Bisbee daily review., 1918-12-15
YAVAPAI COUNTY KEPT PACE WITH
 NATIONS NEED
Now That Great Conflict Is Over, There Will Be No Abatement Until Demand Falls Off
lRv P R. MILNESl

PRESCOTT, EAriz, Dec. 12.-Yava- pal county kept up her patriotic pace in the production of copper all through the war period and. now that the great conflict is over there will be no abatement of production until the de- mand shows signs of falling off. There is little likelihood, however, of such a contingency arising for several years to come, as devastated Europe during the period of reconstruction will need immense quantities of the red metal In addition the home de- mand with a period of expansion fac ing the country, will probably increase instead of decrease. While the pres ent and future assure prosperity to the producers there is already re- vival of interest in the so-called pros poets. or mines in the development stage During the war period interest seemed to lag and capital was shy of putting it's money into these pros poets, no matter how flattering ap- peared the outlook for them. The sit uation now is different. Money, gen erally speaking, is seeking investment, and already signs are manifest of a mining revival in this county with the coming of spring. Already options have been taken on a number of prop critics in the Mayer district and active development work will be prosecuted when the winter months have passed. The Hillside district is also claiming the attention of engineers and several deals of magnitude are on the tapis. The district, possessing mineral possi- bilities equal to any in county which is famous for it's mines. has thus far been neglected, chiefly due to trans portation handicaps. Now, that the county has completed a road into the district over which ore can be hauled in motor trucks, it is coming into it's own and soon will take its place with Verde, Mayer and other centers. Men whose fath in the Hillside country has been of that character which moves mountains" are on the verge of having their dreams come true, and their long. patient waiting, will soon be re- warded.
 Arizona is essentially a mining state and although the industry is yet in swaddling clothes, it is the backbone of it's wealth and prOspeTitly. And that it is prosperous no one can deny. Wages undreamed of a few years ago, are being paid all classes of miners, from the mucker to the most skilled employee, and the luxuries and com forts of life on a par with the mine managers Take away the mines, and it has been said with a great degree of truth that the state could be tender ed to it's original owners, the Indians, and they would scorn the proffered gift Without the mines it is cer- tainty that taxes would be practically prohibitive and educational facilities, good roads and many of the other benefits the people now enjoy would be denied them. A recent report by the state board of equalization shows that the mines pay four-fifths of the taxes and that the seven so-called min ing counties represent S654 ,957 ,S5O.35 of the total assessable wealth of $S34,- O3O.53222 Next to Cochise county in the list is Gila with S165.647, ,7S2.4S and then comes Yavapai with $13O,375 ,3Sl.- 62 assessed valuation. The mining counties will pay into the state treas ury on the tax rate of 39 cents on the S1O0, which has been fixed for the year. in round numbers about $2,70O,- 900 a tidy little sum when it is con sidered that the total amount to be raised by taxation will be SS,400,OOO.