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Show UTAH CONSOLIDATED DECUHDE! Will Pay $1 a Share as Against Fifty Cents Last Quarter. Advices by Pollock's wire say that Utah Consolidated yesterday declared a dividend divi-dend of $1 per idiarc. Thrco months ago 50 cents was paid. The present dividend aggregates J300,-000, J300,-000, as compared to half this amount, paid shareholders for several years. The advance In tho dividend rate, If continued con-tinued through tho year, would result ln aggregate dlsburesemonts of $1,200,000, which comes as a result of improvements In oro developments and extraction of this Bingham property. Utah Consolidated has already distributed distrib-uted upward of 5S.000.000 to Its fortunate fortu-nate owners, and as much as $2 per share quarterly was paid during the years when tho company was mining some of Its oest ores and operating Us own smelting plant. It still maintains a large surplus nnd It has been reported that the company contemplated Investing In some other mining properties in Alaska. The physical condition of the rropcrtles In Bingham arc good and tho company has considerable new territory there to open up. |