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Show Grand County Valuation Tops 21 Million Mark me assessed vaiuauuu of Grand county topped the $20 million mark this year for the first time in history. The 1967 valuation valua-tion is $20,570,877, an increase in-crease of $1,017,226 over last year's $19,553,651. The largest contributor to the increase was Atlas Minerals, Assessor Kenneth Ken-neth Beach noted. Atlas is the third largest taxpayer in Grand county. Number one on the list is the Denver Den-ver and Rio Grande Railroad; Rail-road; second biggest taxpayer tax-payer is Texas Gulf Sulphur Sul-phur Co. The State Tax records show Grand county as one of only two southern Utah counties with increased valuations in mining, ga.j, oil and public properties. This portion of the tax assessment is completed by the State. Grand county's state-taxed state-taxed property increased from $11.70 million to $11.71. Adjacent San Juan county, affected by declining declin-ing oil and gas production, declined in valuation, and along with Carbon and Emery declined in mining and public utilities properties. prop-erties. Statewide there was a $22 million gain in min--' ing, oil and gas and public pub-lic utility valuations, from $479.47 million, to $501.56 million. Mining showed a gain of $191.15 million to $209.48 million statewide, contributable mostly to increased copper and iron mining. Statewide oil and gas properties dirqplried from $50.89 million ' to $49.58 million. Most areas of taxable property increased in this county, Mr. Beach noted in his 1967 report. Real Estate was upped to $1,452,184 from last year's $1,448,088. Building structures increased from the $2,977,545 figure of 1966, to $3,1S0,165 this year. Personal property mowed up to $I,044,3S9, from $3,122,193 in 1966., , Modest gains in livestock live-stock valuation rounded out the increase in Grand county.' |