The Monte Vista journal., 1899-01-07

hln'rHl county prbhN''i 'oiu' H'-''
| lS5: silver, S2.3sT.3lS: lead. S3l5,3s7:
copper, 500; total S3.3G5.Uyo.
Last year san MlgucIs output was:
Gold. S2.l2j 900: silver. 100000: lead.
$4,000; copper, SI9.315; total. S3,l3i,-
375.
The gold placcrs nj Hahn's Peak
have been put In shape for work On u
larg" scale and viii 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 Sgv0.OOO
one of the largest smelling plants In
the West Is the branch Omaha " Grant
works at Durango where about 800
men are employed.
At Steamboat are over 100 different
, springs of every mineral constituent.
and ranging In temperature from Ice
cold to 100 degrees.
Lake county's record for 1895 is as
! follows: Gold. S2.iol BIS; silver, 81.
2Ii,2io; lead. Sl,ul5.D5e; copper, $40
5l5; total. Ss,n'5.o'il.
The manufacturing industries Of the
Niil'. 'N''Illns lHt Nlll'il'TNs liNl year
produced articles valued nj S2J.Oco.orb
and gave employment To 5000 men.
The financial condition Of Lincoln
county i the best: there l. no debt. no
bonds, ana no outstanding warrants
All obligations are paid In cash, and
taxes are AT tn" minimum.
| The school population Of Colorado
numbers l35.oDo. an Increase Of 5000
over 1897. Colorado boasts 31l school
houses built Of rod. adobe or logs.
Gold. S331 .32O: silver. SiO3.9G1: lead.
s12,iso: copper. SlT.1I1; total. Ss3l.-
53i. This is the output credited 10
Summit county for the past year.
Mesa county shipped lis ears of
fruit: net value 10 I'll. shippers SG.'.Jvc.
There Were also shipped loo carloads
Of iinc Potatoes which netted SlI. 800.
Boulder county's mineral output last
year was ns follows: Gold. SGIG.slG:
silver. market value. SluS, ,Si4: lead.
Sl3,N5G: copper, 1.1G2; total. SSOG. IGs.
Gllpin's county's output Of metals last
year Is estimated as follows: Gold. S.
$50. .i5o: silver. market value. $4,000:
copper. Slll,ssi; lead, SGG.3oO; total.
5000. .239
The State Sanitary Board officially
reports the valuation Of the live stock
In Colorado at the close Of ls9s n, SGT
100000. being marked increase over
| preceding years.
| II Is estimated that 1900 head OF
beef cattle were shipped ont OF Delta
county last fall. worth N least Sloo..
/ usb. An equal number are being fed
| for spring shipment.
The town Of Stcambon, Springs t.
experiencing a substantial growth
/ Two new and large mercantile firms
have located th"r. this year. The
business Of the town j. in the neigh.
borhood OF Si5,"p monthly.
| The total shipments Of can,aloupcs
! from the lower part of the Arkansas
valley last year We're: rrow"rs coun.
~. ~ carloads: B.ui county. - ear.
loads; O,cro county. 80 carloads.
The whcnt yield of Sagouchr county
| l. estimated at I5o..sp bushels. Hay
crop was nearly twi"" as large this
year as last. The "nttl. and sheen
men have had excellent ranges for
their herds and all report large In.
crcascs- In addition they have re.
crly-d uniformly good prices.
The hay crop OF Custer county Yield.
| ..l ,sO tons: oats. about JO.sD bushels:
| wheat. l1.uD bushels: barley nnd ry.
| arc said To hc short. Of the former 4 /.
| u.a bushels VIII cover the yield, and
u the latter SO or Leo bushels. A
fair estimate of this seasons crop of
smnll grain would he 7o.oro bushels.
Mesa county mines It's own coal. with
the exception OF limited amount OF
anthracite. The number Of tons shin.
ped tn the adjacent towns aud mining
| camps was Il coo. The number OF
tons mined wns .,2.o.D. In 1897 ,bcr,
were mined 2s.nD tons. 1900 OF
which were shipped out, Coal brings
Sl.15 NJ III" mine.
on North Clcnr creek. below the
mills. n plat for handling shines and
creek water WIS operated nii season
and was n paying proposition. II l.
owned Ia rli,sbure. Pennsylvania. II
Il similar 10 the canvas method now
used In San Miguel county. In conn.c.
ilon with III" Smuneicr-t t'nion aud
other lnr." dumps.
building operations In nearly all Of
III" towns of Lnrlm"r county, especial.
~ w '"r' 'oiliH-, nave brrn IrtiNc.
Nor" building hn- been done In the
city mined than In any previous year
of It's history. Much new land has
been taken under cultivation. md the
Improvements NJ farm nnd ditch prop.
crty have been numerous.
Thcr" have been approx oximatcly 10.
mo head of rntfIc. .O.UO head Of sheep
hnd S.uO bend ~ horses griizcd In ri.
owh county during the summer. The
herds is'longlng 10 the small rnnchincn
range from hfiy 10 40 hcnd of cattle
nhd i,u0 10 !.W0 head NJ sheep. The
sheep Industry hns Increased inrgciy.
M hav" the holdings Of s,nnii cattle
rnfchmcn.
On" of the largest veins of coni In
fhc world has its beginning In the edge
oi l1ikln county. II runs ~ Castle
statc. Utah. = distance Of ND miles.
u 10 from two to Ave miles wide.