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Show .sr ? i WESTERN MINING GAZETTEER. its ;ut DIVIDEND PAYING TABLE FOR INVESTORS. ri- - The annexed carefully preparol table shows the total wiles, the highest ami lowest prices of leading mining shares in the Sun Francisco market (luring the mouths ss- - uit Ir. Name and Lorvnox Com pan v. of July ami August, uml also shows the extreme profit on each stock which might have been realized in the latter nil sr- - mouth: Amic Con, Colorado s Argcutu, Nevada s for JULY. Barbee A Walker, Utah Hawick, Colorado os AUGUST. nd Ilodie, California o l Drecce Hill, Colorado s Caribou Con, Colorado o Chrysolite, Colorado s L Climax, Colorado s L Con. Virginia, Nevada os Dead wood, Dakota o Eureka Con. Nevada o s i Excelsior Wtr fc M. Co., Cala. . Father de Smet, Dakota o Freeland, Colorado Green Mountain, Californiao.. . . or- 3111 fns is lie A. A l is- - up ins Bobinson Con, Colorado S. than in There were 439,309 more shares sold in August i July. T1IE GOLD 31 Joseph, Missouri, I. Stormont, Utah s. Standard, California s Tombstome, Arizona s 0 YE 31 E NT. Tho movement of gold to this country lias awakened eon- sideraldc apprehension as well as discussion abroad as to what tho result is to be. In regard to tho position which England V holds, the Statist speaks at considerable length. The amount of gold taken by America from Europe last year was $S0,0(K),-00and about the same amount, the Statist estimates, will be required this year, while Europe, on account of its good crops, is likely to require more than an average of gold for home demands. The total average production each year from 1807 to 1870, as estimated bv Mr. Gillen in the statistics submitted bv him to the silver committee, was about 000, 000, of which $52,000,000 represented the yield of Australia, $28,500,000 of tho United States, and $21,000,000 of Russia. These figures are very much in excess of the actual production of the past few years, however. The imports of gold into England from Australia were in 1877 about $33,000,000; in 1878, j 000, and in 1870 only $15,750,000, thus showing that the production of the Australian colonies is far from being well main 0, V 10-2- , i $27,-100,-- tained. 10 10 5 1 10 2 54 10 5 10 10 5 1 r f ; out any the V had fallen to a little over $1,000,000, and in .1870 to less than 2,000,000. For the past three years England has received literally no gold from Russia, whatever of that country's pro-- l ductiou mav have drifted into Germany or other parts of the Continent. The Statist then savs that, summarising the gold production of the world, it is impossible to estimate for so high a yield as in the decade of full In ease production, 1807-7- 0. moderate pressure England could, perhaps, obtain gold at the rate of $25,000,000 per annum from Australia, but tins is no more than enough to meet the annual requirements of Eng- - jl ! tf5 (XX)j 10 (NX) 1(H) OK) 10 May 20 10 25 25 : 10 50 80 50 25 50 25 80 , 10' 10 OX) no (XX)1 (XX)' (NX), OOOjJnn (XX) lO) 50 no no no OOOJJuly 1880 350 (XX) Mar 18 0 (2.5 000 Aug 1880 iXX) (XX) 2 840 200 JunclSSO 1 10!........ 000 OX) 00 OX)! 25! 10 (XX) (NX) 2(H) OX) 50 1 (XX) OX) 1(H) (XX) 10 150 OK) 150 OK) I 10 (XX) 05 (XX) (KM); 100 (XX) 1(X) (XX)l(X) 8(K) 10) OfC :io 200 (XX) Jan 1880 ore M) 210 (XX)iAug 1880 7) VK WO 1880 10 10 (XX) 000400 OX)j 25 n Last and amount. (NJO-Ma- 50 (NN)'l(M) (XK) oooi 12 500 25 0(H) July 1878 1 00 2 Aug 18.80 200 Jan 1800 I (X) 135 500 Mar 1880 315 830. May 1880 75 (XX) Junel8801S7 250 (XK)j (XX) IX) (XX) (XX) (KM) 250 (XX) Aug D80 Aug Aug I.... 1880 1880 i0 10 H) land alone; the Russian supply is retained or intercepted, and the American supply is not suifered to How out of the country of its production. To meet the strong demand for America, as far as it swells the animal requirements of gold, and causes the demand to exceed the production of the world, the only course is to supply it from stocks. The stocks are, however, available only in France and England as Germany is unwilling to export gold, and has already raised its bank rate of discount in order to check its cflltlx-ThStatist estimates tho American demand at $75,000,000, which it admits is far less than tho amount which was absorbed in the United States last year. This demand would .absorb the native production and would call for shipment from abroad about $50,000,000. This amount, the Statist claims, would represent the actual excess of demand over the present rate of supply, basing its conclusions upon the following estimates: e Normal consumption, ISO 7-- 70 Additional under present conditions American requirements, say Together Yearly production "Whatever may be the production of America, England can- - 'lL 1 Paid to date. 1880 40 000, Feb 1880 (NX) (NX) 100 (XX); 10 20 (XX) July 1880 (XX) 000:100 (XX) 100 25 000 Fel) 1880 1 (NX) 1(H) 1880 (NX) (XX) 1(K) 2(X) (XX) 000 300 (XX) 2 000 Feb 18S0 50 000 Mr r 1880 (NX) (XX) 1(X) (XX) 10 no 1(X) 000 Apr 1880 (XX) (NX) 200 O(X) ISO 000 Aug 1880 (XX) 000 200 OX) 10 474 (XX) June 1873,3 00.42 (XX) 000 July 1880 000 000 540 OX).l(X) (XX) 1(H) 2(X) (KXVAug 1880 (XX) (XX)l(X) 1 155 000 JunelSSO (XX) (XX) 50 (XX) l()0i 10) 000 May 1870 00 825 000 Aug 1880 (XX) (XX) 1(X) OX) loo1, 240 (XX) July 1880 (XX) (XX). 100 fXX) l(X) OfJ (XX) (NX);200 OX) 50 000 May 1880 81 250 July 1880 250 000.125 (XX)! 10 1 (XX) (XX) (XX) (XX) QUO 000 j Aug 1880 1(X) (XX) 10). Apr 1878 (X) 000 fMH) 10 000 000 100 (MM I .n rre- - Levied Date and to date. ambit of last. Jloincstnke, Dakota o Horn Silver, Utah s 2 OX) 00)200 La Plata, Colorado s 2 (XX) (XX)2(X) Leailville, Colorado s 10 (XX) (KX),2(X) Little Chief, Colorado s e (XX) OX) 2(K) 20 s Little Pitlsburg, Colorado L.... 5 (XX) OK) no Northern Belle, Nevada s 10 (XX) OX) 100 Ontario, Utah s 10 (XX) (XX) 10) Opliir, Nevada us 1 OX) (XX) 150 Ore Knob, N. Carolina c 1 30) (XX) 54 Kiclunoud, Nevada s rk. Ill'll Capital Slock. 0 os Dividends. Assessments. or L MINES-18- 80. $ 50,000,000 10,000,000 75,000,000 $135,000,000 85,000,000 $ 50,000,000 Sueli a state of allairs, the Statist says, cannot go on. Last year the immense extaordinarty requirements of America wore met bv a surplus of gold in France and England. Tins year England has no surplus which we can afford to lose. As yet Franco has partly eluded the drain; it has been diverted to Germany, who, however, shows a manifest disinclination to let America or any other country get her gold, and we are as yet doubtful whether the Hank of France will allow one gold piece to leave its coffers for export. The drain to America last year took olf the surplus of European stocks, and now at the? first renewal of that drain we begin to see the gravel. The drain, it is true, is still in some measure hypothetical, and so is the supply by which France may be able or willing to meet it. In the Rank of France there is but 30,000, 000 sterling in gold; in the Rank of England but 10,000,000. If France will not, England cannot spare the metal. I- - |