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Show JULY DIVIDENDS Tho July dividend returns, for 53 companies reported to Mining & Engineering En-gineering World amounted to $12,149,-C10. $12,149,-C10. This showing, made In the face of discouraging conditions in the metal met-al markets, low prices, and necessary production curtailment of certain metals. Is unusually satisfactory, for all of the regular quarterly dividends duo In July were promptly paid, whllo a number, Increased the usual amount. The $12,149,610 paid In July brings tho year's total to $53,092,471. Tho companies havo paid since Incorporation, Incorpora-tion, $722,790,214, a return of 105 'per cent on the combined issued capitalization capital-ization of $GSC,10G,203, which compares com-pares very favorably witnh the showing show-ing made by other Industries. This i amount, however, does not include the profits of certnln private and close corporations, whose officials refuse to give out any statements of earnings. During the seven months of 1911, gold-sllver-lead-zlnc companies dis-trlbuted dis-trlbuted $23,080,923 In dividends bringing bring-ing their total to date to $219.1-12,-9CS, which, on their Issued capitalization capitaliza-tion of $2G 1,433. JOS, Is a return equivalent equiv-alent to S3 per cent i Of these 97 gold-silver lead-zinc companies G3 operato properties In the United States, and for the seven months of thQ year their dividend disbursements dis-bursements totaled $13,654,5SH The grand total, clnce Incorporation, Is $; 19,007,510 an SS per cent return on their combined Issued capital of $168.-113,715. $168.-113,715. J Sixteen Canadian companies paid $G,740,729 during tho first seven months of 1911, and slnco mcorporn- I tion have paid $30,025,621, n 55 por cent leturn on tho $51,041,615 cap-Ital. cap-Ital. In spite of generally unsatlsfactor conditions in Mexico 17 gold-slhor- lead-zinc companies havo paid In divl-. divl-. dends, so far this year a total jf $::,-I $::,-I 24O.G0G, with a grand total of $37,049,--ro "n tne,r abarc capital of $37,777 58. this Is 9S per cent return. Twenty-three copper companies all but one operating in the United States, have pad in dividends during the year $20,877,507, and since Jncor-' Jncor-' poratlou, $384,288,307, a return of J 79 per cont on the outstanding capital of $215,481,141. ?!X f tallrglcal compan-es hav0 paid dividends during the year, totaling total-ing $130,000. sinco incorporation ; these two companies have paid W.220,-000, W.220,-000, a 2G8 per cent return on tho total to-tal ksued capital of $1,200,000. |