Bisbee daily review., 1915-12-19
MINES BOOST
TAX ROLLS
Of PINAL-
COUNTY

The Tax Rolls of the several coun-
ties of Arizona afford a study for stu
dent OF political economy. and disclos-
es some very interesting features
j. II. Robinson. Secretary of the Ari-
zona Chapter American Mining Con-
gress. has been deyoting a large part
of his time during the summer months
to obtaining statistics of those coun-
ties in which mining is largely the
predominating industry and i'm cassi-
tying the data thus gathered by him.
Pinal County shows a remarkable
illustration of the wonderful progress
which this industry has made there
With a total assessed value of an
property i'm the year 1910 amounting
to $272O,153. S6, this year is amounts
to $25.2491S2.99. the increase being
due largely TO the development of the
mines in that county, and especially
to the Ray Consolidated Copper Com
pany's activity.
The tax rate i'm the former year for
territorial and county purposes was
SO on each 500 valuation and the rate
for the year 1915 is $1.28722 on each
500 valuation
What is now known as the Ray Con-
solidated Copper Cos property was
in that year owned by the Ray Copper
Co. assessed for $1O479S.73 and the
Ray Central Copper Company. assess.
ed for S31 $50 or a total of S136.44S.73.
With The development by the big
mining company and the resultant CON
struction of railroads. the mining in
dustry today is assessed for 5468 per
cent of the total assessment of the en-
tire county and the railroads 2S.g9 per
cent making the total for these two
industries S3.67 per cent of the entire
tax roll of the county.
The combined assessment OF the two
industries amounts to an aggregate of
$2l,13O,1142g. besides the values that
have been created along other lines
through this mining activity This
shows the remarkable increase i'm FIVE
years Of nearly 500 per cent Of the en-
tire taxable wealth of the county in
this single industry or to speak more
plainly, the value of the mines and
railroads alone of Pipal county today
lis almost g times what the whole tax
able wealth of the county amounted
10 hye years ago.
Aside from the increase of the taxa
Bile value of the property in the coun-
ty the population has almost if not
doubled during the same period.
With the Inauguration of an irriga-
tion enterprise on the ella by the stor-
axe of water and the subsequent de-
velopment OF the Casa Grande Valley.
Pinal county will be a small empire in
itself. and few counties if any, will
surpass it i'm it's agricultural possibil-
ties.
il has soil Of unsurpassed fertility;
it has a typical Arizona health giving
and life prolonging climate, with no
killing frosts i'm it's lower attitudes.
with capacity for fruit raising from
the semitropical orange and date to
the cooler climate required for the
profitable production of apples in thd
higher attitudes
There are few counties that can
make the showing of Pinal county and
this was demonstrated in her exhibit
I al the recent State Fair
Fortunate indeed. is this county to
have such varied resources. as Il Is
rule that a county devoted largely 10
mining as this is. does not have the
agricultural possibilities which it pos
/ Isesses.
In addition TO the mines which are
producing dividends and contributing
largely to the support of the state and
county governments another is ev-
pected to be added 10 this list very
soon. That is the Magma Copper cos
mines which are being rapidly devel-
oped and are now i'm the dividend pay
| ing class. and together with its rail
road will be a big factor in the con
tribution to the state and county here
after
An analysis Of the tax roll develops
some peculiar features. Il contains
the names Of about 1900 taxpayers or
this number twenty-five are assessed
for $21,64437795 or 85 per cent of the
entire taxable property. leaving the
other fourteen hundred and sevents-
/ tve taxpayers assessed for 50, sos 500
co. or 14.4 per cent of the property.
The Ray Consolidated Copper 20.
in Pinal county, on its mining proper
1 ~ alone pays 81 percent of the estire
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