MINEBK00301

• County: Montrose
• Document: Manager
• Suffix: A

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Yon ask what are yon paying taxes Yor, in your reference to
gr, tdoore; the fact of the matter ie, the minim industry is PaS-
one-halt the taxes of this state today, and in return
ing more than
while a(!riculture, stock raising, m -
getting very little for it, a less taxes, are get-
ui'acturing and all other induatriea,whieh p y that in the other
tine considerable more returns. The reason is, cooperatively, while
industries, those eng;ag;od ar° united end wcrkinE
in the mining industry there io no such thine ss organization-
This department hen been t:•ying to point out to mining' men,
intercets ae a whole, which
the importance oY looking to their o:vn
work out to their benefit indivldually• This department re-
rrill ears. This
ceivea from the lo~islatnre, ,~8~~•~~ f0Y exp°nsea for two y
is not us much as is spent for postage by sons of the departments
connected vrith other industries. benefit
The only fight made before the legislature for tna I am sorry
of the mining industry, 'ass m~lde by this department,
no bac}ing ghatover from the min-
to coni'ess that ;,e had practically ~ ~d •;;hon the nett
ing* men of the stat°. Pleese be:,r this ir. r^_ind,
°t;r kickinE•• '.h©re is no reasc
legislature meets, it is time to do 5 the some
~vhy the state should not tea;°h y°u 4°hat is in 3~~~t1Y ores,
mr~]ce tKO blades of grass grow whore
as it teaches the farmer hO'~ to ~ f the mining
But this is e;ai c«ay the t':~ult o
before- ~" q r<<' rC.a ~~-' e" w~W
only ono grow ~
~~ ',~ l+U..wi .~.o M1,t.+''3 .t n.F (fi .iv~+ /''tvri' C°w'u
men themselves. ~ ~.LLrr~ Cwyou ,,.rite to~h9 '~tt~te School
U B8 r in mhowevor, the infor~^a-
of ;lines, at ;olden, ,;olorudo, T think yoi~ ~~ °~"t°in
tion you aunt about your raditua ores. ;,nd return 1;o thiE
y],ease fill out the enclosed blank fully,
Very truly Yours,.
office us the law requires, Commi^aioner °f ]did
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