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Show HOLIDAY DIVIDENDS OF C0FJD1EI Nearly One-Half Million Is . Paid Out During the Shopping Season. Special to The Tribune WALLACE, Ida., Dec. 2$. A conservative conserva-tive estimate placcn tho holiday dividend disbursements of tho Coo in d'Aleno mines at J-io0,000. This Includes na most prominent the Federal Mining & Smelt-Ins Smelt-Ins company's quarterly dividend declared de-clared December 11, of 5180,000: tho one hundred and dghty-thlrd monthly dividend divi-dend of tho Bunker 11111 &. Sullivan, amounting to ?G3,100. paid a few days aso; a payment of 5 cents a Bhnro by the Hecla company, aKJU'cgatlng 550.000, declared and disbursed Inst week. Tho estimate also Includes an arbitrary fis-uro fis-uro representing tho Hercules Docombor dlvldond, based on an estimated net en mint; of 5000.000 for tho year. The Hercules not beinj; an Incorporated company, com-pany, no figures are mado public. The announcement which reached Wallaco last week of tho Fedcral'o declaration dec-laration of $180,000 for the quarter, 1 would scorn to settlo tho question which is said to havo been raised at a previous previ-ous meeting when there was a suggestion sugges-tion mado to Increaso tho dividend rate from G to 7 per cent a year, the figure at which earnings wero distributed several sev-eral years ago, and somo of the stockholders stock-holders were disappointed In tholr anticipation antici-pation of a Chrlstman present In tho shnpo of added profits. This payment brings tho Federal's dividend payments for tho year to 5720,000, which Io 5120.000 less than In 1031. Tho total sinco disbursements dis-bursements to shareholders wcro Inaugurated Inau-gurated Is 57,3(31,000. Bunker Hill Record. The prc-hollday dividend of tho Bunker Bunk-er Hill vt Sullivan was declared early In the month and paid a few days later, j tho amount distributed to lta stockholders, stockhold-ers, 505, 100. bringing tho yearly total to I 5752,100.. This gives tho company a dividend divi-dend record of $13,011,750. The Hecla company, which ha3 been 1 called the greatest llttlo mine In the ! Coeur d'AIcnes, and which la one of the I most constant dividend payers In tho l district, paid a double-header of 550.000 ! on December 20, raising tbe total for tho twelve months to $300,000, bringing tho total payments of tho company since lta Incorporation to 52.680,000. or 265 per cent on lta capitalization. Tho regular payments of thin company during tho year Just closing has been 2 per cent a month. Tho management varied from this In October, adding 3 per cent, and now as a Chrlstmao present to Its ctoclc-holders ctoclc-holders the dividend In again Jumped to tho 5 per cent mark. Net Earnings Greater. Tho following tabulation shows tho not earnings of tho llvo largest dividend payers in tho district, giving a comparl-aon comparl-aon for three consecutive years: Company. I 1012 I 1011 I 1010 Bunker Hill I I J &. Sullivan 5 752.100 $ SGG,550'51.006,G00 Federal . .- 720,000 S 10,000 S40.000 Hercules . . t00,000l -400,000 oSC.000 Hecla aOO.OOO 2-10,000 200000 Snowstorm . 75,000 120,000 Totals .. $2.-1 17.1 Ool5'-3-Ifl.n50 $2,702,600 "Estimated. Numerous small companies which aro paying occasional dividends, also properties prop-erties not Incorporated and leases, would, If the ilgurea wero available for addition to the above tabic, probably put the showing for l'J12 In excess of tho threc-inllllon threc-inllllon mark. Now York Mining Slock3. Jamea A. Pollock & Co.. bankers and brokers, furnish tho following, received over their private wire vestorday after-noon after-noon : NEW YORK LISTED STOCKS. I Snlea.l II. I L. ICIso Chlno 1,000 -11J -132 -133 Goldllcld Con 700 2 2 Nevada Con 100 10 l'j 10 Ray Con 400 21 20J 21 Tftiui Copper 200 . 3$ 3S I 38 Miami Copper 100 25i 2511 25 Utah Copper 000 TiSJ 58 58 Inspiration IS 173 IS Stizdebakur. com... 100 35 35 35 Ont. Silver 3 j 21 3 NEW TQRIC CURB HANGE. I Sal cs. 1 II. 1 L. I Clsc First Nat'l Copper 2 TI 2 Glroux Con 200 4 3J 31 Kay Central 28 2J 23 Yukon Gold nj 3 r; Ohio Copper 150 11 H U New Keystone flta 2 13 2 1 South Utah 7. g g ! Mason Valloy 11 101 lOi ' Braden Copper 1,000 10 10i 10J ' Ely Con 500 10c Or, Sot Nevada Hills 100 13 ij1 115 1 Kerr Lake 300 23 23 Bolmont 5S0 S S? 2X 1 Tonopah 2.000 6Ei 6)t CI I Alaska S00 1221 122 U C Stores 1,100 113j!ll0 IllSJ Preferred 100.11,6i!ll65n7B NEW YORK CURB CLOSe! I Bid. Askd. I Ely Consolidated 5 .20 S 11 I Glroux Consolidated 3.S7 400 Yukon Gold 3.00 ?.'.S New Keystone 1.75 2 00 Nlplsslng ;i.l2i o'.S'i Ohio Copper 1.06J 1.20 La Rose 2.875 2.00 South Utah ;fii 373 British Col. Copper 4. 'go -j.75 Hay State Gas 60 75 (Braden ... 10.121 1025 3ason Valley 10.50 11.00 Sioux Consolidated ot .08 Colorado 15 "20 Iron Blossom 1.15 i"30 Carlsa 05 .15 Nevada Hills ,.. 1.374 1.50 Metal Market. The metal quotations for Saturday, posted by McConilck & Co.. were as fol-fjS'" fol-fjS'" Slver' cac: l"b fi-35; copper. |