Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1918-09-14
LATE INNING NEWS
 FROM YAVAPAI COUNTY
(By P. R. MILNES)

With the mentioning of the name of "Yavapai County, Arizona, today the names of at least two mines, not to cite others, are we'll known to thousands of persons in the United States and Canada. One of those, the United Verde Extension, has brought countless wealth to those, who few years were wondering whether that little scrap of paper called stock, which they hold in their possession would really be valuable. Little did they realize that the then "mere pros pect" would develop, within span of but two years, into mine producing 5O,000, 900 pounds of copper. per year. The United Verde, is as important, but not perhaps as interesting to the same number, in view of the fact that with the exception of few shares of stock, the entire control is owned by Ex-Senator w. A. Clark. But it is still matter of general information that the mountains of Yavapai are dotted with not yet famous mines, pos essing as great intrinsic possibilities as were evidenced years ago by their now celebrated neghbors. The Consol- idatsd Arizona Smelling Company, To- cated tt Humboldt, Arizona, under the capable management of G. M Colvo- coressess is making splendid progress today and is rated with the two big producers favsrahly. The Arizona binghampton at Stoddard and the Commercial Mining Company, Copper Basin, represent two properties which are producing and making excellent showing, under the capable direction of George Johnson and A. B. Peach, respectively.
 The seven mining counties in the State of Arizona, represent $654,- 957,350.35 of the states total assessed valuation, $834, ,020, ,532.22. In this list Cochise county ranks first with an assessed valuation of $169,348, ,466.17, Gila second, with ...165, ,647, ,7S2.4S and Yavapai County third, $13O,575,3s1.- 62.
 According to these figures, the min ing counties will pay into the state treas~~--y on the tax rate of 39 cents on the S1O0 of valuation, in ronnd numbers about $2,700,000. These fig ures provide strong documentary and cash confirmation of the claims lad vanced as to theSvital importance of the nnining industry in Arizona. The State Wvuid have only about oneyfifth of the money it needs to conduct it's business if the mining counties were eliminated from returns with their mines. The valuation of the latter rests upon the amount of metal they are able to get out. With one single exception there is no copper district in the state that does not reasonably have expotency of r.,re than fifty years of further of highly active life, The single exception can look forward to more than quarter of century of additional high activity.
 Railroad income, money in trade channels and in the banks is propor- tionate to the figures shown in the re- turns of valuation from the mining counties. They are responsible for at least one. fth of all the business originating in the state and for equal 1y as much of all the money in the banks and for considerably more than that proportion of the business which makes it possible for railroads to op- crate in Arizona. -'.
 Broadly speaking the ledges so far discovered in Yavapai County lie Tn near three mountain ranges; the great Yavapai Schist Belt, with which the name of. the United Verde and United Verde Extension mines must always be identified; the Bradshaw range and the Sierra Prieta mountains.