The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1910-01-22

state Bulllon lax Collect0r Haley,
Writing for the Goldfield News, gives
an interesting account of the mining
for 1909 in this State. His statement
shows that Nevada during the year
1909 produced 2,SS9. .679ls tons with a
value of 24,067 ,S64,S3 and that of
this amount Nevada collected $227,-
4, 5.15 as bullion tax. The year was
much more prosperous than 1903 as
the figures for 1908 will show;
amount produced, 1,165. .625 tons with
a yaule of $14,373,354.36 from which
t. xes to the amount of $10l ,655. %
We're paid to the state. The amounts
produced by each county were as fol-
lows; Churchill. $54,22S.O3, Clark.
$l50,951. AT; Esmeralda, 1852, 1893. so
kureka, $S06,247 05; Humboldt, 1884,
G4051; Lincoln, 1851 ,331.23, Lyon,
S3,720.60; Nye, $4,S60, ,301 .63; Storey,
s667 1880; Washoe, $4,000; White
Pine, $6,S52 ,610.SS.
In speaking of the bullion produc-
tion of the state and of the future of
the miniag industry of Nevada, Mr..
Haley has the following to say:
AN ACTIVE YEAR.
Nevada has just closed one of
the most active years in it's mining
history covering a period of more
than half century. Though it is
possible To secure official figures on
buc nine months of the twelve Just
enfed 1t can be stated with practical
certainty that the total output has
been a.SSa,GII9h tons. with gross
value of s24,O67 ,2ti,6.:. upon which a
total tax amounting 20 1927, ,465.15 has
been collected. This does nor. in
clude several bullion tax settlements
which have been piade. through the
| courts and which aie at present in
course of settlement. The total
amount will figure close to a quarter
Of a million dollars. bringing the total
TONNAGE to near o.0o0,000, with a to,
tai value of abtu, $4,000 900. Ger.
tainly this is not a poor showing for
a year which has been generally con
| ceded very dull om mining point
| of view in Nevada 1t is also a re-
markable showing when compared
with 1865. The figures for that per.
iod show a total tonnage OF I,165,.
625, valued at S14,373 545.36, the tax
collected amounting to $10l .656.22
That was also regarded as a good
year for the figures for 1908 showed
a gain of about 100 per cent over the
year 1907.
| GAIN DUE IN 1910,
Though 1909 has established a ney
record 1910 gives promise of making
still greater gains. Perhaps the per
centage will not be so great, but II
will not be surprising if the tota
value OF Nevada's output for 1910 viii
be close to $50, 100000, This SHOULD
be the official mark Notwithstand
ing the fact that most of the county
assessors keep a close account of tn,
mining properties many thousands o
dollars are not accounted for in th'
bullion tal reports. Were this pos
sble the figures for 1909 would shov
an Output of about $35,000,000
"Wn,te Pine county has done mucl
toward helping bring the record to it
present point Lander, Lyon, Dougla
Ormsby. Elko, Churchill and Washo
counties are now active In minifi
, way All Of these will swell the rec
ord for 1910, even should Esmerald
and Nye counties not pass their pref
ent records,
Storey county has made goo
/ SHOW ing The same can be said c
, fIrnF oldt county. Its output for l91
q gives promise Of passing the millio
J, dollar mark"