Show THE sacramento in answer to a query as to the standing and prospects of the sacramento mine at mercur utah the united states investor says the management of this company has always been considered first class although probably a little over conservative the stock is at present paying one half cent per share monthly dividends and while an increase in the payment is not looked for distribution is likely to be regular for some time to come at least the properties are showing some very large ore bodes and the prospects for the future of the proposition appear to be good the stock should be a tair fair purchase around going prices from 25 to 2612 26 cents the properties of the sacramento company directly adjoin those of the consolidated mercur in the mercur mining district of utah and the two propositions are very similar except that the ore grade of the sacramento is slightly lower than that of the consolidated mercur the company is capitalized for shares par value 5 the property has been under a course of development for a number of years and large bodies of good m milling illing ore are blocked out above the present level of the tunnel it is claimed that the company ha has s ore enough to keep the mill running for more than ten years at its present capacity it is only necessary to run the crushers eight hours horns a day in order to produce the present dividends which amount to per month the dividend might easily be increased if the officers of the company should deem it best it is generally felt that the property is well managed and that prospects are good for dividends for a long time just now the company is putting in some retorts for treating the ores of mercury it already has a cyanide plant it is claimed that it has large bodies of such ore that are worth from to 0 per ton those familiar fany liar with this ore say that the present dividends could be maintained without drawing upon the gold ore at all |