Bisbee daily review., 1918-03-24

There follows a collection of data of dividend-paying mining companies in the United States, Canada and Mex ico. It is by no means complete, but an endeavor has been made to convey in one article, under a single caption and in the briefest possible manner, some idea of the metal-mining indus try on the North American continent.
 The Ahmeek Mining company or Michigan has paid dividends aggregat- ing S9,25O,O ,OO0, of which $3,200, 900 was disbursed in 1917 and S2,500.000 in 1916. Of the 100000 shares of $25 par outstanding 9S,04S are owned by the Calumet & Hecla Mining company.
 The Alaska-Mexican Gold Mining company has to it's credit dividends totaling $30,507, ,3S1, equivalent to SEAS on the 1SO.O00 shares of s5 par outstanding.
 The Alaska-Treadwell Gold Mining company, one of the most noted com panies operating in Alaska. has paid | to stockholders S15,7S5, ,00Q in divi- dends. or S7S92 per share on the out standing 100000 shares of s par. The American Smelling & Refining company has paid $10S, S,19S. 194 in divi- dends. Holders of the common stock have received S36,4O1, ,70S, of which $1,140,576 was distributed in 1916 and S4.269, ,66O in 1917 Total distributions are equivalent to nearly s51 share on the 6O9,9SO shares of $1O0 par out standing. On the 500,000 preferred -L ,F t-so fpo nv has distributed $e1 ,796,3S6, of which S3,5OO,0O0 was paid in 1917. Total pay ments on the preferred exceed SIPS a share.
 The American Shelters Securities company has distributed to holders of 116,S3S of preferred A and 41,792 shares of preferred B stock of sl00 par S12.66S,027 and $17.S64,4SO. re- spectively. making a total of SS0,532,- 507 Distributions on the preferred A stock are equal to more than S10S a share and those on the preferred B over s432 share.
 The American Zinc, Lead & Smelt- ing company has distributed total of s2,331 ,069. On the preferred stock it has paid $S36,009. of which s256.649 was disbursed in 1916 and s579.36O in 1917 This is equivalent to $8.55 a share on the 96,560 shares of S25 par outstanding On the 193,120 shares of common stock of s25 par outstand ] ing the company has distributed $1,, 495. .O60, of which S3S6,240 was paid last year. Dividends on the common stock to date are equivalent to STA share.
 The Anaconda Copper company paid i s19.S15.625 in 1917. bringing total dis trbiutions up to S137.707 800, equiva- lent to more than S59 a share.
 The Arizona Commercial Mining company became a dividend-payer in | 1916. when it distributed s122,500. In 1917 it paid s55s 800, bringing the to- tai up to s6S9 ,000, or S260 a share. ] on the outstanding 265,O00 shares of S5 par.
 The Arizona Copper company. ltd, has distributed a total of S22. .599, 1855. ! On the preferred stock it has dis bursed S2.367 .509 of which S119,221 | was paid in 1917. On the common stock it has paid $20.231. .S26. of which SHEA ,2S9 was disbursed in 1917
 The Arizona United Mining company | entered the list Of dividend-paying con cerns in 1916. Tn that wear it dis tributed $25, 900 and in 1917 it paid SIS. .OO0 making a total of $100.000.
 The Baltic Mining company of Mich igan. a copner producer, has distrihut- ed S7,950 900. equivalent to S79 50 share on the outstanding 100000 shares Of s25 par. 2
 The Bingham Mines company of Utah became p dividend-payer last year with the distribution of s1S7.500, ! Or s125 a share on the 150,000 shares | of BIO nar outstanding.
 The Bingham-New Haven Copper & { Gold Mining comnany, control Of wl,ich was acquired by the Utah Metal | & Tunnel company Tn 1915. has dividend record of S9e0 494, equivalent ! to about S4.20 a share on the out , standing 22S 690 shares Of S par
 The Bunker Hill & Sullivan Mining & Concentrating company. one of the big lead-silver producers of the Occur dAIene district of Idaho. has distribut- cd son. .592 En0, of which s2.043.750 was | paid in 1917.
 The Butte & Superior Mining com panv of Butte. Mont. has distributed ! s1e.94O. 9GA on it's outstanding 290197 | shares of s1n par. As a result of the high price of zinc then prevailing. the cnmnanv paid s34 share. or total | of S9 49O.420 in 1918 Last year IL paid s1.e2e S1O. or s6.65 a share.
 The Calumet and Arizona Mining company has distributed S35994.24 | of which s7.067.nS2 was raid in 1917.
 The Cslnuet & Hecla Mining com pany of Michigan has distributed grand total Of s1A5 250 900 in divi- dends of which SC 800 900 was paid in 1917. Total distributions to date are equivalent to s1452 50 share on the ortstarding 100000 shares. or over 5S times the par value of the stock. s25. Tn addition to large holdings in other corrranies Calumet & Hecla owns control of the Gratict Mining com
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