The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1899-04-22

Mine Operators are Attracted here by the Low
Taxes and Fair Assessment.

Taxes and Fair Assessment.
Much has been said about taxes and
u O conduct oi the officials al Iron coun-
ty and the townships therein hy un-
reliubles throughout the peninsula.
Iron county ms been branded ns n
pauper county and it's officials as
sharks, and what not according to the
spiteful frame Of mind OF the vender Of
the venom. IL IL sale To say that, 81
those who have prated about this
county in the past, not one in ~ hun
drrd knew what they were talking
is contained in a short item which APP
peared in the last issue 81 Irol Ore. II
il ~ follows:
"A prominent mining mnn said 10 us
this week That the non.lHSsemer ores
oi Iron county could eariy compete
with those 81 Marquette county for
these reasons: The royalty and taxes
ON n ton ot Iron county ore does not
amount TO AZ much ns the lcnl taxes
per ton on the Marquette county non
bessemers. lie says that while the
lshpenlng mining companies own the
Zee OF their mines and have no royalty
TO pay that il is Iact that the local
taxes amont To more than those ON the
ton oi Iron county ore, where roynltis X
are paid by the operators. The Iron
county mines need no tinbcrnig but in
most places there is cousi h'iibc water.
| He claimes local taxes will throw l-h-
peming nop-bessenicis out of il profit.
And he is.nnt nu IShpeunns man, either. !"
When the Ore SAYS that t,.e taxes in
this county have. been. are to-day and,
we believe, always AL will be very rea-
sonable It says what Is true We doubt
II there * a county in the state of Mlchi-
gan where the taxes have been any low
or, all things considered, than they have
been in the townships OF this county.
A superintendent of one OF the very
large ore mining companies when here
u short time ago ma,le HE statement
that the taxes in Iron county have
always been very favorable to the mine
operators and lllat the mining com.
panies have had no cause ~ complain.
| All of these facts 90 10 make ItuD coun-
~ properties valuable and to bring into
this county the strong companies, and
they ARE coming, too. Iron County, from
this out, il Z ing to bc at the front in the
ore mining business and we prophcsy
that there will bc more now mines
opened mp in this county during the
coming twelve mouths thnn we're ever
operated IN this county before
The GIeat cry about the liHnnoiil con
dition oi this county has been brought
about by the iuct that ni orc time there
were floating obligations TO the amount
Of about S25, 900 The holders OF
these orders set up u general wall
when they found that there wns no cash
in the trcnSury, II condition That was
brought about by The large taxpayers
not paying the taxes TINT ~ assessed
agnnst their property and not because
ot any wholesale robbery that was done
by the officials.
Iron county weatbered he storm
and cared for her poor unissistcd
during the pnnic of '93 when her sister
cuunties opened their soup-houses and
asked for outside assistance, another
thing that has placed her in debt. Dur
ing The hast siN months back taxes
have been euming into the treasury nj
u heavy rate aud today there il money
to wipe out all of our noating orders.
The iuture of this county il "a bright
one. There viii he more exploring done
within it, boundaries tie coming sum
nier than In any other county IN the
state. We have il ON excellent auihori-
~ that two of the largest steel eom-
panies in tlis country are about to send
out exploring PARTIES IN this county this
summer, they having been attracted To
the county Ivy its wonderful ore reserves
and the favorable conditions existing
here taxes being one of them;