Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1915-09-05 | Page 56 | America's Mining Dividends in 1914

i AM AMERICAS AMERICA'S RICAs RICA's MINING N NG 1 I DIVIDENDS IN 1914 1 I I During 1914 American mines paid out dividends The total was 5 This Is tho the fewest number of at companies contributing sinco 1908 but comments the Mining lUning and Engineering World orld the amount Is exceeded only b by the tho dividend pa payments mente in the last three years and but hut verifies verities our oft oft- repeated assertion that even cven in the tho leanest years ears mining as ns now carried on Is a profitable undertaking second I to none of or the American Industries 1 As a further evidence of the tho profitableness profitableness profit profit- of or mining we are able to show that these theBO companies have since their Incorporation divided among their fortunate shareholders the enormous arum fum of ot With an outstanding outstanding ing capital of this lo is equivalent equivalent equiv equiv- alent to a return of or approximately per cent Then go a step further and Imagine Ine If It you OU can tho the Immense sums that are paid out by these companies for tor labor machinery taxes and miscellaneous miscellaneous miscellaneous laneous supplies you supplies you then have a a. grand total that would truly surprise you OU Among the 1914 1 dividend payers were twenty seven copper companies distrIbuting distributing dis dis- dis- dis There were ninetyfour ninetyfour nine nine- t four ty-four four silver gold old lea companies with a a. credit of or 30 Among Among- the lists were sixteen Utah companies with an nn aggregate of or dividends of or 1 nearly ill