Mohave County miner., 1912-01-06
Prosperous Mohave
Splendid Showing of Tax
 Resources.

The year just closed has been one of the most prosperous iu the history of the county is evidenced by the report of J. s. Withers, County Treasurer. The county was brought from the third class into the second class by As sessor Hunt, the increase of property valuation, real and personal being from ?, l4O, ,OOOS in 1910 to 2,553, ,5OOs in 1911. The collections from property tax for the year was 77,000S, and from licenses about 7,OOO$, while the re- ceipts from other sources was about 8,OO0S more. The delinquent roll shows only about eight per cent, and much of this will be eliminated by the first of February.
 The close collection of taxes shows the prosperous condition of the county in all lines of trade and indicates the splendid shape in which the New Year is brought in. All of the offices of the county show an increase in busi- ness, with the exception of the Sheritfs, which will show falling off i the eceipts from the criminal busi- ness, the arrests for felonies being the lowest the G uniy ha. ever known. Even isiemeanors committed in the county show big falling off.
 The excellent condition of the county's finances is greatly to the credit of J. s. Withers, the county's efficient Treasurer, who has made a studous effort to make collection of all forms of taxes due from property and the low percentage of delinquent cies shows that he has succeeded admirably.
 With the entry of the New Year a new era of prosperity is marked out for ne county, as the listment of property this time b. Assessor Frank L. Hunt vii certainly bring the county into the first class with prop erty roll of nearly 5000, ,OOOS. or nearly double the ore ent valuation. This will be brought about by the re levy that will be made against the Santa Fe, both on it's trackage and rolling stock and the hundreds of thousands of acres of land that its grant in this county covers. In the Wallapai valley alone the company will take over tiile from the government iu more than 300, ,O00 acres of land that is being held at three dollars D r acre. The levy against this land will amount to a large sum of money, and the assess rnent of the railroad and rolling stock will run better t1 l7 ,500S per mile, or nearly four times the present valua tion on which the company is paying tax to the territory. Many other i'm portant chanhes will be made in the tax roll, and especially the tax on mine production and patented mines. which has been greatly increased during the year just past, but which becomes the basis of taxation for the present year.
 Taken all in all the county presents a condition that gives satisfaction to both the officers of the county and the people dwelling in this grs atest miner al section of the territory.
 R. P. Wheelock, manager in charge of the operations of the Enterprise Mining, Redu ti,n and Improvement company, is getting things in the best of shape at the company's property east of Kingman. A number of new openings have been made in the sys- tenn of veins in the properties, many of which show up excellent ore. It is probable that a plant for the genera tion of po-er to operate all the hoist ing plants and pumps will be erected at some point on the property and that great deal of new work will be mapped out this year. Veins that have little work done on them are found to be among the best possessions of the company and they will receive great deal of attention.