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Show I NEVADA GOLD OUTPUT OF LARGE DIMENSIONS Special to The Tribune. GOLDFIELD. April .21. One of the distinct dis-tinct features of the week was a report made to the governor bv J. F, Halev. state bullion lax colic-tor. Taking the population of Nevada ns 100,000. he says the state produced last vear an average of SI 10 per capita in gold, Tho total production for the twelve months, according accord-ing to Haley, was ?l-t, 373.5 15.3G. On this, the tax officers collected $101,000. The output for the last three months was double- that of the first quarter, with indications in-dications for a similar increase in the production this year. I.ax methods, in the matter of collecting the bullion tax are brought out, and Esmeralda county is criticised. For t)w. quarter ending September Sep-tember CO. 100S. the bullion tax collected in this county amounted to S3 1,321. 0-1. while for the following quarter the total dropped to $7155.73. although the collector collec-tor says the district was as active In a mining way. if not more so. during the last quarter than during any preceding quarter in the year. The county officials have been advised of this situation and the state Itself may take it up. Work of removing ore from the famous j, new stope in the Combination No. 1 was resumed Thursday morning, only one shift being employed. The stuff fa being be-ing taken only from the fifth level, or 2So feet. The rock 'runs from 5700 tu 51000 a ton gold, and within five or six hours values to the extent of $22,000 can be taken out- Only recently 311 tons of j thte rook produced 5233.000. The Consolidated Con-solidated is In no hurry to lake out thfe exceedingly rich stuff and there Is appaj -ently enough of it to last for years. |