The Monte Vista journal., 1898-01-08
COLORADO STATISTICS.

Seven thousand men are engaged In
mining coal.
A factory is TO bc built In Denver for
the manufacture Of miners fuse.
The shipments Of ore out Of Rico
and merchandise into Rico show large
gains over 1885, being over 1000 cars.
Considerable attention IL being given
to the bee and honey business In Eagle
county. There are 10000 head OF fine
cattle In the county.
The total receipts OF the United
States internal revenue office for the
district of Colorado for the year ended
December 81, 1897, was $4SO0OO.
The earnings Of the Gulf road for the
year show an increase Of abOu. x4Si.-
oOO over the earnings OF the year 1896.
The total earnings We're So, 414 .321.SS
During the year 1S.6 per cent. Of
nll the coal produced in the stnte OF
Colorado came from Garfield county.
The output for this year will exceed
100000 tons. This county is nth In
the state in its coal output.
The amount Of coal mined In Las An
imas county In 1896 was .327 .SI3 short
tons. The amount Of coke mnnufac-
turcd was 2Ij.oOO tons. The year 1897
will show an increase Of about 10 per
cent. of the amount mined in the "car
lSEi.
The total loss by fire in Denver for
the year 1897, according 10 the annual
report Of W. l.. Roberts. fire chief. was
bui SS2.2i3.5S. jus; about half the loss
of 1896. and the smallest loss from fire
for any year Of which records have
been kept.
The value Of buildings erected In the
Colorado cities doing the most build
Ing last year was MS follows: Denver.
S2.O40.I1: Pueblo. 81 $4,000: Colorado
Springs. STG5.5lG: Florence. S51O.3O0:
Idaho Springs. sTnWO: Cripple Creek
and Victor. S.JO.uO.
The state superintendent of public
instruction gives the following infor-
nation concerning the public schools
at the close Of the year 1897: School
population. 130:hi2: total enrolment.
1U.SS2: normal school. 36II: teachers.
,l2O: school districts. 1.5O0; high
schools, Al: private schools. 80
\ peculiar fca,ur. Of business Of the
Denver X Rio Grandc railway FOR the
year just ended. was the falling on in
year and The marked Increase in re-
ccipts during the last six months. The
Increase has been such during the last
half of the year that the years business
shows an Increase in receipts Of abou,
S36o.Ooo. The total receipts for the
year We're ST.GDO.oo0.
The plant of the Colorado Fuel and
Iron Company has an estimated value
Of SI.UU.oop, the product for 1891
amounting to about Sc.UG.ODO. though
but II portion Of the works have been
In operation steadily during the past
year. The output Of the coal, or fuc!
department. has reached II product Of
nearly SI.WS,yO. in round numbers.
the estimated value Of the output of
the various interests reaching an act
ual value Of S5,.ee,,OOl. nearly $1,000
0oo in excess OF the pro,lucts Of ls!i.
An abundance OF fine coal Is found In
la Plata county, and the Industry
furnishes employment to about 300
men. The Porter Coal Company. the
| Ute Coal Company and the San Juan
Coal Company are the principal con.
Germs operating coal properties, and
| their output for 1897 was about 10000
tons a month. while smaller operators
must be credited with an additional
l,uD tons n month. u total output Of 1t
least lG'uD tons for the year. In ad-
dition. agricultural pursuits have fur
nisfed occupation To several thousands
OF people. while the fertile valleys Of
the five streams that cross the county
are prosperous with fruit farms. al
falfa pastrucs and grazing lands. all
pouring their tribute to Durango as
the commercial center of the section
Immense quantities Of lime. Iron and
marble have been located and only
await development To Increase Du-
range from a prosperous city of G,Syi
souls to morr prosperous city with
double that population.