Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1907-07-31
OVER TWO MILLION DOLLAR INCREASE
 IN PROPERTY

as compiled hy Clerk Peter of th" borrd of supervisors. to bc submitted to Che Territorial board of cqualiha. tion. shows thc total assosscd valuation of all property in thc county ns rc' surncd by County Assessor Campbell, 70 be s9,Gs0jjjip, nm incrcas" of f2,51I, ,9Gl50 over last year.
 A comparison of the figures compiled sn both abstracts shows that the in. ..rrasr in the asscsscd valuation is due, to great extent, to the operation of Che poran mine tax law. but there is also au advance shown in the sheep and cattle interests. as well as in town lots and improvements. which has con tribuicd much to swelling the amount. It is also stated. in semi official way, hat the footing of the roll will amount to over slOOO0.0o0 when the gabors of the county board of cqualiza- ton are concluded next month, as . large number of heavy taxpayers nave been summoned to appear before the board To show cause why their assess mcu's should not bc increased
 The greatest raise noted on the roll 6s that of the United Verde Copper company. which paid taxes last year on m asscssrd valuation of tl,lSl,3sj. while the assessed valuation returned q. ts 75i.t7. an increase of q ,33l .366i7 over loOG. The bullion tax assessment of the United Verde company, in. cludcd in the above figures for this year. is s2,o09,j ,j3l.l7, which indicates that inc production of bullion by this company for inc year lo06 was four times this amount.
 The number of patented mines in the county appearing on the roll is l,iIO, this number l5i are classcd as pro. durivc and 1916 as non-productive.
 Town and city lots and improve monts thereon are assessed at the ag- yrcgnte sum of sI,5G9, ,i6o.jo, against ii,iTLliG in l906.
 In the stock interests sheep shows she rnll tncrc are in the county this year ll6.li2 sheep, while only is,s63 werc assessed last year.
 The number of range cattle rcturncJ Ghis year IS i7,O9l, against 32,939 in I9o6. Range and stock cattle are as scssol at siO head and sheep and goats at s2 head. The goat business also appears to share in the genera prosperity. The number of goats as sessed this year is 22,2i9, an incrcas, of 3,7i6 over last year.
 The mll shows 2,li5 range horses an increase of l37. Work horses als' increased IF, the number on the rol bcing l,772. There are 2l0 more saddle horses in the county this year than IL 1G,G, the number returned beinI l,4O5. Mules show decrease of 32 only 100 being found on the roll thi year. Burros, however, show an in crrase of is3, the number returned be ing An.
 Eighty nine beef cattle were foun' by the assessor this year, although non, were found in tine county in 1906 Milch cows show an increase in nun Scr of i3i, there being 74s on the roll
 The 6O.55s miles of standard gaug railroad assessed in the county is val ned this year at $353,254.Ds, while tn Ul.5s2 miles of main line, standar, Hange, was valued last year at $269, 29O. The 27.3 miles of narrow gaug railroad main line is valued this yea at sl35,7s0, against $l36,500 last yeal The assessed valuation of the 90 mile of standard gauge road leading fror Congress Junction to Congress was r' duced from $6,55O in 1906 to $6,O5t this year.
 The assessed valuation of lands an improvements this year is $333, ,96l.9 an increase of $li,0i5.O3 over l90' The oo, ii5.2O acres of land grant with improvements thereon, are valu, at $fI,77s.0S, n decrease of $l, ,000 fro' that of last year, the decrease bein m the improvements, which were va ned this year at $2,000.
 The aggregate assessed valuatio placed on mines of all classes and in provoments thereon, including sm T CTS, for the year 1907, is $i,9l5,73l.6 against $2,s7tO36 for 1906, an | crease of $2,0tI ,Go562 The bullic tax assessment under the Doran la' which is included in the above figure is *s,lis,52i,62. Only two producir nnpatentcd mines arc found on q roll
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