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Show III SILVER KING IS j SEHMHI LIST 1 Dividend Record for Year Will it j j PJace It Near Head of Sil- ; . : ver-Lcad Mines. II ' ., ; PROFITS IN MINING j ' ' ; ARE ENORMOUS ' ; ! Economical Operation of Pres- 1 1 : cnt Day Adds fo Returns of j ! j Investment. ; ' I ' According to rcliablo statistics com- H, I, I ! .) piled. l3 the Mining World, Chicago, Hk , I rto groat Silver Kiug Coalition Mines H j, ! company, with its immense property in Hi ' i Park City district, stands second iu the H'j ii I list of silver-load dividend-payers iu the 11 : United Stntcs for tho first ton months mmj- i ! i of 1900. In the list of the four gold- Hj V f' ! .silver-lead Companies which lend in the ' t i dividend pavmeuts for tho your, threo MmM , 1 i i stand ahead of tho Silvor King, but H' . two of these Goldficld Con. and lloinc- mmt !f, stake arc virtually gold mines. This mmJ K. leaves Tonopah of IMevada, and Silver HN if Kins of Utah, the leaders of tho silvcr- 1 ' 1 1 lend properties, tho former having to MM J1, its credit for tho year a dividend dis- mM ( " ; burecmenl of $1,300,000, while Silver mMT' '( ' King Coalition comes second, with .$037,- mM : , H , .100 to its credil. There can be no doubt mm : i 'I ! of the enormous profits in mining, says mm t,ho World, wheu it is learned, through , ;j a careful compilation, that 100 Amcrb mm&- f j ; can companies, during tho first ten mM . 11 ; months of 1900 paid their shareholders mm j I , .-ro2,S50,110. It is further learned that mmJ ' . ' thoso 100-American mines and metal- t jji lurgical works havo paid since iuror- I I , poration tho enormous total of $5S9.- 1 I y . j -100.250, a return ou a combined issued Ml capitalization of .-ri5'10,5S4,S25 equivalent '& ' . to J07 per cent. 1 , 'I 1 Although much I he larger pari of 1 J " ' lhaso dividends has gone into I ho j f i ' pockets of individual shareholders, it H't;'L will be surpmin.tr to learn that nino i ' I) 1 holding corporations, owning tho ma- jj jjorit.v of the stock issued by certain ) . 'mine's and works, havo in ten months ' j this venr declared dividends of .$1:5,- ' 1 096.::76, making their crand total to ''; date $PS.31 1.41G. The leader of these, tho Amalgamated, lias so far thteycar H ' announced dividends of $3,077,7o7. tho Ih . last being 50 cents per share, payable , Xoveuiber 20, but not fibred in these H' I ' totals. Since its orynnization in April, Ht " ! 1500, this company has declared divi- t ,n ':: donds totaling -$50,732,120 on a eapi-talization eapi-talization which was cradu.-dly in- i',J creased to .$lo3.SS7.000. making a rc- H ' turp equivalent lo 30 per cent. ( i Of tho 109 comnanies pavin.c divi- I,, dends during the first ten months of H: , the present rear, 7R oneralo in tho ' I United States, lo in Moxico. lo in ly Canada aod 3 iu Central and South i , , , America. , I '. Of the 76 United States eompauics. Ht i1! 51 are classed as pold-silverlend pro- t dueers and thoy have so far this venr ' paid dividends' to the amount of .$14.- i 57S.716 on an issued capitalization of ,1J ,. 15-1,1 17,251. Since incorporatiou theso "J, j 76 companies have distributed a rand lj total of .$lir..lUI,-151. a return oT 73 i ' ner cent. In the lead continues Gold- X 'i field Con. of Nevada, which has lo ifs J ? credil to dale .$3,007.0):'.. of which $3,- 1 ' ':: 20I.2SS was paid duriiie tho ten months ,. of 1000. Tonopah, also of Nevada, is j .'' seeoud for (he year, with .$1,300,000. I . Tromestake is third for the year with A 1, 00-1 .000. but. in point of total divi- i .lends paid, leads all others, for since ,;, incorporation it has vielded profits suf-ficient suf-ficient to pay stockholders $1S.S05,150. y-' ' a relnrn equivalent to Sfi per cent. Sil- , rer Kincr Coalition nf Utah is fourth, ,. with $037,500 for the year. Hj i1 1 1 1 . Fourteen Canadian companies, all but Hf; 4 . one in t he Cobalt section, have so fur H, j'ij j this vear paid to shareholders $5.SS0.- H' 305. and sinre incornpraUon .$11,233 104. ) . j-l on au issued capitalization of $53,300.-, $53,300.-, J' 573. a 26 per eent return, an excellent HJ ,,: ' ' f showinir for I he few years iho prop- jt',, orlies havo been oncratod. NipissiuL' ; loads with .$1,350,000 for Iho vear and 1. iTH, .$3,300,000 to date, a return of 40 per - cent, on its .$6,000,000 issued share capi- J!';, 'aj. Crown TJesnryc. second on the list. ' ' i hap paid this vear $1.7S0S5. and La- Tfosc, third, has paid $056,526. r I j , vj Fourtesn rcxican companies, with H' issued capitalization of $22.9S7.500. Hj i have paid lo shareholders, since incor- H' f(, ,f; poratiou, $30,560,731. Durinp; the ten j ' 1 'J months just ouded. those companies Hi have dihtribuled $3,765,200 in divi- it, ?! dfud. El Oro leads for the year with 'i y K $826,200 and its total disbursements 'j jj amount to -$5,746,300. Esperanza, scc- H' (j V ond. with $731,250 for the year, has Hll'rl pa''' "' sncti incorporation .$10.15S,-Hif' .$10.15S,-Hif' '' i on an issued share capital of .$2.- l ij p 250,000. Naica is third, with $510,000 J JJlLa. and to date is credited with $2.S30.00l. jt J IE Of of tho 100 mines and inetnlliircical M' UlHv works payinp: dividends in 1000, 15 arc Hj J''M 'j copper properties, operatinp; in the & ' United States. These 15 mines have so JV ji '; far iu 1000 yieldel profits iu tho shape ijj of dividends to the amount of $J.45S5.- iK K ,: 014.' Sibce incorporation the com- i panics controlling these mines havo dis- ij Vv. tributed among shareholders Iho euor- $f ',' mous total of $321,304,042. a return ,11 jy equivalent lo 10S per cent, on an issued HHjjj' ii capitalization of .$7S,655.1)S0. I'j J l,' The largest copper dividend payor B J fl ,: 'hip year is Anacouda of Montana (an ffr jl Amalgamated protege), with $2,400,000, j i equivalent, to -$2 per share, and making ,1 ' n llal sinco Juno, 1S05, of $45,300,000. Hh (t rv' a return of J51 per cent on the issued i a v sharo capital of $30,000,000 United ' Ufi'rrt Verde of Arizona, controlled hy V. A. i if. Clark, hasji-ieldcd dividends of .$2,250 t' jJt n00, or $7.o0 per share, for ten months M lit this year, and since, incorporation in fiUi i September, 1S00. has declared $23,707,- 1 ,4 j 000, or nearly eight times its cnpitaliza- p IK Mon of 3i000.000. The Calumet, , " Uecla. with a dividend record of $100,- ,t l u 750,000 since 1871. on a capitalization '4 of -$2,500,000, in the lnfjt ten nionths I j. has declared $11)00,000, or $10 per j ''Jl j' share. North "But to so far this vear iJ?' has $1,200,000 to its credit and since mMm i t ! , iuenrporation .$8,200,000. n-.e Thus is afforded all sun'icient ovi- j . j; donee that the operation of mines, with "t 4 ,ufl prc-sful economical systom of opera- m 1 i" Ii tion, is one of the best' paj-iug iuvest- p jt,tf meuts to be found. |
