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Show FIFTY MILLIONS IN (WE DIVIDENDS IS PAID THIS YEAR No better evidence could be-pmdnved ef th. pmntablenea. ot minlnK and mill y Ins en the American continent as carried car-ried on tixlsv than thai ahT"rJ"l ty l dividend lab.'en ptlMli-hed. reKiilsrly tn th. Mining and Korlnerrlna W..1I1I (f-r-merly Minln Worl.ll. Whll. Hw UK- I lire given do not fully represent f lie returns made hy all cunpanles. vM 'lli? companies rpcrtlna are .uffl.-lent Iti number 10 aiv a falrlv roimJ representation representa-tion ef the profits realised as a rr.ult of th. present dv sane atid sfo method of operating mines and works. In vlw of tlie fael that there are hundred, hun-dred, of mines belna worked at a prom aufflHent to pay dlvldfnds. but from which no reports are obtainable, the hair year Just completed will stand "tit as probably the mt profitable In point of I dlrklenda paid In tha history of the In- -UFroni reports mad. to the Mining- snd Engineering World bv lit Ainerhsii mine, and works It la learned that shareholders share-holders In these eompanl. wer. enrulied during the half vear Just ended 10 Ihe .stent of 141. Sse.lli. This compares with 111 companies and M4.21S.lo: during dur-ing the earn period In 1" and eighty-Sis eighty-Sis eompanlee and CM41.1J In ItofJ. Adding Ute j;.;:2.i34.- disbursed by. eight sarurltlea holding corpora none, an amount derived from Ih. holding or aharee of other corporations, makes a total of l4S.(Xi;.S41 which haa gone Into tha hands of holders of storks of American Ameri-can mlnea and works during th. half year Juat ended. fronts Com Xaculaxlr. Br tha figure, available It la readily seen that dividend payments of certain American mines and worka are not of an Irregular nature, for In moat esses th.y are to be depended on to tie made at stated tnterrala. ell her monthly, quarterly quar-terly or semi-annually. As for Instsnc. the 1st mine, and worka mentioned herewith have, etnee Incorporation, distributed dis-tributed smong shareholders dividends totsMng M.1J4.7. a return of approximately ap-proximately 104 per cent on their combined com-bined Issued capital of t.47.l. Adding Add-ing th. disbursement, of the eight securities se-curities holding eorporatlona I13.JI.-J2C) I13.JI.-J2C) brings th total for these Mi eompanlee eom-panlee to tCO.PM.ilt. a return excelled by few If any other Industries. . To Investors tn mining shares tha dee-Mem! dee-Mem! table as published herewith n as-much as-much of Interest. The point of probably prob-ably the greatest Importance la Ihe relative rel-ative standing of tho various dividend . pa vera. By classifying them ss copper producers and gold-eltver-leed-Blne pro-d pro-d liners, we find that the latter, nln.ty-thrse nln.ty-thrse In number, have contributed the largest amount to the half year'a total, or 17 iat.ua. On the Issued capital of these companies. tI4i.7t.tS. a return haa been made by lh.ee co moan lea elnre Incorporation equivalent to per cent, or lltt.IM.tOi. Copper KIom Pay 117,000.00a With but twenty-three companies participating, par-ticipating, all but one In the I'nlted Htatea. the copper properties contributed to the half vr i total but little leas than the goat-allver-lead-alno properties, or I14.H1I.434. HI nee Incorporation, however, how-ever, these twenty-three properties have divided among ahareholders the princely aum of t3H0.12t.0J4. a return of approximately approxi-mately ISO per cent on the outstanding tJll.lN.02l share capltsl Htx metallurgical works during the half year earned omflte sufficient to par shareholders dividends totaling ts.-427. ts.-427. t4t. It 1 nee Incorporation thee, eompanlee eom-panlee have paid out tU4.13.14. making mak-ing a return of M ocr cent on the !-'.-ttl.tU issued capital. Of the ninety-three gold-sllver-iead-stne producers paving dlvldenda In ltll. fifty-eight are operated In the United Hlatea. and thev hav. to their credit dlshuraementa totaling tt.S17.7H. with a record to date of llM.14:.7So. an H par cent return on their laaued capital. Rlxteee) eompanlee operating In Canada Can-ada contributed to the half vear'a total tn.4St.l86. with a total disbursement during the few veara of their Incorporation Incorpo-ration of t2t.t9t.0Dt. a return equivalent to it per cent on their' Issued capital. Mexico, by reason of Its Internal strife, contributed only IJ.J7t.K42 to the half year'a total; nut the eighteen eompanlee contributing have a record of disburse, ments since Incorporation of t2t.lts.7ft3. a S4 par cent return oa the outstanding eanltal. The noeomnanvrng table given the amount of dlvldenda paid during June and ihe amount per ahare: Dividends Paid tn June. j 1 i. i 01 Cmnpeny. j? - r . American B 8. pfd. A tl It !. lx. pfd. B I.St tTS.tmn British Columbia Cop l'l 7a. Ml Bunker Hill and S . tf.100 Bulla Coalition 26 ?io.noo Calumet and llecla t.nfl (oo.fMO Colorado, t tah ee (i.imhi 1 Crown Reeerve. Ont at ts.tlt Tvo. Bun. Mo I.r.0 SK..T4 fclkton Con.. Colo 021 Si M Fed. Mng. and Hm. pfd.. 1. 71 tie.! Fremont Con . CaJ 02 4.0O0 Frontier. Wla !. J.717 Hecla. Idaho 2 !e.0iWt Medley. B. C .10 at. nee rlomeatake. 8. P I l")Cl International Nickel gam. t ie ?-.!.(. Int. Km. and Ref I.se ton. nog Kendall. Mont 02 10.sn Kerr I-ake. Oct in Joo.ixio Knob Mill. Waah si n.eo la Republics. Men St 2 nee M. McKlnnev. Colo 01 l.V National Iad com ,1 lKl.tir, National Iad pfd 1.7 K.V12S Nevada Copper. Nev S7J goo.nse Norvh Btar. California .. .30 7S noo Or .bongo, l'tah. 1 stun, Phelps. Dodge. Co I K 1.12S.3i!Sl Q'lllp. Wash 01 l:,.s.o Ouincv. Mich l.eo noonoi Rio Plata. Me 10 37 111 Kt. Joaeph. Mo 14 Ita.ana' Htretton's lnd.. Com 10 so. son 8 -W.. Mo 2 '.MM T. and H. B.. Ont t oe It.:-. Inele Ham. flab I ."S rT..nmi Tatted Verde. Aria I .7. ;.him I tah Or. per. fiah I .75 l.i;.:..l? W.-L... Chit .OS I 70ft Yukon. T. T I . 1 I IMi.oes PABK CITY OBB SHIPMENTS. fjrrtpments of ore ft.im Ihe Park City mlnea during the past week were aa fl-Iowa: fl-Iowa: Poiuids. Stiver King f. Ait. ;mt latly Weel l.-VSi Pelv-Judg. .. 7Soo Tialv-Judge (slnrt 2.110 King Coneoleiated 04.700 Total ....4.e4.7e DAISY PRODUCE. rwiCAOO. J'l'y ..Butter .toady.. Fa-ga No market. Cl.es ataady. daJslee. 1t1?lc; twins, lie; young Americas. l:i912c; long boras. 121313c. ST. LOUIS WOOL, trr LOCI. July 3. Wool Weak: territory ter-ritory and western asedluma. ITCjlttc: Ana aaediuma, lt,17lr: fine, llffllv. Take roar famirv te baft air tomorrow. Half fare for children. 1TETAI. 1IABXXT. ' . pi brer at t2t cent, an ormce. iad at 14 :A tot toe 11 pounds. t i w ca'aud.s at 112 4Jl Im Use 1W 'lc. - |