Los Angeles herald., 1907-10-21
UNFAIR TAX
RETURN MADE
eoLDFIELD MINES TOO MUCH ORE
FOR RAILROADS
NEVADA HILLS WILL HAVE ITS
OWN LINE
Mohawk-Jumbo Lease on Wedge
Claim of Jumbo Extension Con-
tlnues Greatest Producer
in Camp

| Special to The Herald.
| GOLDFIELD, New. Oct. 2o.-Mnes
and leases of the Goldfield district are
Withholding proper bullion tax returns
from the state, in the opinion Of the
county officials. The bullion tax returns
for the quarter April to June. 1907, just
made to the county treasurer, have been
so small that the county commissioners
are going to investigate and see that in
future proper returns are made upon the
| output of the Goldfield district.
I'VE shall at once look into this mat
ter" said Commissioner Rosenthal yes
terday. why, the dividends paid on a
few mines alone represents an output
way beyond this figure. Mine operators
| must pay their bullion tax"
According to the sheriff's record of
collections, the entire amount returned
for the second quarter of this year was
paid by the mining companies upon the
stated outputs as follows: Combina-
tion Mines company, $120.SS1; Florence
Goldfeld Mining company, s21e,743; Mo-
hawk Mining company, $44,942; Frances
Mohawk Mining company, s5,615; Lotus
& Davis leases on the Combination Frac-
ton and the Mohawk $38 086. The delay
in making returns on the mine output
is explained on the ground that the mini
| ing companies must secure their smell
ter receipts before the amount of their
tax can be determined
More ore is mined in the district than
the railroad and mills can handle, and
the surplus accumulated during the rail-
way strike, instead of being diminished,
| is on the increase. This Is due to the in
| ability of the Tonopah and Goldfeld
railway to furnish enough empty cars to
| take care of the product The railway
| officials say that the slowness Of con-
! signees receiving merchandise in unload
| ing cars is responsible They say they
| have used every effort to induce mer-
| chants to empty the cars in order that
| they can be used for the transportation
| of ore.
Big Shipments
In forty weeks of 1907, beginning with
| the week of January and ending with
| the week of October s. the mines and
| leases Of the Goldfeld district have
shipped 79,308 tons of ore.
The production for June was Hi199
tons, weekly average of 2239 tons; for
July 14,66 tons, a weekly average OF
3672 for August 17,724, weekly average
of 3545 for September 1883. weekly
average of 284S, and for the four months
preceding October a total of 54,997 tons,
weekly average of 3O55 TONS The week
ly average tonnage for the entire year
to date is 1888.
October's first week recorded ship
ments amounting to 1854 tons, con-
tributed by the Combination Fraction,
the Begole lease on the Mohawk. the
Combination, the Hayes-Monnette dump
lease on the Mohawk, the Jumbo dump
lease, the Mohawk mine. the Mohawk
Combination lease, the Red Top mine,
the Florence L. & M. and the Little
Florence and the Mohawk-Jumbo lease
on the Jumbo Extension
This production record of the first
week of this month is 68 per cent above
the June average, per cent above the
July average, per cent above the
August average, 80 per cent above the
September average, % per cent above the
weekly average for the four preceding
months and 90 per cent above the weekly
average of the year to date.
| According to the shipments of the
week ended October the present an
nual rate of ore shipments from Gold
field is 1916, ,72S tons. worth at an aver
age of 500 per ton. which Is con-
servative estimate. $19,572800.
Ore shipped by Goldfield properties in
june July, August September and the
first week of October foot up to 68,761
tons, of which 26.458 tons came from
company diggings and 32.305 tons from
leases, the leases outstripping the COM
pany workings by more than 70 per cent.
Mine Sold
George w. Long and associates OF Gold
field have acquired valuable property
in the Stonewall mountains. near Gold
field, paying $4,000 therefor. The prop
erty consists OF four claims. which are
timbered and have the Only water within
a radius OF twelve miles. This water was