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Show Icon, mercur near the final stage Notification was received on "Wednesday "Wed-nesday by tho Consolidated Mercur Gold Mines company that the directors direct-ors on Monday, May 20, will declare a dividend of 3 cents a shade, or $:!0,-whlch $:!0,-whlch will be payable July 10, the transfer books closing on June L0. Everyone holding this stock is cautioned cau-tioned to see that the same is properly prop-erly transferred to his or her namo, giving the proper address to Secretary Secre-tary A. Reeves of the Salt Lake offices. of-fices. This is the first dividend of this oompany since December, 190G, and the payment of the same will brins .the total paid b this company Is !. 41f,:;i2 It. how'ener. is unfortunalcl not the case that this noted old sole producer - Utah is returning to tin regular dividend column after its several sev-eral years' absence; on the contrary its Is the first step taken in the liquidation li-quidation of the organization. Accompanying Accom-panying the dividend notice Is a state ment by President John Deru to th effect that unless some favorable developments de-velopments take place within the nex; few months the company will he compelled com-pelled to cease operations. |