The Arizona copper camp., 1915-12-17

wealth of the county in this single
industry, or to speak more plainly
the value of the. mines and railroads
alone of Pinal county today is al
most eight times what the whole
taxable wealth of the county amount
ed to five years ago.
Aside from the increase of the tax
able value of the property in the
county, the population has almost, if
not, doubled during the same period.
With the Inauguration of an irri-
cation enterprise on the Gila by the
storage of water and the subsequent
development of the Casa Grande VAL,
ley Pinal county will be a small en-
pire in itself, and few counties, if
any, will surpass it in it's agricultural
possibilities.
1t has soil of unsurpassed fertility
it has typical Arizona health giving
and life -prolonging climate, with no
killing frosts in it's lower attitudes,
with a capacity for fruit raising
from the semi tropical orange and
date to the cooler climate required
for the profitable production of ap-
pies in the higher attitudes.
There are few counties that can
make the showing of Pinal county,
and this was demonstrated in her
exhibit at the recent state fair
Fortunate indeed is this county to
have such varied resources as it is a
rule that a county devoted as large
ly to mining as this does not have
the agricultural possibilities which it
possesses.
In addition to the mines which are
producing dividends and contributing
largely to the support of the state
and county government, another is
expected to be added to this list very
soon. That is the Magma Copper
companys mines which are being
rapidly developed and are now in the
dividend paying class, and together
with it's railroad will be big fac
tor in the contribution to the state
and county hereafter.
An analysis of the tax roll develops
some peculiar features. 1t contains
the names of about 1900 taxpayers.
OF this number twenty five are as
sessed for $21,644,377.95, or $3.50 per
cent of the entire taxable property,
leaving the other fourteen hundred
seventy taxpayers assessed for
$3,606, 6,S05.0O, or 14.4 per cent of the
property.
The list of the twenty five who
pay the bulk of the taxes are as fol-
lows:
Ray Consolidated Copper
GO. $l ,O45, 5oo.5o
Southern Pacific Rail
road Co. .............. 4,544, ,215.00
Phoenix & Eastern Rail
road co. .............. l,ll,zOO.00
Arizona Eastern Rail-
road Co. -. ......... sos, 1880
Ray & Gila Valley rail-
road .................. 454,593.SO
Magma Copper Co....... 321,148.56
southern Arizona Smelt-
ing Co. ............... 1OS,S7o.OO
w. j. Clemans ....... S7,4SO.OO
j. R. Sigh, trustee. ..... 7S,450.O0
T. A. Nichols ......... rs, $4,000
Taylor & Haws ........ 6O,225.OO
Casa Grande Supply Co.. 59,630O0
Magma Arizona Railroad 5S,SO0OO
Kelvin Sultana Copper
Co. 56,935.00
Mammoth Land and Cat
tie Co. ............... 51,555.OO
Geo. Pusch ........ 51.2O5.OO
Annie Neal ......... 5O,975.OO
Western Union Tel. Co... 43,68S.70
J. J. Fraser ........... 43,5OO.OO
w. D. Charleton .... 41,540.OO
John Zelleweger ........ 41,31O.OU
Arizona Southern Rail-
road Co. .............. S5,73O.OO
Mountain States T. & T.
Co. ................... s5,6S5.OO
Miller Bros. Mer. Co... 35,670.00
Consolidated Holding &
Trust Co. ............. 35,SOOOO