The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-01-10
SOME ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1898.

the mines of Colorado.
San Miguel countys mills have a
daily capacity of 1900 tons.
The population of the city of Cripple
Creek is estimated at $4,000.
Park county's mineral product for
1898 was valued at 100000.
Larimer county farmers raised 800;
900 bushels of wheat last year.
The Denver Branch mint during 1S9S
handel $20000000 in gold bullion.
Denver's bank clearings are nearly
100 per cent. greater than last year.
Aspen's total output was about 81
100000, the tonnage being close to 3oO,-
900.
San Juan county last year PRODUCES
81 1,245,073 in gold and Sl,122,1IO in Sill
yer.
Gilpin county stamp mills and con-
centrators have capacity of 1853 tons
per day.
The Cripple Creek district is credit
ed with $15,O00,O00 gold produced dur
ing 1898
Aspens product last year was So
S5S,0OO, and 100 men are employed
in the mines
Ouray's miners dug out $1,Ss2,O59
worth of silver ore last year, and near
ly as much of gold.
Mineral county produced Gold S62,-
1856; silver, $685., ,3lS; lead, $315,3SI;
copper, 5000; total S3,3G5090
Last year San Miguels output was:
Gold So 900; silver, 100000; lead,
S270,OO0; copper, $39375; total, S3,134,-
375.
The gold placers at Hahn's Peak
have been put in shape for work on n
large scale and will start up in the
spring.
Three quarters of million in gold
stands to the credit of Clear Creek for
last year. The silver product was
worth 100000,
One of the largest smelling plants in
the West is the branch Omaha 4 Grant
works at Durango, where about 800
men are employed.
At Steamboat are over $50 different
springs of every mineral constituent,
and ranging in temperature from ice
cold to $50 degrees.
Lake countys record for 1898 is as
follows: Gold. S2,40l ,33S; silver, S4,-
277, ,2G0; lead, S1,Ol5,952; copper, S410,-
515; total, $S,095,065.
The manufacturing industries of the
state, excepting the smelters, last year
produced articles valued at S25, ,000,0 600
and gave employment TO 5000 men.
The financial condition of Lincoln
county is the best; there IL no debt, no
bonds, and no outstanding warrants
All obligations are paid in cash, and
taxes are ut the minimum.
The school population of Colorado
numbers 135.00O, an increase of 5000
over 1897. Colorado boasts 81 school
houses built of sod, adobe or logs.
Gold, s237,32O; silver S4O3.9G7; lead,
S72,4SJ; copper, S1I771; total, $751;
53l. This Is the output credited TO
Summit county for the past year.
Mesa county shipped lis cars Of
fruit; net value to the shippers S69,50O.
There We're also shipped 100 carloads
of fine potatoes which netted $1,000.
Boulder county's mineral output last
year was as follows: Gold SG76.S1G;
silver market value. S1OS,S34; lead.
$13,056; copper, 1852; total, Ss0G,46
Gilpin's cOunty's output of metals last
year is estimated as follows: Gold, So
$50, ,455; silver market value, $3.50, 600:
copper. S111,SS4; lead, S66,900; total,
S3,O09, $50
| The State Sanitary Board officially
reports the valuation of the live stock
In Colorado at the close of 1898 at S27,-
100000, being a marked increase over
preceding years.
1t is estimated that 5000 head of
beef cattle We're shipped out of Delta
county last fall, worth at least $780,
600. An equal number are being fed
for spring shipment.
The town of Steamboat Springs is
experiencing a substantial growth.
Two new and large mercantile firms
have located there this year. The
business of the town is in the neigh
borhOod of $4,000 monthly.
The total shipments of cantaloupes
from the lower part of the Arkansas
valley last year We're: Prowers coNn-
ty, 81 carloads; Bent county, 20 car
loads; OterO county, $40 carloads.
The wheat yield of Sagouche county
is estimated at 10000 bushels. Hay
crop was nearly twice as large this
year as last. The cattle and sheep
men have had excellent ranges for
their herds and all report large in
creases-and in addition they have re-
ceived uniformly good prices.
The hay crop of Custer county yield
| ed 800 tons; oats, about 10000 bushels:
wheat, 1900 bushels; barley and rye
are said to be short. OF the former 81
600 bushels will cover the yield, and
of the latter 500 or LOCO bushels. A
fair estimate of this seasons crop of
small grain would be 10000 bushels.
Mesa county mines its own coal, with
the exception of a limited amount of
anthracite. The number of tons ship
ped to the adjacent towns and mining
camps was 21,0O0. The number of
tons mined was $4,000. In 1897 there