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Show CARBON COUNTY GIVES HUGE RETURNS TOR TAXES ' RAISE LOCALLY Or TOUR MILLIONS MIL-LIONS OR MORE. Emery Down to tho South Showing Considerable railing Off In tho Samo Class Tor This Year Entlro Property In tho Stato Will Run Very Much Below Pormer Figures. Asspweil nluntion of Hip ores in the metalliferous tuimi of (his Mute, luiscil on llirco limes, their nut jiro-recils, jiro-recils, nro this eir loMthnn half thai of Inst j oar, ncconliiij? to Hip rcorl of (he stntc Imnnl of cqunliMtinn, nintpiltd n few days ngo. Thia one item reduced tho total valuation of iropcrl. assessed l) the stale board -"2SrUmi. The nrercKale nluntion of nil )roerl directly assessed h the lioanl this jenr ii I83,0'M,11C ns eomimreil with MO.l.lbMI.JIH last cnr. The decreflso in llieMiliialKmof j"ini-crty j"ini-crty assessed hj the stntc lionnl is U53,310, in spile of the fact Hint the Miluntinn of een clns except the ore bodies in the inines has liecn raised. This liennt out the prediction mmle earlier in tho enr (hat the total nluntion of tho stntc will prolmhlv he close to $7(I0,()()0,0()0, tho prosent enr. Iist enr the slate was assessed nt W0J,O0O,tl00. The Innit nTlnxnlion for stHto purM)seit is five mills, of which this enr two nnd four-teiitlm mills pi to the Kenernl fund of the stale. Of this Hinomit '28 per rent pies to the nuiintciuinre of the I'ni-vcrsilv I'ni-vcrsilv of I'IhIi, the Utah AKricultitr-id AKricultitr-id mllexc nnd tho liranrh nKriculturtl etdhftv The net amount Io the general gen-eral fund will, it is predicted, pause Hint fund Io fall short of the demand de-mand on it hv rmm .7oO,()(M) to .!,. 0UI),IM)ll, and the state will ind the hi-t'liuiiiin hi-t'liuiiiin with that much of n defieil. Carbon County Coal. Next to the totals, interest in the resirt prhnM centers nniiiud Hie ef-fut ef-fut of (he new schedule for the ns-sessintC ns-sessintC of pihiI miniiij; proKrtie ns deleniiined lv the slate Ixwrd. This was iiximi mis .er on n lommp-hasis, lommp-hasis, onlv coinuiercinl coal liein eon-sidertHl eon-sidertHl mid thiikness of the ein, distance dis-tance from outcrop nnd from railroad nil hcing taken into consideration in makltijr up 'lie schidule. The alue or Ihe real estate of the Cnrlsin counlx coal mi ties this jear has heeii fixid at 10,W)I,1 17 us roiniKired with !,-17(1,1,1 !,-17(1,1,1 1 last er. This iniludos (he Mibiation on nil eonl on which tliu lillo has iised from thO statu or piv-eniinsut piv-eniinsut to private parties. In Ktndr.v count), on llie other hand, Ihe viiIuh-Uou viiIuh-Uou on the cohIIhhI pnvslelv owitisl Implied ln.ui fl.lUMHM In l,llll(-2IWI l,llll(-2IWI under the application of Ihe same principles. All the vnlimlii.il mi far fixed li.v Ihe stato hoard an letilalive and stllijwl to an) change whleh lite iMitinl iim.v make in wsIhk on protest pro-test from the ow'iier of the proiM'r-tit- afreele.1. iimiiiar) or Ihe result of Ihe iMwtnl's HSMShMiieul work show thai Ihe return of the railroad Io mora nearl.v normal litisineM condltloim in HUH uniiHHl nil iuenniMt in the assessed assess-ed valiiiiiiiui or ihe ear tiniwniiM to fleS'Jll.'.'Ifi rn.m WHI,I2 in 11)18. These Miluiition lire on it niileopj Imsis of tliu ennt ouiitil hy I ho various vari-ous iirivatu enr companies, sttdt us tliu rulliiinii, the 1'acifiit I'niit Kx-press Kx-press itiul tho like. Kxpres com-pump com-pump will (his eur pay on u valuation valua-tion of around 18,7(111 im miiipnml with iM!)(l,imi last isir. l'ower com-imnlert com-imnlert nru umiwciI in 10JH nt .$11,-7118, .$11,-7118, Ihl! us eoiupiired with $12,0 1!),"!!!) in 1(111). 'Ihe nun xnhuitiou of the I'tah l'ower mpl IJlit wiuipan)' Is fll.KM.llll). 'Ihat company now ha mi application heforu Hit pul 1 o utill-lie utill-lie fHinuuiisioii unking for n return of 8 per tent mid n depreciation nl-Iowhiiio nl-Iowhiiio of 4 per tent on a Miluation ot near fl2,OUO,(IOII. llailnmd eoiupiuiles, the InrKtwtt m-(jle m-(jle dan of proprl HMeed by (ho statu liu'ird, tin )Mir are valuud nt W7,tl3fl,:U im eomimreil with t)-V 781,700 last jwir, It i wild that prav-tieully prav-tieully ull Huh iticmiwi h in tho ml I-ed I-ed Miluiition put on rolling stock on account of the liilitr prieea tho mil-rowdK mil-rowdK would huu to pa were, they to tr to lephuu Ihat equipment. Telegruph eoiupuuiiM will, unloi the lioatd ilimiKeH its mind, pay (his jear on u Miluntiou of 171,070,433, as umi-piired umi-piired with W8,'J(H it jeor npi. Telu-jihono Telu-jihono (iimpanies are atteKscd in Utah this jour nt if0,000,138 ns eompnred with f0l)3,00(l n jwir ago. Tho Mountain State will pay this jour on n Miluation of $5,818,875, ns com-pared com-pared with f 1527,158 in 1010. Water eompiinU openttini; ns puhlie ulilt-ties ulilt-ties oer tounty lino nro eonipurn-lively eonipurn-lively few, nnd tho valuation this )eur is (ha sumo as lust, $288,007. Total For the Mines. Tho total valuation placid an uiin-inc uiin-inc proportion, both uietulliforous mid nou-iiietnllifcrous, this jwir is $07,451,083 us coinpureil with fOO,-501,002 fOO,-501,002 n jiur npj. Tho totul for minus this jtwir is mndu up of $15,-000.75 $15,-000.75 for such tm ostuta ituiim us tome within tho province of the statu board; $2714,U87 for mnohliiun, iniprovuiiieiits and Bunplloa mid $28,. 070,311 fur tliu metal ore based on thriu ttiiio Hjo iicl proceeds. Lnst ear's mining sub totals were $10. 165,058 for the rcnl estnte, 22,877 082 for the iinprovcinents, nnd $57, 527,02 for Iho metal contents The Utnli Cojiper mine is the Iiik ri venue producer of the stntc, nnd $24,000, ' 001) of the $28,000,000 drop in nsscss I 1 rnluntion of the metnl contents of mines is duo to the fnllinj? off " the net proceeds of thnt one mine, which was operating onl with u pnrlirtl force In 1011) nnd still was nblc to build up its surplus of copper la somethltifc like 85,000,000 pounds The I'tah Copper compnn in 101') had net proceeds nmountiiiK to 31, 813)15 Under the law nnd ronshMi Hon nt thnt time it wns nssesscd for 1017 nt this amount, plus its real estate, mnchlnery nnd improvements In 1017 tho net proieeds wire $23, 380,211, the labor costs having pine ti)), while Iho product was sold nt n price futil b the pi eminent The 1018 net proceeds of the couipan), opcrntiuir nil the jenr under pucrn nient fixed prices hut with capacity pnuluction prnelienll) up to the lime of the signing of Ihe nrmislire, oro 13,8Ill)22. The mine in 1010 was assessed nt three time that nuintint, or $41,07 liOC, plus the usunl nddi llonalilems, Tho net proceeds in 1010, however, dropped to M,093,25(J, nnd the assessed Miluntion of Ihe ore holdings to $18,2111,708. Inclusive of the real estate nt five dollars nil nrre, nnd some other pro)crt. not nppur tinnnl Io the mine, the t'lnh Copper will m this enr on n totnl nlun Hon or -28fil",002, subject to nny change thnt ma.v be ordered nftcr Iho hearing of protest of these figures IS made. The I'tah Copcr is in Kail Inkc count), nnd from Hie nssessor' stand point' Knit Lake county is the richest mining count) in the stale with n totnl of $31,(i02(i() nssessed nlun tiou for it mining pnicrtic (ar hnn county, in the operating heart of Ihe coal fields, is next with mi nsiest ed valuation of $15,7511,052 .Illab count), contnining nxer) large part of the Tintic district, 'has mine nsscss el at HI 10,0011, while Utah count iiiine are now xnlued nt $'1,521,2.8(1, Tisiele mine nl $l,7?2)27, mer nt $liA2.1l)l, I'liitnh mine nl 1, 153.2&0, Heaver iiiiiio nt just tinder $1,000,001), and other comities have mining land olaU for still smaller muounls. Waviie, Davis nnd Daggett eiiiuilies nro the mil) countie not having mi) mineral properties us |