Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1906-08-15
(fres Tusslnys Oailg.)

. A, ,he meeting yestsrday of the Territorial Board of Equalization at p.oeni1, County Assessor Sullivan sp: D,sr,d and read the following state men, Co sustain his contention that the board, ID fixing the valuation of mines, should take the Yavspsi county as. ..rm,n, as a standard, instead of Qra. ham county:
 Gentlemeu of the Territorial Board of Equaliza'ion of the territory of Arlopa: d.
 Through belief and information I hay. become satisfactorily convinced ,Ls, the important ,, busiuess of this hoard ai ibis session will be the ad. iuv,meut of the mine assessments of the different counties of the territory, which assessments investigation will show 10 be much in need of adjust. meat. Anticipating this action, I have prepared for presentations to your hon. orabl. body general and detailed statement of facts and 6gures which. | believe. if considered carefully, will materially aid you in the performance of ibe difficult task before you.
 Ny special object, however, in com. piling and presenting this data, is the protection of Yayapai county against adverse action. by this board through go, properly understanding the rela. tons of the county, te the other coup. ties of the territory, ssd to the tern tory itself. in the, matter of territorial taxation. ,.. !. As assessor of Ysvapsi county for foar years, l should s'know something of local revenue conditions. In my in. w.,isations for the purpose of the facts am about to present, I have learned 2 few things about Asixena mise ss- S.smeuis in general that l did not know before. and which surprised me very much, and which may surprise you whep you lesrp them.
 wish to preface the general state msp' that will follow with the remark that l have therein placed special stress on "production,'' for the reason that consider it the only true test of valuation of mines or mining claims, and should really be tho only reason for taxing either. There should be different laws en our statute books for the taxation of our mises, and is this direction lies much for future Arizona legislatures to do. Q.
 Detailed Statement No. ].
 Total assessment of mines
 and all improvements on
 mines in the territory of '" Arizona in lSO4 ..... .44, 4,s9O, ,550. "a Total assessment Yavspsi
 county mines, 1904 .... 2,l54, .O0 Yavapai's proportion of
 total asseswmept ..... $7 per cent Io'al value of mineral
 production of Arizona, +- 1904 .... ..... ... .29,sis, ,ss5. .oO 7''o' value of Yavspsi's
 mineral production in
 i"uf .....! "...c...... ,|30, lVSU< favapai's proportion of \ '-i
 total production ..... 22 per cent Total aS.esvnest of pasest. "'"
 'd miues in Arixous,
 1904 ......y ........ a,o7s,ii2.5' "Se~m~pt of patented
 mines in Ysvspsi Co.,,
 -r''s,,.-'.''''
 favapai's psepsStion of
 mines a@asment ".. $S per cent Mines assehanents and. production of is' leading mineral producing countie' Of the territory for is0% in the reesd ing order of vslusties of theiv re p'etvs sasessmests,
 YavapSi mines assessment q ,O2s, ,366.2' Vaipe of Ysvspsis min
 sr'l 'produets .......'. e,4aS,io4.o' draham mines assessmeut +32,s3S.3' Value of 0sahaaie mineral
 rrodasse ...a ..v....., 7ya12ISs' silo misss asassusst ~ ISssse, ,ssS.o' Value ofr 0ttstS sisevss'- 7 .,'
 products ....,,....,.i. l,ssS'6S2o' coehse miuSs' sssosshssnt 736, ,806. .0t Value of Ceehise . mineral products ,... ...' .....,ig,$>V,o4o.O' Deducttons fren Absvs sssssn~t
 Yavapsis misss asSsssmsnt in lso' vas +o per seAt grsstss than the com hined miaes asss>smsuts of Coshiar sraAn, cad Gila tssstiss, while ~ ''seiasd nSsstss pssdSttios' oS' ''fh