Show BIG PROFITS IN MINING new york nov 3 in the ten months ending endina october the metal mining companies in this country reporting to the engineering gi mining Alini ncr journal paid a total of in dividends this is an excellent showing says that journal of the returns received by capital invested in the metal minina mining industry Duri during nr these ten months the largest divi bend payers were the copper companies of those in montana the amalgamated copper company which controls the anaconda parrot companies and a large interest in other companies declared or 8 per cent on its capitalization the anaconda copper company is credited with paying or 16 per cent on its capital stock the boston montana company or per cent and the parrot company or 60 per cent on its capital stock the amalgamated copper companas comp anys dividend however is really a duplication as it works no mines directly and its dividend fund is derived from the s stocks of other companies which it holds of the michigan 11 copper companies calumet heel hecla a paid in the ten months or per cent on its capitalization quincy or 28 per cent in california the mountain copper company paid or per cent on its share capital in arizona the united verde ex senator darks clarks property is credited with paying 11 or 55 per cent on its capital stock and the arizona company or 18 per cent the next largest dividend payers in the ten months were the gold mining companies which also aiso produced some silver and lead in this group the leaders were Strat tons independence pen dence limited of colorado with 1789 or per cent on its capital stock and portland or 25 per cent in south dakota the homestake Home stake gold mining company is foremost with or 5 per cent on its share capital in utah the silver king company paid or 25 per cent on its capitalization and the daly west company or per percent cent in alaska the alaska treadwell gold mining company paid out or 6 per cent on its capital stock in arizona the la fortuna gold mining company leads with or 93 per cent on its capitalization and in california we have the yellow aster company with or 13 per cent of the silver lead dividend payers those in idaho are the most prominent being the empire state idaho mining alining company with or 30 per cent on its issued shares the standard company with or 59 per cent buffalo hump or 10 per cent and the bunker hill sullivan company with or 7 per cent of the lead and zinc mining companies in missouri and kansas the st joseph lead company leads with or 45 per cent on its issued share Oa capital pital aare there have also been numerous smaller dividend payers especially in the gold and silver mining industry while in the lead and zinc section the number has grown less 11 1 1 owing in part to the end of the speculative bubble which favored the in incorporation C corporation orp oration of companies that promised and in some in instances paid 1 per cent monthly dividends divi denda the dividend disbursements mentioned above do not include those made by the coal and iron mines oil companies and the metal smelting smelling sm elting and refining re companies which have been enormous in the past ten months there i are also many private corporations that do art not re report port their dividends and these if added would bring the grand total paid to stockholders in dividends divi denda to a very laro laroe 1 e amount unequaled probably by any other in industry in this country |