The Lamar register., 1899-01-11
SOME ACHIEVEMENTS OF rse.

the mines OF Colorado.
San Miguel county's mills have
daily capacity of LOO tons.
The population of the city of Cripple
Greek is estimated at 5000.
Park county's mineral product for
1898 was valued ut 100000.
Larimer county farmers raised BOO,
600 bushels OF wheat last year.
The Denver Branch mint during 1858
handlel s2o,0O0.0O0 in gold bullion.
Denver's bank clearings are nearly
100 per cent. greater than last year.
Aspen's total output was about ST.
100000, the tonnage being close to $780,
600.
San Juan county last year produced
s1,245,oT3 In gold and Sl,122,1Io In sill
yer.
Gilpin county stamp mills and con-
centrators have capacity of 1,Oo5 tons
per day.
The Cripple Greek district is credit
ed with sl5,OoO,Ooo gold produced dur
ing 1s9s.
Aspen's product last year was s3,-
S5S,OO0. and LOO men are employed
in the mines.
ouray's miners dug out S1.SS2.059
worth of silver ore last year, and near
ly as much of gold.
Mineral county produced Gold. s62,-
1856; silver. S2,oS7, ,31s; lead. S315,3SI
copper, $500; total S3,365,090
Last year San Miguel's output was:
Gold. S2.125.oo0; silver. 100000; lead,
S2To.ooo; copper, S39.3T5; total. $3,l34,-
3T5.
The gold placers at Hahn's Peak
have been put in shape for work on a
large scale and will start up In the
spring.
Three quarters OF n 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 * Grant
wo-ks nj Durango, where about 300
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 county's record for 1898 is as
| follows: Gold. 81. 40l .33S: silver. 81
\ 2IT. .2G0: lead. Sl.Ol5.952; copper, $4lo,-
515; total, ss.095.o65
The manufacturing Industries of the
\ state, excepting the smelters, last year
| produced articles valued at S250OO.0oO
and gave employment to 5000 men.
The financial condition of Lincoln
| county Is the best: there is no debt, no
| bonds. and no outstanding warrants
| All obligations are paid in cash, and
| taxes are a. the minimum.
The school population of Colorado
numbers i35.o00. an increase of 5000
over 1897 Colorado boasts 81 school
/ houses built Of sod, adobe or logs.
Gold. s331. 800: silver. $4o3.9e lead.
! ST2.4So; copper. SiT.IT1; total. $751;
| 531. This Is the output credited to
Summit county for the past year
Mesa county shipped lis cars of
| fruit: net value 10 the shippers S69,Joo.
| There We're also shipped 100 carloads
OF fine potatoes which netted S17, 800.
Boulder county's mineral output last
year was as follows: Gold. S6T6,S16;
silver. market value, S1OS.S34; lead,
S13,o56; copper, T,I62; total, ss06,46
GTlpin's eounty's output of metals last
! year is estimated as follows: Gold, So
5S0,455: silver. market value, $3.50. 900;
copper, Sill ,ss4; lead, s66,9o0; total,
1 5000, $50.
The State Sanitary Board officially
reports the valuation of the live stock
in Colorado at the close of 1895 at S2T,-
/ 100000. being marked increase over
preceding years.
1t is estimated that 5000 head OF
i beef cattle We're shipped out Of Delta
! county last fall. worth at least S1oO,-
600. An equal number are being fed
for spring shipment.
I The town of Steamboat Springs Is
experiencing substantial growth
Two new and large mercantile firms
bave 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 coun-
| ty, 81 carloads; Bent county, % car.
loads; Otero county, 542 carloads.
The wheat yield OF Sagouche county
! is estimated at 100000 bushels. Hay
crop was nearly twice as large this
1 year as last. The cattle and sheer
| men have had excellent ranges fol
| their herds and all report large in