Show increasing ITS DIVIDEND with no more display dis P lay or bluster than a well to do business man would exhibit in giving a salvation army A lass twenty five cents for a war cry the board of directors of the silver king mining I 1 company has added 25 to its usual monthly dividend disbursement making a total of to be divided among the stockholders rs of the association every thirty days should any of new mining enterprises begin payments by the posting of a dividend the fact would be heralded all over the world in specials and the newspapers would give the item a column or more in announcing the news with the increased dividend of the silver king no special mention is made and fuss and feathers are dispensed with this is a strange condition and shows that in mining and financial circles the silver king stands so well and is so accustomed to the distribution of princely fortunes twelve times a year that an increase of dividend payments hardly causes a ripple on the sea of stock investment and speculation As a matter of fact however there are but few enterprises industrial or mining which are paying such splendid dividends as is the silver king n which is now one of the greatest of producing mines there are but few who stop to think or consider what it means to a state or to the country which can boast of the possession of a mine which is paying a month regularly in dividends many mining and industrial enterprises do not pay this amount in velvet money once a year or in two three or five years in three months this means in six it has reached the goodly proportions of in nine months and in twelve months one million two hundred thousand when such facts and such an array of figures are presented to the reading public it should start a train of thought ahiel which should create lavo favorable rable impressions relative to the mining industry and should firmly establish the oft repeated assertion that mining has settled down to a legitimate and profitable basis when conducted on the same lines and principles such as should govern a man when engaging in any other business pursuit and this is not an isolated case nor is park city the home of the great silver king an r isolated and primitive camp as it is the proud p possessor of several other magnificent producers included in the number being the wonderful ontario which has alre already ady paid out over thirteen millions in dividends the daly which has nearly three millions paid in dividends to its credit and the daly west which distributes monthly to its shared share holders all of ahil which eh not taking into account the magnificent dividend divide nd payers of other utah mining camps as well as throughout this western country is proof indisputable that in hi mining affairs and investment opportunities are offered for heavy returns not often presented in trade and commercial circles no one can gainsay this and YO yet it is a fact that at one time the silver king the ontario the daly baly west and the daly were n nothing more than prospects which had disposing of their treasury stock at aulty in 1 domin if not almost insignificant nominal figured figure i R and time has wrought wondrous chan y et changes in their th belr respective histories and year VY by year hu seen a marked advance in the as value of their ati securities tie 8 antil today silver king is sell at 75 a share with the stock of the otha oth 8 er companies mentioned making continual and n remarkable gains but to return to the increase in the silver king dividend the splendid record made by this park city producer should be pointed to with commendable pride b by the people of this city and state stale and the further fact should be mentioned that the stock of the company is very largely held by home people and that they are the recipients of nearly all of the distributed monthly by this association |