The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1911-08-26
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ties of the district Prof. Finlay gives
the following estimate of value of the
different sectious
The total value of the iron properties
he says is $ll9. 4S5. 900, divided
among the counties thus:
Gogebic dist. Nc. s4i.5eo, 900 go
$41. $50. 600
Iron dist. No. 2 si7.O4s. 900
Iron dist No. 5 e.297, 900
..23. $3.50. 600
Dickinson dis. No. 1901. 900
Dickinson dist. No. o l17.000
1865. 900
Baraga dist. No. 8 1886. 600
1886. 900
Marquette dist. No. 6 l2. 1872, 900
Marquette diet. No. ~. 1926, 600
Marquette dist Nos 1880, 900
Marquette dist No. 8 $50, 600
AZ. 743, 900
OF Iron colnty Prof. Flnlsy Gays:
Taking up the Iron River district,
find total OF So. 600, 600 as a reason
able estimate When the district is
fully developed ii will have reached
ITO. 200. 600 tons. that is, by the time it
has been fully developed as has the
Gogebic range at the.present date. : He
gives the following estimates OF tons
OF ore for the mines Of the Iron River
district: Davidson, 1000. 900; Osna.
9, 600. 600; Wauseca. 1000, 600 Nanai-
mo, exhausted Chatham, 100. 900
Hiawatha. /, 600. 900 :Chicagon 900 900
Tally and Baker. 3. 500. 900; Michael
and Blairs at least 1 ,000, 600; McGil-
lis, Dober and Isabel. total. 1. 400, 600
Caspian. a. 600. 600; Houlihan, $50, 600
Youngs, /, 900. 900; Zimmerman 200.
900; Berkshire, /. OcO. OOO Rogers, t.
900, 600.
The Crystal Falls district Hollistei
and Mcdonald. Improbable mines
Mansfield, 500, 900 Bristol, $50 600
Armenia SOC, 900 Great Western, 500,
900 Tobin and Gennesee, 1.765, 600
Crystal Falls, 500 600 Dunn, III, 600
Michigan 100, 600 Hemlock, $50, 600
The total valuation Of the district j
! placed at SO, 207 900 and an expecte'
, tonnage of s.0G4, 900 tons This j
! equivalent 20 about 15 cents ton TO
the expected ore as against only 4
cents for Iron river district Thi
, difference In valuation is caused b
the difference in the expected lif
! Of the properties
3 Bv far the most interesting outcom
. Of the stats Tax commission investi
. cations throughout the state is thei
o report 10 the board in which they &C
/. vocate the increase in assessment
from 81. s25, IA. $50 TO 81. 063, b53, 20:
They report that the state is afsesse
at only &c OF its true value and gi'
r list of the counties with the percen
age of the assessment OF the true cai
value as liked by the tax commission
We have time only for the upper p
ie ninsula counties. their report on the
' being rs follows: Per cent of assess'
=. to the actual value Chippewa, 80.
D. Delta. 500: MacKinaw 43.4; Menon
ia nee. 53.5: Dickinson. 40; Gogobi
Z, e2.7; Houghton, 76.4 Iron, PIP; X
he weenaw. 36.6; Marquette. $40; O
or tonsgon. 1915.
II, Extending the values at which
ca counties should be assessed at up
l.
these percentages we have the folio
at ing "a the actual value OF the upT
ga peninsula counties:
,s- Chippewa. 10, 7s4, 056 Delta, 1884
7se; Mackinaw. s.O0i, 1853; Menomin
las 10. 673. 1913; Barsga 1913, 642; Di'
re- inson, 90, 1872. 405 Gogebic, 90, 467, o.
,as Houghton, III. $40. 097 Iron, 30, 81
43 Keweenaw. rs. 74s. 4i3. Marquet
he "A. $50. 264 Ontonagon. Is, 5g7, s75
From the above figures II will ret
nte lily be seen that there is real ]
the fight on in Michigan for a re-adjr
ere ment OF the taxation practice. II
the hits all alike there will be no
md harmed but II any favorites are pla,
there is going TO be some terri
tics scrambling In the near future.
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