Mohave County miner., 1910-05-14
Great Output In Nevada During 1909.


The mines of the State of Nevada
produced during 1909 $4,000, ,OOOs, ac-
cording to the official report of James
F. Haley, state bullion tax agent,
which report has just been submitted
to Governor Dickerson. The above
figures apply to the production as Of
ticially reported to bullion tax agent.
and upon which production taxes were
paid to the State.
The mine production, like the valua-
tion of mans property when the as
SCISSOR comes around, usually shrinks
quite large percentage. Then, too,
there are many small mines yet in the
prospect stage and many small leases
that do not report their output to the
State and county officials, and this is
lost sight of. This will probably am
cunt to another million dollars, and
will easily run the States production
in 1909-a 'dull" year-to the 26,O00,-
COOS mark. The above figures as TO
production are absolutely authentic,
and really below actual production,
just the same as the census figures re-
present below the actual population of
a state or country. For the year 1908
Nevada produced Il, 373, ,545S, according
to figures gathered by the same Of
ficial-a gain in production for the
year of more than lO,000,00
The official figures for the year show
that there were produced and officially
reported in the state of Nevada during
1909, 2,906,S ,S25 tons of the various kinds
and grades of commercial ores of
gross value of a, ,O66, ,53LI7S. The ex-
it into metal and marketing the same
is given as 2O,O33, ,947.57s. That there
are discrepan cies between the figures
as to mine expenses as submitted to
the bullion tax agent and to the stock
holders is shown by the fact that the
dividend record of the state for 1909
was more than 5000, ,O00S, while Agent
Haley's report shows that the total net
profits were but 4,90O,0OOS. Bullion
taxes are paid upon the net profit, and
the State received bullion taxes upon
that amount of profit, the State reven-
ue from this source for the year amoun-
ting to 524, ,579.S6s.
In his report to the Governor,
Agent Haley says:
This Office feels that good result
have followed close attention to this
revenue source. Nearly 225, ,O00S was
collected from the net mineral output
of the State of Nevada for the year
just ended. For the year 1908 the
amount totaled approximately I0l,-
OOOS, as against about 40,OO0S for the
year 1907.
81 attribute this pleasing condition
to campaign of education on the part
of most of the assessors of Nevada car
ried on during the past two years.
For the most part, owners of produc-
ing mines have co-operated in the
work, with the result that the bullion
tax is now one of the important reve-
nue. sources of Nevada
When it is remembered that
throughout the State there are thous-
ands of properties yet in the prospect
stage upon which an aggregate of
hundreds of thousands of dollars are
being spent, the production is startling
in its proof of the extent and immen-
sity of mining operations in the Sage
brush State. In fact, that the State
produced 10000, ,OOOS more in 1909 than
in 1908 is visual proof of the immense
amount of actual mine development in
progress throughout the State, and
new work is starting on much more
extensive scale than was noticeable in
1909 at this time. Half a score of new
mills are being constructed throughout
the State, or have just been completed,
and all these will add their production
to the figures for 1910. There is an in
creased interest in Nevada mines of
late, and this is directly attributable
to the splendid production and divi-
dend record of the mines. This inter-
est adds to mining development in con-
stantly increasing ratio, and it is a !
safe prediction that when the figures
for 1910 are compiled, Nevada will
show production of more than &C, ,OO0,-
OOOS possibly 5O,OOO,OOOs- and that
the production for the closing months
of the year will show that the mines of
the State are giving up wealth at the
rate of more than 6,OOO,OOOS per
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