White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1914-09-27
Taxable Realty
Is On Increase
WITH PROPERTY ON THE AS
SESsMENT ROLL WORTH MORE
THAN EIGHT MILLIONS, WHITE
PINE COUNTY SHOWS BIG GAIN

With an increase in taxable wealth
Of S620,942 over the amount report
ID for the year previous, the yalua-
ton of property in White Pine coun-
ty for the year 1914 amounts to
SS.176,147, according to the assess
ment roll. which was submitted to
the board of equalization last Mon
day by Assessor J. F. Miles.
The most important order entered
by the board was the transfer of the
assessment of the Steptoe Valley
Smelling and Mining Co. to the Ne
yada Consolidated. Manager c. V.
jenkins appeared before the board
and stated that the property assessed
to the smelling company had been
acquired by the Nevada Consolidated.
The change was made at his request.
Before 1t passed out of existence the
Steptoe company was the largest tax
payer in the county. Its assets for the
piSscht ycdi dihouHtcu " @%,oAi.-
770.
Owing to the fact that White Pine
Telephone company had been raised
from sS305 to $4,000 by the state
tax commission. President Walker
complained that the increase was ex-
cessiye and erroneous. The COM
missioners placed the valuation of
the companys holdings at $4,000.
1t was ordered that the sawmill
and personal property belonging to
A. B. Mcdonald in Guilford canyon
be changed from resources outside of
any special school district under the
head of state and county, and assess
I'd in the East Ely district.
Certain patented mines belonging
to the Nevada Consolidated and Gil
roux companies were stricken from
the assessment roll, upon ahidavits
being furnished by Attorney C. S.
Chandler that 500 worth of work
had been performed on the claims in
question during the past year
+. j. McEllin of Hamilton offered
satisfactory proof to the board that
he should be exempt from the pay
ment of taxes on eleven patented
claims in the White Pine district,
owing to the fact that he had ex-
pended an amount equal to the an
nual assessment work during the
past year. A millsite belonging to
Mr.. MeEllin was reduced from $500
10 $40
/ The assessment of j. II. Ludke
was reduced $1,000 on merchandise
and $500 on store building situated
on lot 3, block F in the city of Ely,
upon complaint being made by the
owner.
The Northern Hotel company was
subjected to rise of $4,000 on lots
|, and 3 in block e on which the
hotel building Is situated. The
property was assessed for s16,500
last year.
The board ordered that the Ely
Trust building on lot 4, block P. be
assessed to l.. G. Cannon instead of
Paul e. Richter of Denver.
1t was discovered that property be-
longing to Mrs. Frances ]. Horsely
had been assessed to Wilford Marley
and the mistake was rectified by re-
quiring the rightful owner to pay on
her holdings.
P. J. Jackson requested that lots
} and in block l of the Dickerson
addition be assessed to Mrs. Mary
Golden instead of being placed on
the roll In his own name.
The following raises were sanction
ed by the board: H. A. Leach, $500
on lots ! and 2. block r. Ely; Will
liam Mcknight, 5000. lot Star
Pointer townsite.
Reductions were ordered by the
board in the following instances
Rose Hankins, from $3.50 to $3.50 on
improvements on lots l and block
r Ely; John r. Howard. from S14O0
to $1,000 on lots and 5. block n.
Ely.
The board entered an order strik-
ing off lots A and in block e from
property assessed to Mrs. Steve Ly-
den. owing to the fact that she was
entitled 10 widows exemption of
$1,000.