Show REVENUE FROM MINES A G mackenzie of salt lake secretary of the utah chapter of the american mining congress makes the following statement relative to the revenue received by the state from the taxation of utah mines this argument against the proposed amendment to the constitution to the state appearing in the deseret evening news mr mackenzie says I 1 have read various articles in the news on the proposed amendment of section 4 article 13 of the constitution As it has been part of my work for several years to collect and correlate utah mining statistics I 1 believe it is appropriate for me to submit to you some definite figures regarding the amount of revenue obtained from mines through taxation both before and after the recent change in the tax levy As this change became operative first in the year 1916 1 I take the years 1915 to 1918 for the comparison the figures I 1 have at hand embraces twenty mines including both metal and coal properties and representing all the principal districts as well as the various kinds of mines the distribution of the properties considered and the uniformity of results shown demonstrate that extension of the inquiry would merely increase the totals only properties that paid taxes in all the years included in the compari com slon are considered as the purpose is to establish whether mines paid less money in taxes since the year 1915 than in that year federal taxes and the occupation tax on mines which was not applicable until 1918 are not included in the compilation year increase over 1915 1916 1918 the occupation tax payable this year will add an amount estimated at more than to the increase in revenue from mines in 1918 these figures establish estal ilish that the mines have paid more money in taxes each year since 1915 than they paid previously despite the change in the tax levy 0 word has been received from halley hailey idaho that a large deposit of pure graphite has been found on trout creek five miles west of clarendon hot springs not far from halley hailey and that necessary work is being done preparatory to the beginning of regular shipments frank lee of halley hailey is heavily interested in the new discovery |