Show AL A AND MINING NEWS ST STOCK REPORTS A AND D WALL STREET BIG FOUR EXPLORATION I IMAY MAY PAY DIVIDEND IN NOVEMBER I Big Four Exploration stock has made some some- good gains recently on the local exchange The major part parl of ot the earnings earn earn- ings Inga of this concern comes from treatment treatment treatment treat treat- ment of the extensive tailings tal deposits at CHr jy The Flat Fiat entire VIres seven output u miles of the below I new w p Park mill m mt t J rif which Is a zinc product has been contracted for until the first of ot the year it-a it ta price which hl Insures the company a ai SUt i good d f Income From these tailings there was realized in the first half of the year an n amount that permitted dividend pay pay- n of ot Enlargement Of ot tie ri hilll ln plant necessitated the suspension of dividends Jends In July but it Is believed that they th y will be resumed next month Treatment of tons daily dally Is now being made from which a recovery recover of 60 pe per cent e of f the zinc c 40 per cent e or of the re lead d and J 3 35 p per eC cent of f the r gold l and d silver ton contents tents Is reported From Irom this operation opera- opera lion tion the earnings are placed at 1400 a aday aday aday day or at the rate of a yen year which would mean a a. larger earning per share than the stock Is' Is being is-being being quoted at Estimates of the tonnage to be treated are are placed at tons and the I value ton is The company expects ex cx- per tOsa to make el a net saving of 52 2 a t ton the deposits being secured lander inder a lease The tailings at Atkinson however are not the only asset of th the th company which was organized essentially for exploration purposes The company owns a zinc mine at Columbus N N. M. M consisting ln of nine sl claims 1 1 IU known n as the Tres e a This company also has a bond and lease on the Queen of the Hill HIl property at Stockton Utah on which It H is understood a R. payment has already been made Re Regular Regu lar shipments are going forward and earnings are at the rate of about a month The future of this property de depends depends depends de- de on the finding of ot the tile faulted portion portion portion por por- tion of or a bonanza ore body which Is practically assured an anT The authorized ft Big i Four c capitalization Exploration r I c company of has hasan hasan divided Into shares of ot a par value of 1 I of ot which shares are outstanding |