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Show ire nor tit IT PMHI1HE Eleven Months of Current Season Sea-son Saw Huge Sum of Profits Paid. . COPPER STILL LEADS IN AMOUNT SHARED Nearly Fifty Million Dollars Paid in Dividends in This Year. As a result of caToful compilation Tho Mining World, Chicago, is able to show that sevonty-fivo mines and metallurgical metal-lurgical works in tho Unitbd Statos, during tho cloven months of 190S, paid to stockholders in dividends tho sum of $-15,8l3,S18, making a grand total since their organization of $520,254,951, on an issued capitalization of $431,G77,-9S3. $431,G77,-9S3. Tho copper companies, as usual, hold tho lead as dividend payers, for during thoso cloven months eighteen of these paid out in dividends $10,170,092, making mak-ing a grand total sinco organization of $333,206,998, on an outstanding capitalization capi-talization of $S7,097,000. Anaconda of Montana, which is controlled by tho Amalgamated Copper company, paid $2,400,000 or 12 per cent on par $25, so far this 3'car, whilo the total amount to date is $41,100,000 on tho issued capitalization cap-italization of $30,000,000. Bostou and Montana, an Amalgamated property nlso, has paid so far this vcar in dividends divi-dends $2,100,000. or about" 5(5 per cent on par $25, making a total to dato of $59,125,000, equivalent to over fifteen times tho issued capitalization of $3,-750,000. $3,-750,000. sinco its incorporation in 1SS7. Tho Calumot and Hccla has turned ovor to its shareholders this year (oleven months) $2,000,000, or 80 per cent on par $25, nraking a total disbursement of tho enormous sum of $107,S50,000, which is a return of about $1,049.25 u share. Calumet and Arizona is another of tho copper wonders, for in less than seven years it has paid dividends amounting to $10,200,000 on an issued capitalization of $2,000,000. So far this year this company has paid dividends divi-dends amounting to $900,000. United Verde, "W. A. Clark's Arizona proper! y, is credited with paying dividends totaling total-ing $2,250,000 this year, with a total crodit to dato of $20,545,322, on a capitalization cap-italization of $3,000,000. Fortv-six gold, silver and lead mines paid dividends for the clovon months of tho year amounting to $11,355,049, making "a grand total of $113,037,740 sincu organization, on an outstanding capitalization of $11S.S4S,133. The great Tlomcstake, in South Dakota, capitalized cap-italized at $21,840,000, has paid tin's year $1,255,800, a marked increase over the same period last year, when only $43G,S00 was paid, owing to tho fire in its mines. Smco its organization tho propert' has paid out in dividends $17,-330,150. $17,-330,150. Second place is given to tho Bunker Hill and Sullivan silver-load mine in the Coeur d'Alencs. Ida., which has declared this year dividends of 6S10.000, making a total to dato of $10,59R,000 on tho capitalization of $3,-000,000. $3,-000,000. Third in the rank is tho Alas-ka-Trcadwell, tho largest low-grado gold mino in the world. For t ho olevcu months this year it duplicated its record rec-ord of tho samo period in 1907, when it paid to its shareholders $600,000, making its total 6inco orgauizatioii $9,-585,000 $9,-585,000 on its $5,000,000 capitalization. The fourth on tho list is comparatively a nowcomor. Tonopah, which has ho far this vcar yielded an even half million dollars, with a total credit of $3,900,000 on its $1,000,000 capitalization. Fifth in tho line is tho Portland mine of the Cripple Crek district, Colorado, which has paid this .vcar to its stockholders $480,000 in dividcude, with a total to dato of $3,107,080, on a capitalization of $3,000,000. Six zinc companies passed to stockholders stock-holders $2,124,000 in dividends during tho eleven months of the vcar, making their total to dato $13,062,500 on an issued capitalization of $13,360,000. Of thoso dividends the New Jersey Zinc company is credited with $1,600,000 for tho oleven months of the year, and a total since organization of $12,S00,000 on a capitalization of $10,000,000. Ono California quicksilver proporty is credited with a dividend payment of $110,000, with a total to date of $,-070,000, $,-070,000, ou a capitalization of $500,-000. $500,-000. Six metallurgical plants having an issued is-sued capitalization of $1S7,126,S50, declared de-clared dividends for tho cloven months this year, mostly in quarterly installments, install-ments, $12,317,434, making a grand total to-tal to dato since organization $79,677,-.537. $79,677,-.537. Tho American Smolting and Ito-fining Ito-fining company distributed $6,000000 this year with a total to its credit sinco organization in April. 1899, of $44,581,-533. $44,581,-533. The United States Smelting, lie-fining lie-fining and Mining company paid out in dividends $2,402,721, and a total sinco organization January 30. 1906, $6,079,302 on an issuod capitalization of $7,500,000. Four securities holding corporations bavo declared this year dividends totaling total-ing $7,380,980, making a grand total to dato of $77,492,649, on an issued share capital of $241,260,000. Tho Amalgamated Amalga-mated Copper company leads with dividends divi-dends this year of $3,077,756, making a total of $57,235,139 sinco Aril, 1S99. Tho American Smelters Securities havo paid this year $2,520,000, .and to dato $9,075,000 oil an issued capitalization of $47,000,000. New York-Boston Letters. James A. Pollock & Co.. bankers and brokers. 6 West Second South stroot, furnish the foHowing, received over their private wiro yesterday afternoon: Walker Letter, New York. Market , today was very active, and trading on ' a big scale. After a steady opening, u number of low priced rails developed J great activity and strength. Lator prices began to sell off under the influence in-fluence of weakness in American I Smelter and Amalgamated, and prices became very weak. There was heavy t profit taking and the breaks were ' sharp. Closo was irregular and nervous ! and tho pyrotechnics in some stocks I caused uneasiness, Wc look for uu ac- livo market next week, and think it : wise to bo conservative. -Tho bank statement wns no good, and cnll money is apt to tighten up as wo approach tho end of tho year. llornblower and Week's Copper Let- ' tor, 4Boston. Notwithstanding weak- ' noss in tone throughout, list was good. Thcro was plenty of bull talk, and as ; soon as we got another good upturn in ' New York tho coppers will move i sharply. Tho close was firm. I |