The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1898-10-12
ELY THE VICTIM.
The Valuation of the City Increased Twelve
and One Half Per Cent
CosMo POLITE.

The Valuation of the City Increased Twelve
and One Half Per Cent.
The state board of equalization has
taken a turn at the valuation of st.
Louis county and this turn has result
ed much to the benefit of Duluth, but
is not quite SO beneficial to that part
of the county known as the ranges.
OF the personal property taxes in Du-
luth, the state board has decreased
the county board of equalization's
figures 5 per cent as regards bank
stock. Other personal property is
not touched. This makes the valua-
tion about $25. 900 lower. Duluth real
estate valuation as figured by the
county board of equalization i5 re-
duced 5 per cent. The county board
placed the valuation at $23,960, T45.
The state board placed it at S22. 49,
7OS.
The state board of equalization has
increased the valuation 123 per cent
in the following towns in addition to
the special Increase on producing ore
mines: Missabe Mountain, Nichols,
Great Scott. Biwabik, Stuntz, Morse
and Breitung; on the villages of Biwa-
blk, Hibbing and Eveleth, and on the
city of Ely and on the unorganiZed
town So, range Is. The county board
of equalization valued the property in
these towns, excepting the morgan
lied town, the figures for which are
not Obtainable now, at ST, $685. 1884. The
increase in round numbers is S797, 108,
placing the valuation at 81, 1929
1t is estimated that the valuation
~ hn i,,o iYo
raised by the state board over the
valuation put on them by the county
board 81, 100000. The valuation of
the Pioneer mine alone has been
raised S242, $50. Following are the
valuations of the mines, fixed by the
state board of equalization:
In Biwabik township and village
Biwabik, S249, 500: Duluth, $50, $50,
and Canton. $27.750. In Missabe
Mountain tOwnship-Auburn, Sll1,-
900; Norman 1888, $50; Genoa, S222, 600:
Adams, 1894, $50; Lone Jack, Sl1l, 900;
Oliver, BILL, 900; Ohio. SS3.250; Elba,
$50, $50, and Sparta, $13S, $50. In Fay
al ownship-FayaI. 3SS.500. In
Nichols township, 1888, 800. In Stuntz
township and the village of Hibbing
-Mahoning 1888, 500; Hull, $4,000;
Rust, $50, 500; Burt, S55,50O; Sellers,
sS3, 25O; Pillsbury, $50, 25O, and Day,
1927, 750 In the city of Ely Chandler,
S4l6,2 5O. In Breitung township
Minnesota, 1905, $50. Total, $4,19O,OO0.
The values of the non-producing
mines were determined as follows by
the state board: Hale, S., 900; Roberts,
SO, 900; Commodore, S52.S75; Franklin,
S62, 275; Bessemer, S67, 1875; Victoria,
S25, $40; Aetna, 1000; Penobscot,
$32, 235; Zenith, 28,667; Miller and
Brown. $4,000; Mckinley, $4,000;
Suntry, SAC, 900; Shaw. 500, 900; Moose,
SAC, 900; Minnewas. 5000: Great West
ern, $4,000: Rouchleau. S43 900; Vega,
SO, 900; Snfvely, 5000; Rouchleau in
Nichols township, $1,000; Biwabikand
Mountain Iron, S5,O0O: Iron Chief,
500, 900; Lake Superior Consolidated,
S.. 900: Wright & Davis, $25, 765; Sher-
idan, SIS 900, 10000; Sheridan of the
Oliver Mining company, $25, 900; Hib-
bling Townste, 1000; Alpena, $1,000;
Stevens, $4,000; Eveleth townsite,
$40. 900; Cincinnati, $4,000, $500:
North Cincinntti, $1,000; Rouchleau
in Missabe Mountain township, S15,-
600; Elba, $4,000, and Longyear and
Bennett, $4,000.