Show AMONG DIVIDEND PAYERS First of Great Tonopah Mines to Get in the List The first of the great Tonopah mines to gel into the list of the dividendpay ers is i the MontanaTonopah which started off yest < duy by its board of directors di-rectors announcing that it would on December Oth hand I out to stockholders stock-holders bread money = amounting to 50 000 the books to close on the 15th of this month This most welcome news while not entirely unexpected in mining circles gives a double assurance of the wealth and magnitude of the propertys ore deposits which are as yet according to present indications virtually untouched un-touched Coincident with the announcement of mitts passing around of velvet among the few who are fortunate enough to have a share in this young giant in a bonanza camp comes the returns from the Inst car of ore shipped by the Mon taimTonopah company the amount for the single lot of one car footing un 22 JliG JliGThe The news of both the dividend and the returns from the shipment was telegraphed tele-graphed to A C Ells o this city by President Charles 13 Knox who with some other members of the board is now on the ground at Tonopah where the directors meeting at which the decision de-cision to make the llrst distribution of earnings was yesterday made The dividend of 50000 is on a basis of fi cents for each share of the com panys stock which is not widely scattered and the amount realized by each of the shareholders will be sufficient suffi-cient to make a truly acceptable Christmas present Aside from President Knox others heavily Interested l in the property whose development has been so rapid and gratifying are Judge W TL Dick ron and Ellis Ellis of Ibis city When it is taken into consideration that the single car of ore last shipped will furnish Heal h onehalf of the first dividend the propability that the distribution dis-tribution of earnings will regularly continue con-tinue appears to admit of little doubt |