The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-08-04
AUTO HELPING TO
BUILD Up NEVADA
Value of Buzz Wagons Com
mented Upon by James
Neyen.
CAMEL OF NEVADA DESERT
is THE NAME GIVEN THEM
Mr.. Neyen Also Discusses the
Bullion Tax in Sage
Brush State.

james Nevcn, of Reno, New, license
and bullion tax collector for that
State. is attending TO official business
in Salt Lake. Mr. Neven is now IN his
second official year and finds that the
bullion output of the State for tho
first half of the year has exceeded by
a value of some 100000 the output
for the same period for 1908.
The Nevada bullion tax law has been
in existence since 1861 and is consid.
cred n just law by the people and there
is no disposition on the part Of the pro-
ducers TO evade it.
The tax is levied on the net output
of the mines; that is the orc that ls
produced at n profit, 1t IS not a bur
den on the poor miner, says Mr.. Ncven,
but is paid by those who are making
profit and can afford the payment.
History of the Law.
Speaking of the history OF t;o law,
Mr.. Neven states that the Comstock
mine paid bullion tax on nearly ST.
Nevada for 80 years and is we'll posted
as to It's growth and its resources and
is enthusiastic as to its prospects and
future greatness. The bullion tax rate
while levied by State authorities,
varies with local conditions and the
average in the fourteen counties of the
State is about $3.50 on each Sl00 worth
Of ore, or 2 1-2 per cent. 1t is pay
able quarterly.
The matter Of its collection is being
looked after more closely now than IN
former years and it will be an item
of still greater Importance as the mines
arc developed.
Gathering of Data.
In gathering the data on which TO
form the basis of collections, Mr..
Neven has to deal with the county
Assessors and Sheriffs, the mines, and
the head officers of the mining COM
panies and all transportation COM
panies and frequently with the smell
ters. The object is TO arrive at the
actual values that the mines produce
the output of the Bamberger-Delamar
mines
In speaking of the unparalleled
growth of the mining industry in Ne
vada iE recent years, Mr.. Neven gives
much credit TO the construction Of new
railroads in that State, which he
characterizes as civilizers, but he thinks
that the greatest credit is due to the
automobile. This institution he terms
as the 'Camel of the Nevada DESERT"
and without which the growth of the
past four years could not have been
accomplished and could not even now
be maintained.
Auto a Time-Saver.
The automobile, he says, is a time
saver, is q cheap form of transporta
tion and carries with it an element of
safety that did not formerly exist, 1t
has enabled prospectors to do work
that heretofore could not be done and
has continued its usefulness throughout
the development period until railroads
are actually required. AS an instance
of the change brought about by this
invention, Mr.. Neven says that he can
now tour the State in three weeks
which, under former conditions, re"
quired six months.
With this means of transportation he
states that there are continually travel
ing over the State some of the most
practical miners who have come from
all countries of the world.
"Gold Where You Find IT.
The new growth OF Nevada, he says,
has demonstrated that fgold is where
you find it," and has shown the fal-
lacies of miners of a generation ago
who looked for gold only in lodges.
1t is now found in formations that q
ren. Supposed scientific men, he de-
clares, have been eclipsed by the mod
ern practical miner,
Mr.. Neven looks for great things
from the mines of Nevada from now
on. He considers Ely one of the great
camps in the United States and says
that it will be to Nevada what Bing-
ham is to Utah. He says that it is
big low grade copper proposition that
will be worked with eteam shovels,
then concentrated and afterwards
smelted. All this will be done In the
camp and arrangements are being made
by companies of that locality to handle
10000 tons of ore a day.
Other camps are being developed
with equally good prospects. Utah, ne
states, has made more advancement in
ore reduction than Nevada, but atten-
ton is now being paid to that industry
there,
While Nevada is lacking in fuel.
and water, although plenty, is ex.
pensive, the Nevada deserts and plains
have the best natural roads in tho
world Mr., Neven will leave for Lin
coin county over the Salt Lake Route
Saturday night.