Mohave County miner., 1915-02-13
Charles Grimes and s. s. Jones, of

were in PheniX this week looking after
 the tax bills now before the legislature.
 MT. Grimes and his company are inter-
 ested to marked degree in the fate of
 the mining tax bill recently passed by
 the state senate. We believe the
 measure just one and anything that
 will create a greater tax on the mine
 product of the state will be detrimental
 to the interest of mining. Last year
 the mines and railroads of the state
 paid nearly two-thirds of the entire tax,
 and it is too much to ask them to pay
 it all, which is what the alfalfa fellows
 would like to see done. Confiscation of mining property will be one of the re- suits if these fellows have their way. Salt River valley claims to have about 300, 900, 000$ worth of landed estate and personal property, but it does not ap- pear on the tax roll, and yet these men are asking that the taxing of the mines of Arizona be placed in their hands to do with as they will. We hope the men from the mining counties will see to it that a just and sane law be passed for the taxation of the mine, and the meas ure now before the lawmaking body is proper one.
 Another 20, OOO$ bar of bullion was brought in from Gold Road mill last Monday by treasure messenger G. B. Ayers, and shipped to the San Fran cisco mint. The big property is in shape to send out big bars every ten days, and the mines are being put in shape to increase this output. We take it that the parent company will soon in crease its mining operations in Mohave county, as it was given out last week that the work in Mexico is about at a standstill, and that the other mines would be called upon to make up the deficit, if possible. The loss last year owing to the war in Mexico was esti- mated at more than one million dollars. We believe that when all the proper ties owned by this company in Mohave county are operated to their full capa- city this vast sum will be more than made up.
 Dan Maglone, we'll known in this county, has group of mines near old Black Metal landing which he will be- gin active development upon right away. The old Black Metal mines were worked In the early days and sent out many carloads of very rich silver copper ores. If Dan can get few carloads of the same kind of metal he will have stake for life.
 R. c. Jacobson has just received re- turns from his first shipment of molyb- denite ore to Denver, where it was treated at the works of the Henry E. Woods company. The shipment aver aged nearly IS per cent molybdenite, and was valued at nearly 100$ per ton. Another shipment of ore from the Whale, owned by the Leviathan Min ing comany, the Copper Wonder, own ed by Smith & Sawyer, and the Miller claim, is now at Yucca for forwarding to the same place. The big truck of the Copperville company brought the ore over the mountain Wednesday last. The ore IS specially treated at the Woods plant at Denver where an ex- traction of about ninety per cent of the metal is obtained, the concentrates being shipped east for smelling into ferro-molybdenum bars, and used in the manufacture of steel.
 Over at the Frisco Gold Mines prep aration is being made to put in hoist ing plant with the object of sinking the 100 foot shaft to greater depth. In the sinking of this shaft a splendid body of ore was encountered and it would be the proper stunt to continue the work on larger scale.
 A. F. Harris went to San Francisco last Wednesday as messenger to guard the four big bars of bullion, from the Tom Reed mine.
 Last Wednesday four great bars of bullion were brought in from the Tom Reed mine, the total value being above