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The production of the district for January, 1900, was .x2,400,000.00, and for February, 1900,
<br />~~-,,= $2,100,000.00, and this, notwithstanding the fact that the production has been curtailed ov
<br />account of inadequate treatment facilities, the production of the mines having outgrown the capacih
<br />of the mills and smelters.
<br />The congested condition of the mills will be relieved during the nest few months, as several
<br />vew plants, having a combined capacity of 1,000 tons per day, are now assured.
<br />DIVIDENDS.
<br />In the matter of dividends, as well as in the matter of production, 1899 was the banner year
<br />for the Cripple Creek district.
<br />During that year the total dividends paid by companies operating in this district amounted
<br />to 54,3"x4,402.55, an increase of 51,758,257.55, or over 50 per cent.
<br />The following table shows the dividends paid by Cripple Creek companies, by years; since
<br />the discovery of gold in that district: ,
<br />1893 .......... ...... SS8,940 00 1697---........
<br />I ..... 51,269,395 00
<br />7894 .......... 1898...........
<br />...... 853,450 21 ..... 2,596,145 00
<br />1895 .......... ...... 1,211,000 00 1899........... ..... 4,354,402 85
<br />1896 .......... ...... 1,176,74-1 37 ', Total...... ..... 511,570,077 43
<br />These dividends Lave not been paid by a few large corporations; forty-five companies Laving
<br />contributed to make up the grand total; nor do these figures include profits made from mines
<br />operated under individual ownership or by lessees. Besides paying this large amount of dividends,
<br />many of the Cripple Creek companies Lave accumulated large cast treasury balances, these
<br />balances in some instances running up as high as 5700,000.00. ~~
<br />THE COLORADO SPRINGS IDIINING STOCK ASSOCIATION.
<br />It is all-important to the investor in mining stocks that he should have proper advice and
<br />information in the matter of buying, but it is equally important to him that he should have a
<br />broad market in case he should desire to sell. In this particular the Cripple Creek investor is
<br />particularly fortunate. We believe the facts will bear out the statement that Colorado Springs is
<br />the greatest market for mining shares in the world, with the exception of London. The Colorado
<br />'° Springs Mining Stock Association is not only one of the largest but one of the best oouducted
<br />exchanges in the world. The affairs of the Exchange are in the hands of men of the highest
<br />integrity and ability, and every protection is thrown around the investor; no stock is listed until
<br />after the most thorough scrutiny as to titles, and as to the location of properties.
<br />Mr. R. J. Bolles, its President, is one of the oldest, best known and most successful minim
<br />men in the west, and on the Board of Governors are Mr. J. A. Hayes, President of the First Na-
<br />tional Bank; Mr. J. R. McBinnie, President of the Exchange National Bank; Mr. W. S..7ack4an,
<br />of the El Paso County Bank, and others of like standing and reputation.
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