Show m I EAGLE BLUE BLUEBELL BELL 1918 PROFITS H GOOD Mine Works Under Several Disadvantages but Has Excellent Year Th Tho annual report of at tho the Eagle Bale Blue BlueBell Bell Mining compan company made ti-tade public In Del New York today shows the 1916 net act earnings s of or the tola company to bo be equal to 17 cents a share har This compares with wih 1331 In 1915 antI and in l l. l Dividends of or 10 0 cents w were ro paid al last year car and tho they would have been larger but for unavoidable difficulties on the operating end Production in th the thu early part of tho the year was retarded b by del delay Inthe in inthe inthe the Installing of a 1 new hoist and when this was ws going at full rul tilt tl smelters In tho latter part of ot the year car were unable to take full rul shipments thereby reducing tho the profits During tho the year con considerable development develop develop- mont ment work was done and new ore ore- bodies holes found In the tho UPI upper r levels of ot tho tim property that had never before been developed January gross profits prof were over I December as compared with In January net was over as s compared compared com corn comI I pared with wih over HOOf In the tho closing month of or last year February I Is expected to do as lS well wel If Ir not better bel r than January Januar Current earnings are aro aro therefore at rate rato of t OOOO per annum or better than two and ant a half hat times last years year's showing |