The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1909-08-28
SIX MILLIONS OF
METALLIC WEALTH
REPORT OF STATE BULLION TAX
AGENT HALEY SHOWS MINER
AL OUTPUT OF STATE Is IN
cREAS!NG RAPIpLY-NoT SAT-
ISFlED WITH RECORD LIN
colin COUNTY HAS MADE.
Especial correspondence.)

CARSON, August 25.-The rep port
of ]. F. Haley, state license and bull
lion tax agent, for the quarter ending |
June 80, 1853, and covering the bu,-
lion output of the state for the first
three months OF tiis year, was re-
lease, by Governor Dickerson upoa
his return 70 Carson last Monday,
which in part, is as follows:
Hon. d. S. Dickersoii, Lieutenant and
Acting Governor of Neyasa, Carson
CITY, Neya a.
Dear Sir have the honor to sub
NIT herewith my report showing the
e rdition OF the license sources Of
Ncyada for the quarter ending June
81, 1909, together with statement
showing the money collected from
these license sources during the six
months ending June 80, 1903.
the report also covers as fully as
possible the condition of the bullion
tax sources of Nevada for the six
months ending June 80, 1909, In ad-
dition there is a complete detailed
statement from each of the produc-
my mines in the state showing their
gross output and the amount OF bull
lion tax collected during the quarter
ending March 81, 1909. These de-
tai!el stas ements are attached to the
reports submitted to each Of the cour-
ties by this office and are made por
ton Of the report. l respectfully
call your attention to the tabulated
summary of these bullion tax reports
which is attached hereto,
Compares Notes.
In comparing the first quarter of
the present year with the first three
months Of 1905, Nevada has made
wonderful strides iii the mining IN
dustry. The total value Of all the
ore produced in Nevada for the quar-.
ter ending March 81, 1908, as secured
by official reports, was $4,000, ,S21. AZ
For the quarter ending March 81,
1909, the output Of the mines Of Ne
yuda, as officially reported to this Of
flee, amounted to $6,343, ,635.19. with
a total tax on this output of S58,
J23..9. This remarkable showing was
more striking in Esmeralda county
than elsewhere in this state. The
total amount Of bullion tax collected
in that county for the first three
months Of 1908 was $G,927.67, while
for the first quarter of the present
year the total amount of bullion tax
collie. led reached the sum of $50,
677.35, with most encouraging pros.
poets ut aiding still further to this
amount when present litigation is set
tied
Another r..ticibIe increase was
made in the amount of bullion tax
collected in Humboldt county. The
Assessor of Humboldt county has
taken al active interest in the col
4 lection of this tax during the past
several months and this office has hi
assurance that the work will be con
tinued
In Eureka county this work is also
being given close attention. | an
confident that substantial results vii
soon be secured in Eureka county.
I Lincoln County Gets Roast.
q Lincoln county continues to show
total lack of interest In the bullior
tax law. During the past quartet
In company with State Auditor W.B
Wilson, visited what were reported
to me as being the main Offices o
: the Bamberger Delamar company a
Salt Lake City. We were given al
} opportunity to examine books belong
|. ing to the company at that place, bu
were unable to verify the amount o
the output of the corporation. W.
were told that an additional set o
accounts were kept in the New Yorl
offices of the Bamberger company
Even with the accounts within ou
reach we learned that every possibl
item Of expense was being charges
up against the output of thiscompan,
in Lincoln county, the amount Of th
bullion tax even being charged al
al expense. 1t is perhaps true tina
the company has been under heav,
expense and it is probable theofficer
believe they are acting In the law II
charging up these different items o
expense. The fact remains that thi
company continues to produce sey
eral hundred thousand dollars in bul
lion each year. upon which, durin!
last year for example,, it paid scarce
" 500 In bullion tax.
Paid Little Tax.
This in itself would not be mat