Salt Lake Tribune | 1904-07-13 | Page 6 | Dividend Record for Six Months

DIVIDEND mm FOB SiX MONTHS There wero 332 incoxi)Oialed mines and. metallurgical companies in tho United Stales, by which dlvfdonda aggregating .161.S91.17C were. 'paid during tho half year ending Juno 30. says the Engineering and Mining Journal of New York. Of the dividends divi-dends twenty-six were regular monthly payments, principalis' by tho mines of Utah andk Colorado, that yleidod as high as W per cent per annum. Tho gold, silver and lead properties pay tho larger number of dividends, usually In small Installments. Among the belter paying mines are tho Camp BinL, at Ouray, Ou-ray, Colo., which, up to the, end of Juno, has paid aL the rate of 20 per cent per annum on par of S5; Silver King of Utah. 10 p?r cent on par of ?20; Daly West of Utah, 21 per cent on $2n. nnd Portland of Cripplo Creek, Colo.. 21 per cent on Jl. It Is Interesting to add that tho two best paying low-grade gold mines arc tho Homestako of South Dakota, which distribute:" dis-tribute:" 3 per cent In dividends on a cup-Uallsatlon cup-Uallsatlon of S21.S 10.000, and the Alaska-Treadwoll Alaska-Treadwoll on Douglas island. Alaska, which will divide this year 7.G per cent on a capital of $5,000,000. Tho improvement In the silver and htad markets has enabled tho American Smelting Smelt-ing and Refining company to pay 0 per cent on the common slock arid 7 per cent on tho preferred. During the period embraced' in tho exhibit ex-hibit the companies of Utah have distributed distrib-uted 52,040.500, this exclusive of profits that have been, divided by the "close corporations" cor-porations" and personal undertakings.