Show COLUMBUS CONSOLIDATED MAY LEVY ASSESSMENT ENT ENTA A special meeting of oP the directors of the Columbus Consolidated Mining company will be held on Tuesday next and the expectation is that an assess assessment assessment assessment s ment of ot possibly la a share will be levied on the capital stock of the cor corporation corporation corporation When questioned on the mat matter matter matter ter yesterday President and General Manager Tony Jacobson said that he was not able to foretell what action would be taken at the meeting He had been told that the report was V in circulation circulation circulation lation that the mine was to be closed down but that drat so far as he was was able to Judge juge would not be bEt the policy polley pur pursued pursued pursued sued He would not acknowledge that an assessment would be levied either though be lie did say that the shareholders ld ers could hardly claim that a kick was due if such action was taken because they had already receives a great deal more in dividends than they had paid I in assessments For some time owing to the t e low price I of ot the metals the company has not I been producing This has resulted In Inthe inthe the building of a overdraft I and unless the resumption of oJ ship shipments shipments ments on a large scale is decided upon it will be impossible to escape an as assessment assessment But the whole matter wilt be threshed out at the meeting on i Tuesday 1 |