Bisbee daily review., 1907-05-18
COPPER QUEEN IS ASSESSED
 RIGHT
Statement From Phoenix and Prescott to Contrary Is De- nied by Assessor Howe, Who UpholdS the Assessment.

A few days ago there appeared an article in the Prescott Journas-Aliner, of Prescott, and was reproduced in the Phoenix Gazette. in which the statement was made that the Board of Supervisors of Cochise county was aroused as a result of the assessment figures turned in by the Copper Queen company of this county as pro vided by the Mine Tax Law passed by the last legislature.
 The Journal Miner says:
 Although representatives of the Copper Queen Consolidated Mining company of Bisbee, testified before the committees of mines and mining sn the last Legislature that the out put of the Copper Queen mines for the past year was about ST .O00 900 pounds of copper, tho company, it is alleged, in returning its assessment to the assessor of Cochise county, re- gently. gave the figures of the output at about e9.000 ,000, which has aroused the board of supervisors of Cochise county to such an extent that an in yestigation is being made with view of raising the assessment to the fig ures submitted to the legislative com mittees when the present mine tax law was under consideration.
 The management of the company sets forth the ciaim that the Copper Queen mines only contributed about 69. .000. 900 pounds of the output ana that the remainder of the 87, ,000, 600 pounds was the output of the old slag dump which was worked. over and bull lion produced by custom ores. The matter is the subject of much discus sion among mining men. and the Co., chise county officials, and it is pos sible that 1t Will receive considera- ton when the Territorial Board of EaGalization meets .in annual ses- sion
 Yesterday the Review called up As sessor Howe at Tombstone and read to him the statement that had been printed in Prescott and Phoenix pa pers.
 What do you know about the Board of Supervisors being incensed at the returns made by the Copper Queen company and other large mining companies of the county" was asked Mr. Howe who is busily engaged in completing his assessment rolls at present
 Never heard of it." was the ans wer. ''The article you cite me to in Phoenix and Prescott papers is the first I have heard of it The Board of Supervisors were in session here last night and while several matters were discussed the taxation of mines under the new law was not men toned
 Speaking of the assessment of cop per Queen mines on basis of DrGduc ton MT. Howe said it was cleary shown by the records kept at the Cop per Queen smelters that while the total output from smelters was ST. 000, 900 pounds, about eighteen mil lion pounds of this production was from ores received at the smeiters from the Johnson district, Imperial Morenci and Globe.
 The this difference of 1S,000 .00t pounds production will be accounted for in the assessment of other minins companies in this county and othel counties, whose ores were treated al the Copper Queen smeters?" was asked the assessor
 That will be the final result" said Mir. Howe, with the exception of orei treated from nines in Mexico"
 It Is true that representative o the Copper Queen company did statt before the legislative committee or mines and mining that the output O the Copper Queen SHELTERS las year was approximately S7.0y0,OOt pounds Representatives of this com pany deny making the statement tha the output of the Copper Queer MINES was this amount.
 The law is very plain as se the maa ner mining companies shall return their assessments and in the even the assessor is of the belief that wrong assessment has been returned he has the authority to investigate the books and records of the compan! and to institute suit to compel th' company to return true assessment to gether with the penalties prescrib ed by law.
 According to Mir. Howe proper as sessment has been returned by th' mining companies of Cochise count! under the law and it is evident, C say the least, that the papers q Prescott and Phoenix have been mis informed