The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-12-04
Dividends Paid by Mining Con-
Germs Reach Up to Grand
Total.
G0LDFIELD CON.
HOLDS FIRST PLACE
Record of Copper Companies
Seldom Equaled by Other
Industries.

The dividend declarations of American
mines and n,etalIurgical WORKS during
NoVcnber, though moi as large as for
some other months this Year increased
n considerable extent the Near's total.
a number Of companies which. according
La past performances, were expected 10
mako November disbursement. post
poncd the cvont 10 later month. The
eleven months OF the year. however.
have a record Of dividend disbursements
which continues 10 prove that mining is
nj, Industry comparable IN any ether In
point OF proti,ab,eness.
BY careful compilation the Mining
World is able 10 show that during the
eleven months OF 1910 there paid 10
holders OF the stock OF lSb American
mines and metalCrgical works. S66.94S. .
$50 Not Included IN this amount is
the S2.6Ai.45S disturscd by nine securi
lles holding corporations. which look for
their profits from stocks owned In other
corporations. Since Incorporation these
100 mines and works paid out in the
shape Of dividends the enormous total Of
Siol.9s6.9Ss. On the issued capital OF
this is return equivalent 10 ia per
cent. and return 10 shareholders. in
excess Of capitalization, OF $50, ,o5s.554:
At TIE head of the dividend list for
gold -silVer-lcsd zinc producers. for l02 of
these have. SO far this year. divided
among their shareholders s29.357.soa,
making grand total since Incorporation
an 81 per cent return Oh the outsJand-
ing capitalization OF e3s.eGo.11o
OF Tho 'lol companies mentioned above
sixty operate properties IN the United
States. and they contributed 10 the
eleven months total Si1 7S3. 63!. and 10
date slii.So1 l09, an ST pcr cent return
on tne outstanding sl5o,i67,J15 share capl-
tal. The companies leading I'm disburSc-
Incnts FOR the year rank as follows:
GpdGeid Consolidated. s7.ilS, 1876: Tono-
pah. Si:joo. 600 lIomcsIake. SsSl.ooo:
Bunker nm & Sullivan. s925SJD
Sixteen Canadian companies have so
far this year paid in dividends N.iSt,5S2.
and since Incorporation, So, i0l.l2o.
t$ per cent return on their outstanding
share capital cf s5l.?2f00S. The leading
Canadian contributors Ia tho years to-
tai rank follows: N!nissnC. 81 l00.-
900, Crown Reserve. sl.oGi.2SS; Yukon.
81 o5poop: Kerr Lake. 5000. 900.
Mexican companies. To the number of
twcniy-four contributed SALTS $50 20 the
ycrI's total OF $50. .0:3. SUo and since In
corporation !hcy have divided among
shareholders sIJ, ,a20O91. a return OF l59
rer cc,'i ON their combined issucd capi-
tai oi Sc9.J@J. 30. According to the years
total The leading PAYERS rank as fol-
:2H,; .,N, m DO: Gstrellas; 100000; Espcrsnza
ooo. FL oru. silJ, 900.
Although ranking second for the year
~ point oil dividends paid. the copper
properties. numbering tvcnty-four. all
but ono operated IN tho United states
haIc divided among shareholders since
rhrW Incorporation tl;e grand sum of
s]6i.iSl .S@J. THIS. on their combined is
sued capital Of sl2i.G9l.5lf. makes the
vcOarkJblc return OF @S9 per ccut an
achievement duplicated bv but few COM
panies operating III other lines Of indus
Try. These twcnty-foUr companies have
rs id far this year $22.03l. t99 In the
lead for the year and according 10 their
ranking tho following: Utah Cop
por. sS-sIs.ic6: United NcrGe. sg.4i5. 900;
anaconda, 50 100000: Calumet e. Iiecla
$4,000 NnNada Consolidated. $780,
rp0; Arizona, sl.03S or.
Seven mctsllurEical comma mics during
the year distributed dividends totaling
s1f.4S9.iS1 bringing the total for this
branch OF the industry no 10 sl07. .9S9.-
Sof On their issued capitaiZat ion OF
Sce.. f9I $50. this records a return epuiva-
lent 10 &! rcr cent American Smelling
leads as usual with Total declaration
for the year Of 5000. 600 fsS, 500, Quo GO
ing 70 holders Of common stock and
S2.o0o.o0o 10 holders cf prefcrrcd). In
terna tioral Nickel RANKS second with
ss.137.421 's2-602. 567 To preferred holders
and saS+.,5 10 cominnnl. United States
ferred si.70i.I5o and common s702. .0e0).
fpreferred sl.0S9.31j ana common s9@9.-
1911
Lending among the securities holding
CORPORATIONS is Phelps. Dodge G Co.
with disbursements during the eleven
months OF the year totalinG $3.50 .O95.
AmnlguUatcd is second with SCOT. .I56.
American Securities third with 81 $40. 600
and GucgcDnein Exploration fourth with
81 700 600