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Show STnGGERl TOTALS IfJ COPPER PROFITS Properties Controlled by the Guggenheim Interests Add Big Extra Dividends. That the high price of copper wMcli has prevailed for many months unci the fart that the visible a.nd seeming ty available production of the red meta! has. in the main, been sold in advance up to at least the middle of the new year have added to the profits ot those fortunate enough to hold shared in the biggest copper mines, was made evident yesterday. Directors of the properties controlled by the Gufcefe-nhelm Interests yesterday held their meetings in New York and fixed the distribution in each case to be made December ol. The Utah Copper company, with 1,624,-00(i 1,624,-00(i shares outstanding, declared a quarterly quar-terly dividend of 52.00 per share and an extra dividend of $1 per share, as compared com-pared witii a quarterly dividend of $1-50 and J1.00 extra three months aso. Chino Copper, with f)00,OU0 shares, all issued, the bis producer of New Mexico, declared a quarterly dividend of SI. 50 per share and SI extra, compared with $1.25 and $1 extra last quarter. Ray Consolidated, with 1,600,000 shares, all outstanding, made the quarterly dividend divi-dend 75 cents per share, with 25 cents extra, compared with 50 cents per share regular and 5 cents extra three months ago. , Nevada Copper, with 1.909,857 shares outstanding, made the regular dividend of 50 cents per share quarterly, with $1 per share extra, as against 50 cents per share extra last quarter. Butte & Superior, was the only one of the bis Guggenheim copper producers in which the dividend was not raised. The regular quarterly dividend of $1.25 and S5 extra was declared. The company has 272,609 shares outstanding. Colonel D. C. Jackling is the managing director of all of these properties. |