above have declared in dividends
since their Incorporation the grand total
of S6lS.3i6.2Is. This shows return oi
capital Of Of Sis. .is5. 56s. va VIZ '"
In addition to tho dividends reported
by metal mines and works is the dis
bursement Of securItlo5 holding corpora
tions and metal selling interests. Fivo
metallurgical works. with an issued capt
tsli5ation Of s2lo,lSe,:S5O paid 10 share, re-
year SI556,0H and since organization
SST. .6SS, 293 return equivalent 60 "
per cent cent The bulk Of 1hsse dividends Sn1rl
The Amagamntcd Copper company alone
has mailed holders of its S165SsI,oyo out
standing capitaliza tlon dividends Of sos
1907 10 date, a return equivalent TO 81
per cent American Smelters Securities
company. which is affiliated with the
American Smelling and Refining COM
pany. has paid dividends Of slS,OS6. .isa In
four years on it's issued capitalization OF
$4,000 900 Copper Range Con. which is
has paid dividends OF sS.s10.63i In eight
wears on an issued capitallza ton Of $aS.-
3IS.l00. One metal selling company. the
United which markets the products OF
the Amalgamated and others has paid
dividends this year OF Sc5o, 600. and since
organization $1,000. 900 on It's 900
outstanding capital.
Frfty-two gold, silver lead and zinc
properties have paid dividends of Se.522,-
sS6 between January and May this
mines have declared total OF Sll6,49f,-
o64: equivalent 20 about y per cent on
the outstanding capital Of Sl65 iSs,oS6. or
tho United states mines, contributing 10
the above. Goidficld Con. of Nevada takes
tho lead in point Of dividends paid for
the year; having on April 30 paid to its
ton since November %. 1907. when 1t paid
s36OOoo. The first dividend declared by
when $3.50, 900 was paid. making lis total
to date $1.I66.17o a return equivalent 10
; per cent on it's outstanding capital OF
With sSo So op pf the yeST and s
$50. 900 to date with silver King Coalition
of Utah third for the year with s562,o0o
stake OF South Dakotn. while only rank
ing fourth for the year with SI36.S00. far
overshadows all other gold mining COM
panies IN total dividends paid having to
capital OF sci. 500. 600
Twelve Canadian properties, all but one
located In the Cobalt section, have dur
Ing the past four months paid In divi-
dends S2,59l .429, and since Incorporation,
sing leads with 100000 for the first four
months OF the year and since incorpora-
ton s2,e4o.Ooo. Crown Reserve ranks
second for the year. with So45,32o, and
since incorporation s617.329
Eleven Mexican companies report divi-
dends Tor the four months Of the, year
of sl,07l,52I. and s2i,440.bS9 since incor-
poratlon. Espcranza leads for the year
with $4,000 and since incorporation Sl0-
20I, 300. FL Orc ranks second with Sll9.-
l2i for the year. and s5.33S,260 since in
corporation.
ton of the copper metal market and the
low price paid for the metal. eighteen
American copper properties have so far
this year paid To the shareholders SI.8O2-
corporation of S305. .2ls. 339, on an issued
capitalization Of s2.f00.710 The largest
dividend payer so far This year Is Ana
copda of Montana. which has paid POO
900, making total since organization
Of s42. SOC, 600 on n capitalization or 5000
100000. Arizona Copper ranks second,
with Sl,062.OOo for the year, and Sl@,-
Ii2.65I since organization.
Only one quicksilver minc reports divi-
dcndS for this ycar--thc New Idria in
California-which paid $4,000 and since
organization sl.l3oooO on AN issued CAPT
talization OF $500 600
Five mctallurgical works declared 81
556.0i1 in dividends this year. making q
total of 0S1 ,63S.29% since incorporation.
on an issued capitalization, of S2l0. l69;
$50. The leader. as always. IS the Ameri
can Smelling & Refining Co. which
has distributed so far this year -, 052, 500
and since incorporation S4T2l3.000 on an
tional Lead has paid this year sl.OOS-
Sl1. and since Incorporation S2i.64G. 703 on
its issued capitalization of s4l .i03. 400.
United States Smelling. Refining Min
year sl.0S3320. and TO date 81, sos. on
an issued capitalization of si1 Sol $50