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Idaho Mining District Faces Tax Assessment Battle
The Shoshone county board of commissioners met to hear mining firms protest a renewed tax assessment based on cash value of mines. Assessor Miner defended the higher valuations amid dense legal challenges from Bunker Hill Sullivan Cour d Alene Development Empire State and others. The board sustained most assessments, halving Cour d Alene Mining Co. value, while a Wallace Tribune critique framed the issue as class legislation and urged equal tax burdens for rich and poor alike.
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Board of County Commissioners
Board of Equalization
Miner
George Miner
Shoshone County
Shoshone
McBride
Bunker Hill & Sullivan
Heyburn
Empire State-Idaho
C.W. Beale
Cour d'Alene Development Company
Standard
Hecla
Cour d'Alene Mining Company
Booker Hill&Sullivan
Coeur d'Alene Min. Co
Development Co
Empire-State
Frisco
Wallace Tribune