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Show TINTIC MINES' BIG DIVIDENDS. Salt Lake City, June 11. The Colorado. Colo-rado. Iron Blossom and Sioux Consolidated Con-solidated mining companies, owning three adjoining properties in the Tin-tic Tin-tic district, yesterday posted dividends divi-dends aggregating more than $210,000. The latter posted 7 cents a share, aggregating ag-gregating on the issued stock something some-thing more than $49,000, w hile the Colorado Col-orado and Iron Blossom each came through with 8 cents a share, or 80,-000. 80,-000. The dividend of the Iron Blossom company was 1 cent to 3 cents more than the talent had been counting on, and the general opinion was that it would not exceed 7 cents a share, or $70,000. However, the company passed its dividend In May, and the larger amount distributed this month is due to that fact It is also understood that the Iron Blossom Is now producing produc-ing a large tonnage of high-grade ore, much better grade than the mine was previously capable of, with a prospect that conditions will improve as tho big ore-making fissure is developed along its strike. Iron Blossom books will close on the twentieth, and payment pay-ment will follow on the twenty-fifth. The Colorado Is doing weli at the time and it was expected that the usual us-ual S-cent would come of it. The Colorado Col-orado books close on the fifteenth and payment will be mado on tho twenty-first. twenty-first. The same dates govern the distribution dis-tribution of Sioux Consolidated, which is declared to be in shape to stand the present dividend rate for a year. Notwithstanding these good showings, show-ings, none of the stocks representing these properties responded to the dividend announcements yesterday afternoon, a fact which shows how dull tho market Is just now. |