New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-08
Relevant Facts

Braden Copper.-July production VI
copper amounted to 6,O5O,OOO pounds
compared with 100000 pounds IN
June. 6,750,OO0 pounds in May and
2,76O,OOO pounds in July, 1916.
F. w. Woolworth.-Total sales for
july were s7,174,S57, an increase OF
s65l,O4 over that month in the year
preceding, and for the seven months
ended July 81 sales totalled S4S,6o3,ioO'
a gain Of $4,9el ,223.
Dividend Disbursements.-An extra
dividend CT 81 share has been de-
clared by the Copper Range Mining
Company and the regular quarterly
pavnent of S150 a share, payable sep,
tember Is to stockholders OF record
August y.
Directors Of the Quaker Oats Com
many Yesterday declared a quarterly
dividend of per cent on the comn ,I
etock pavable October Is to stockhold-
orc az record October /. Previously
this issue has been on a 10 per cent
onnuaI basis. The regular quarterly
dividend of IL per cent on the Pre-.
fsrrsd stock was also declared, payaole
November 80 to stockholders OF record
November /.
Miami "copper". Parke Charming;
Of the company salo
yesterday: miami productions for June
.mounted to $4,000 pounds OF cop
ner hut since that time no furtner
production has been made. Mediaton
nroceedings have been underway ioI
soma time between the miners ana tne
oficisls. but to date nothing dehnite
has resulted. There is good 1ouhuG,
ZION 10 believe that the miners VIII
rotnrn at the Globe mine during the
current week. but at the present tiHie
- ia impossible to state when opera
lions will be resumed at the Miami
and Inspiration mines.
Consolidated Arizona Smelting.-Re-
mort for the six months ended June
80, 1917, shows total coppeepGo pSouu o.
tion of 9 .4SO,000 pounds, 4,283 ounces
~ ,old and 1888 ounces of silver
which compares with 4,13l,OOO pounds
of copper for the first half OF 1910
9lsI ounces Of gold and 1881 ounces
Of silver.
S.H. Kress.-Sales for July totalled
q 100 ,397. an increase of 1412 per cent
over that month in 1916. For the
,.v.n months ended July 81 sales were
sss128e6. a gain of 14.2 per cent over
the corresponding period year ago.
Kennecott Copper Corporation.-Cop-
Der production for July shows SUP
stantial decrease from recent mohths'
owing to the strike OF miners ON INC
company's property when oegah Vi.
June Is. Total output for the moH.h
was 3,5so,00O pounds, compa are aoH WV; VI
5s4s,O00 pounds in June, ',ZVo'ooE Ia
Nav and 10,750,000 pouncs IN 1uiy,
1918. 1t was announced YESTERDAY ma
; ;. ct;on Of the company and that the
men are returning to WORK.
pI.ctr,c Auto-Lite.-This company
hos cold to the National City Com,
many $4,000 per cent one an9
two year notes, dated August To- OF
which $4,000 900 are due in 1918 ana
Ga 400 200 in 1919. The notes are Sc,
cureS bv s12,5OO,OOO Willys-OyerIand
common stock, 100000 Fisk RUBBER
second preferred and 81 100000 federai
Rubber second preferred stocks
shattuck Arizona Copper.-The July
report of production shows that output
of copper amounted to 2O5,0Sl pounds;
lead, 1O4,o44 pounds; silver, 3,Zl4
ounces, and gold. 80 ounces. In june
the company produced s56,3so POUNDS
OF copper, l90,393 pounds OF lead,
ll,2l3 ounces Of silver and lao ounces
Of gold
Reading Transit & Light.-Bonbrlgh
4 Co, have purchased an issue OF 81,
300, 900 two-year per cent secured
notes OF this company, subject TO APP
proyal of the Public Service Commis-
sion of Pennsylvania. The issue IS 10
provide in part for acquisition OF all
the outstanding common stock OF the
Metropolitan Edison Company, OF Read
ing and Lebanon, and the traction prop
erty of the United Traction Company.
Alaska Gold Mines Company.-Re-
ports for the quarter ended June 90
last total operating profits of sll4,23i,
compared with Sll3,043 in the preced-
ing three months. Charles Hayden,
president of the company, says the
tonnage mined during the quarter, av-
eraging better than 1000 tons per day,
shows the best results obtained for any
quarter since the beginning OF opera
tions. A total of 233,52l tons of ore
wero broken in the mine and 639,2l4
were trammed to the oreways. leaving
a total Of 1924, 500 tons of broken ore
in the slopes. During the quarter.
shortage Of labor. principally miners,
was experienced, thereby curtailing OPP
erations, especially during June. An
average daily tonnage of 1862 tons was
milled during the quarter, being the
best average tonnage since the start of
operations. The capacity Of the mill
has been increased from $500 tons to
10000 tons per day.