Company | State or | Metals | Capitali- | Par/ |Dividends to
| Country | Produced | zation |Share|Jan. 1, 1912
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Alaska-Mexican |Alaska |gold | $1,000,000| $5 | $2,634,381
Alaska-Treadwell |Alaska |gold | 5,000,000| 25 | 11,385,000
Amalgamated |Montana |copper |155,000,000|100 | 63,579,315
Anaconda |Montana |copper | 30,000,000| 25 | 47,700,000
Arizona |Arizona |copper | 3,669,300| 1.20| 14,373,550
Baltic |Michigan |copper | 2,500,000| 25 | 6,050,000
Boston & Montana Cons. |Montana |copper | 3,750,000| 25 | 62,425,000
Bullion-Beck & Champion|Utah |silver, gold| 1,000,000| 10 | 2,738,400
Bunker Hill & Sullivan |Idaho |silver, lead| 3,000,000| 10 | 12,211,350
Butte Coalition |Montana |copper | 15,000,000| 15 | 2,450,000
Calumet & Arizona |Arizona |copper | 2,500,000| 10 | 11,500,000
Calumet & Hecla |Michigan |copper | 2,500,000| 25 |112,750,000
Camp Bird |Colorado |gold | 5,387,000| 5 | 6,541,960
Centennial-Eureka |Utah |gold, silver| 5,000,000| 25 | 2,700,000
Champion |Michigan |copper | 2,500,000| 25 | 5,700,000
Colorado |Utah |silver, lead| 200,000| 0.20| 2,270,000
Copper Range Con. |Michigan |copper | 40,000,000|100 | 10,751,180
Crown Reserve |Ontario |silver | 2,000,000| 1 | 2,387,898
Daly |Utah |gold, lead, | 3,000,000| 20 | 2,925,000
| | silver | | |
Daly-West |Utah |gold, lead, | 3,600,000| 20 | 6,201,000
| | silver | | |
DeLamar |Idaho |gold, silver| 400,000| 5 | 2,737,520
Doe Run |Missouri |lead | 10,000,000|100 | 2,448,478
Elkton Con. |Colorado |gold | 3,000,000| 1 | 2,666,959
El Oro |Mexico |gold, silver| 5,750,000| 5 | 12,426,590
Esperanza |Mexico |silver, gold| 2,250,000| 5 | 10,752,750
Federal |Idaho |silver, lead| 30,000,000|100 | 8,300,000
Gemini-Keystone |Utah |gold, silver| 500,000|100 | 2,000,000
Goldfield Con. |Nevada |gold, silver| 50,000,000| 10 | 11,027,812
Granby Con. |B. C. |copper,gold,| 15,000,000|100 | 3,778,630
| | silver | | |
Greene Con. |Mexico |copper | 10,000,000| 10 | 6,137,800
Guggenheim Exploration |Mexico |all metals | 22,000,000|100 | 10,151,995
Hecla |Idaho |silver, lead| 250,000| 0.25| 2,090,000
Hercules |Idaho |silver, lead| 1,000,000| 1 | 3,132,000
Homestake |S. Dakota |gold | 21,840,000|100 | 19,955,550
Hond. Rosario |C. A. |gold | 1,500,000| 10 | 2,955,000
Horn Silver |Utah |silver | 10,000,000| 25 | 5,642,000
Iron Silver |Colorado |all metals | 10,000,000| 20 | 4,250,000
Kerr Lake |Ontario |silver | 3,000,000| 5 | 2,430,000
La Rose Con |Ontario |silver | 7,500,000| $5 | 2,890,912
Mammoth |Utah |gold,silver,| 10,000,000| 25 | 2,220,000
| | copper | | |
Mohawk |Michigan |copper | 2,500,000| 25 | 2,150,000
Mountain |California|copper | 6,250,000| 25 | 4,216,250
Naica |Mexico |silver, lead| 30,000|300 | 3,190,000
Nevada Con |Nevada |copper | 10,000,000| 5 | 2,400,000
Nipissing |Ontario |silver | 6,000,000| 5 | 5,490,000
North Butte |Montana |copper,gold,| 9,000,000| 15 | 9,040,000
| | silver | | |
North Star |California|gold | 2,500,000| 10 | 2,786,988
Ontario |Utah |silver, lead| 5,000,000|100 | 14,962,500
Osceola |Michigan |copper | 2,500,000| 25 | 8,958,650
Panuco |Mexico |gold, silver| 2,000,000| | 7,465,000
Parrot |Montana |copper | 2,300,000| 10 | 6,991,138
Penoles |Mexico |silver, gold| 2,000,000| 50 | 4,741,687
Phelps, Dodge & Co |U. S. |copper | 50,000,000|100 | 8,766,747
Plumas, Eureka |California|gold | 1,406,250| 10 | 2,831,294
Portland |Colorado |gold | 3,000,000| 1 | 8,677,080
La Rose Con |Ontario |silver | $7,500,000| $5 | $2,890,912
Mammoth |Utah |gold,silver,| 10,000,000| 25 | 2,220,000
| | copper | | |
Mohawk |Michigan |copper | 2,500,000| 25 | 2,150,000
Mountain |California|copper | 6,250,000| 25 | 4,216,250
Naica |Mexico |silver, lead| 30,000|300 | 3,190,000
Nevada Con |Nevada |copper | 10,000,000| 5 | 2,400,000
Nipissing |Ontario |silver | 6,000,000| 5 | 5,490,000
North Butte |Montana |copper,gold,| 9,000,000| 15 | 9,040,000
| | silver | | |
North Star |California|gold | 2,500,000| 10 | 2,786,988
Ontario |Utah |silver, lead| 5,000,000|100 | 14,962,500
Osceola |Michigan |copper | 2,500,000| 25 | 8,958,650
Panuco |Mexico |gold, silver| 2,000,000| | 7,465,000
Parrot |Montana |copper | 2,300,000| 10 | 6,991,138
Penoles |Mexico |silver, gold| 2,000,000| 50 | 4,741,687
Phelps, Dodge & Co |U. S. |copper | 50,000,000|100 | 8,766,747
Plumas, Eureka |California|gold | 1,406,250| 10 | 2,831,294
Portland |Colorado |gold | 3,000,000| 1 | 8,677,080
Quincy |Michigan |copper | 3,750,000| 25 | 19,330,000
Richmond |Nevada |gold, silver| 1,350,000| 1 | 4,453,797
| | lead | | |
San Rafael |Mexico |gold, silver| 60,000| 25 | 3,218,338
Sta. Gertrudis |Mexico |gold, silver| 3,000,000| | 3,960,000
Sta. Maria del Paz |Mexico |gold, silver| 120,000| 12.50| 5,568,000
St. Joseph |Missouri |lead | 20,000,000| 10 | 7,208,357
Silver King Coalition |Utah |silver | 6,250,000| 5 | 12,522,385
Smuggler |Colorado |silver,lead,| 1,000,000| 1 | 2,235,000
| | zinc | | |
Standard Con |California|gold, silver| 2,000,000| 1 | 5,194,130
Stratton's Ind |Colorado |gold | 5,500,000| 5 | 5,028,568
Strong |Colorado |gold | 1,000,000| 1 | 2,275,000
Tamarack |Michigan |copper | 1,500,000| 25 | 9,420,000
Tennessee |Tennessee |copper | 5,000,000| 25 | 2,056,250
Tomboy |Colorado |gold, silver| 1,500,000| 5 | 2,561,000
Tonopah |Nevada |gold, silver| 1,000,000| 1 | 6,450,000
United |Montana |copper | 50,000,000|100 | 7,625,000
United Verde |Arizona |copper | 3,000,000| 10 | 26,722,000
Utah Copper |Utah |copper | 15,268,000| 10 | 5,629,785
Utah Con |Utah |copper | 1,500,000| 5 | 6,900,000
Vindicator Con |Colorado |gold | 1,500,000| 1 | 2,227,500
Wolverine |Michigan |copper | 1,500,000| 25 | 6,300,000
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INDEX
Accidents, 104
Adit, advantages of, 97, 100, 101, 104
Adit, defined, 95
Ajax mine, 200
Alaska, 8, 44, 67, 123
Amortization, 151
Anaconda mine, 44, 119
Arizona, 77
Australia, 26, 125
Bancroft, Geo., 160
Bankets, 116
Bassick mine, 112
Batea, 64
Bingham Canyon Dist., 73
Black Hills, 33, 74
Blanket vein, 111
Brazil placers, 8, 67
Buried placers, 61
Butte District, 44, 183
Cages, 102
California mining, 26, 31, 42, 61, 67
Camp Bird mine, 33, 121
Canadian mining claims, 54, 55
Capitalization, 140, 216
Charleton, A. G., 16
Chimneys, 112
Churn drilling, 65
Climatic influences, 83
Coal mining, 20, 23
Coal washing, 17
Colorado Fuel & Iron Co., 183
Colorado lode claims, 52
Comstock lode, 43, 91, 99
Concentration, 13, 156
Consulting engineer, 165
Copper mining, 24, 43, 73
Copper, price of, 175
Cornwall, 25, 122
Cost of patenting claims, 58
Cradle, 64
Cripple Creek District, 91, 109, 112, 125, 193, 196, 200, 214
Crosscuts, 96
Custom treatment, 210
Dead work, 79
Dikes, 108
Directors' functions, 163
Dividends of N. Amer. mines, 216
Dry placers, 71
Egypt, 22
Ely District, 74
Esperanza mine, 125
Examination of mines, 130, 191
Exploitation, 79, 166
Extralateral rights, 53
Failures in mining, 190
Gash veins, 111
Gangue, 118
Giants, 68
Gold, price of, 170
Gold production, 30 to 38
Golden Fleece, explained, 24
Grab samples, 167
Greece, mining in, 25, 122
High-grading, 126, 195
Homestake mine, 33, 123
Hoover, H. C., 162
Hydraulicking, 68, 70
Inclines, 95, 100
Incorporation, 140
Iron ore prices, 176
Joplin District, 13, 91
Kansas coal mining, 5
Kemp, Jas. F., 18
Kentucky lead mining, 8, 85
Keweenaw Peninsula, 116
Kimberly diamond mines, 43, 112, 127
Labor considerations, 84, 85
Lead, prices of, 178
Leadville, 44, 114, 150, 201, 205
Leasing, 195
Leonard, P. A., 186
Life of a mine, 92, 150
Lode defined, 51, 109, 110
Long tom, 65
Low-grade mining, 122, 200
Machinery, 89, 154
Management, 162
Mass, defined, 113
Metallurgy, 14
Mexico, 34, 43, 125
Mexican mining claims, 55
Milling, 14
Mine accounts, 179
Mine, definition of, 4, 8, 20
Mine promotion, 134, 139, 146, 186
Mine reports, 168
Miner's licenses and certificates, 55
Miner's pan, 64
Mine sampling, 130, 167
Mine timbers, 88
Mining, defined, 20, 80
Mining engineer's functions, 164, 191
Mining plants, 105, 154, 155, 157, 160
Minnesota iron ranges, 6, 42, 72, 127
Monitors, 68
Mount Morgan mine, 6, 73
Nevada Cons. Copper Co., 6, 74
New Zealand, 61
Nickel mining, 34, 43
Nickel, price of, 174
Ore defined, 18, 19
Ore deposition, 117
Ore dressing, 14, 16
Ore in sight, 131
Ore reserves, 131
Oroya-Brownhill mine, 125
Open pit mining, 72
Ophir, location, 24
_Pertinencia_, 56
Placer dredging, 66, 153
Placer defined, 60
Placering, 14
Platinum mining, 33
Platinum, price of, 172
Political considerations, 87
Porphyry mines, 76
Portland mine, 182, 200
Prospecting, 39
Prospects, 148
Prospect drilling, 65
Prospectuses, 186, 188
Quicksilver mining, 43
Quicksilver, price of, 178
Reddington mine, 43
Reddington, P. G., 198
Reefs, 116
Richard, R. H., 15
Rickard, T. A., 127
Riffles, 68
Robinson mine, 128
Rocker, 64
Roosevelt tunnel, 196
San Juan Region, 33, 99, 153
Secondary enrichment, 119
Secrecy in operations, 183
Shafts, 94, 98, 100
Silver, price of, 172
Silver production, 36
Skips, 102
Slope, defined, 95
Sluices, 68, 69
Sorting, 14
South Africa, 24, 33, 35, 128, 149
Spain, 122
Spurr, J. E., 120
Steam shovelling, 7, 72
Stock, defined, 112
Stratton's Independence mine, 194, 200
Stripping, 75
Sudbury district, 43
Supplies, mine, 87, 88
Surveyor-General offices, 58
Sutro tunnel, 99
Tin, price of, 173
Title to property, 81
Tonopah district, 13, 150
Topographical considerations, 82, 99
Transportation considerations, 82, 194
Transvaal, 13, 91
Treadwell mine, 44, 123
Treasury stock, 144
Treatment monopolies, 210, 214
Tungsten, price of, 174
Tunnel, defined, 94
Unionism, 85
United Verde mine, 182
U. S. Bureau of Mines, 28
U. S. coal claims, 47, 48
U. S. Forestry service, 197
U. S. lode claims, 46, 51
U. S. mineral output, 32 to 37
U. S. mineral surveyors, 56, 58
U. S. placer claims, 49
U. S. Postal Dept., 138, 189
Utah Copper Co., 6, 73
Van Hise, C. R., 115
Vein, defined, 107
Wallace, J. P., 150
Wallaroo mine, 43
Wasp No. 2 mine, 74
Wildcatting, 137, 193
Williams, Percy, 191
Zinc, price of, 177
End of Project Gutenberg's The Business of Mining, by Arthur J. Hoskin