The copper era. (Clifton, Graham County, Ariz.) 1899-1911, 1906-07-12
AGREE TO RAISE.
Graham County Mines to be Made Stan.
dard for Territory.

Members of the various boards of
supervisors had a meeting at Phoenix
for the purpose of arriving at uni
form valuation for all property in
the territory. Most of the members
present expressed themselves as be-
ing well satisfied with the manner in
which each county has been taking
care of its own business.
The convention was organized by
the election of E. l.. Vail, supervisor
from Pima county,sas chairman and
J. Fl. Robinson, clerk of the board of
supervisors of Yavapai county, as
secretary.
Attorney General Clark was pres
ent and furnished the convention
with interesting data besides ex-
planning the legal problems involved.
The first important agreement
reached was that of the assessment
of railroad grant lands and other
similar lands should be left to the
discretion of the several boards of
supervisors except that these lands
should not be valued at less than 40
cents an acre in any county, this
valuation being considered fair one
for the least valuable of these lands.
Heretofore this class of land grants
has been assessed at 20 cents an acre.
Patented mines were generally con-
sidered by those present to be the
most irnnOrta nt SI1hierf
1t was finally carried by vote of
thirteen against five that the assess
ment of the patented mines of Gra-
ham county should be considered as
a fair basis for the valuation of this
class of property in the different
counties of the territory.
On the vote for acceptance of the
Graham county valuation, Cochise
county's members of the board, one
member of Pima county's board, and
all three members of Yavapai coun-
ty's board voted no, while the repre-
sentatiyes from Navajo, Mohave,
Maricopa, Gila, Pinal, Graham,
Santa Cruz, Yuma and two from
Pima voted in the affirmative.
The total valuation for the year
1905 in Graham county of fifteen
patented mines belonging to the
Arizona Copper company was S17O,-
600, while the valuation placed upon
the same properties this year by the
assessor is the sum of 81 ,240, 600, an
increase over last year of ST, ,070, 900.
The total valuation for the year
1905 of thirty-three patented mines,
twenty-seven of which were non-pro-
ducers and valued at 300 each, was
the sum of Sl46,000 the valuation re-
turned by the assessor this year be-
ing the sum of S804,O0O the twenty
seven patented non-producers being
valued at S54, 900 instead of 80, 200,
the valuation at which the same was
returned in 1905. This shows an in
crease over last year in the sum of
S657 ,OOO
Seven patented mines, the proper
ties of the Shannon Copper COM
pany, were valued at the sum of $32,-
900 in the year 1905, while the valua-
tion returned this year for the same
property Is S15O.OOO, an increase of
S118,OOO.
Another important action of the
convention was agreed that all un-
patented mining claims should be as
sessed at their cash value. AS in the
case of the assessment of patented
mines, this was also carried by a
large majority.
The matter of placing a valuation
on cattle was also the subject of
some warm discussion, it being fin
ally agreed that the valuation of the
bovine be left to the boards of super
visors of the counties, except that
none should be considered as worth
less than $40 per head.