Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-01-05
SOME ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1898.


Thirty thousand men are ut work In
the mines of Colorado.
San Miguel county's mills have
daily capacity of 1900 tons.
The population of the city Of Cripple
Creek Is estimated at 23,OOO.
Park county's mineral product for
1898 was valued ut 100000.
Larimer county farmers raised 9OO,-
600 bushels Of wheat last year.
The Denver Branch mint during 1898
handlel S2O,OOO,O0O 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,
900.
San Juan county last year produced
Sl.24J,O73 In gold and 81 122, 1IO In sill
yer.
Gilpin county stamp mills and con-
centrators have capacity Of 1865 tons
per day.
The Cripple Creek district is credit
ed with $15,OOO,OOO gold produced dur
ing 1898.
Aspen's product last year was 3d.
$4,000, and LOO men are employed
In the mines.
Ouray's miners dug out S1,SS2,O50
worth OF silver ore last year, and near
ly rs much Of gold.
Mineral county produced Gold. S62,-
1SJ; silver. S2,0S1 .31S: lead. S31o,3SI:
copper, 500; total S3,365.0oO.
Last year San Miguel's output was:
Gold, $2.125.OOO: silver. S7OO,OOO; lead,
S27O.OOO; copper, Ss9.315; total, 50, 1884,
375.
The gold plnccrs Mt 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
worth S9OO.OOO.
One OF the largest smelling plants In
the West is the branch Omaha 4 Grant
works mt Durango, where about 3OO
men are employed.
At Steamboat are over 100 different
springs OF every mineral constituent.
and ranging In temperature from Ice
cold to $50 degrees.
Lake county's record for 1898 is rs
follows: Gold. S2.iO1,33S: silver. ST.
2I7.2GO; lead. S1.Ol3.952: copper. Sl1O.-
5l5; total, SS.U95,OGJ.
The manufacturing industries of the
state. excepting the smelters. last year
produced articles valued mt SD 1000. 600
and gave employment to 1900 men.
The financial condition of Lincoln
county IL the best: there Is no debt, no
bonds. and no outstanding warrants
All obligations are paid In cash. and
taxes are at the minimum.
The school population OF Colorado
numbers 135.OO0. an increase OF 5000
over 1897. Colorado boasts 81 school
houses built OF sod. adobe or logs.
Gold. 1887 .32O: silver. Sl03. 3.061: lead.
S72.4SO: copper. S17.771: total. $751;
531. This Is the output credited TO
Summit county for the past year.
Mesa county shipped 11S cars of
fruit: net value to the shippers S69.5OO.
There were also shipped 100 carloads
of fine potatoes which netted SIT 500.
Boulder county's mineral output last
year was ns follows: Gold. S6IG.S1G;
silver. market value. S1OS.S3I: lead.
Sl3.O5G: copper, 1852: total. SSO6.4GS.
Gilpin's county's output OF metals last
year is estimated as follows: Gold. ST.
5SO.455: silver. market value. S2JO.OOO:
copper, S111.SS4; lead. S6G,00O: total.
S3.OO0.239.
The State Sanitary Board officially
reports the valuation Of the live stock
In Colorado at the close of 1888 mt ST.
100000. being marked increase over
preceding years.
1t Is estimated that 5000 head of
beef cattle were shipped out of Delta
county last fall. worth ut least $780,
900. An equal number are being fed
for spring shipment.
The town of Steamboat Springs is
experiencing u substantial growth.
Two new and large mercantile firms
have located there this ycnr. The
business OF the town is In the neigh
borhood of $4,000 monthly.
The total shipments Of caninloupes
from the lower part Of the Arkansas
valley last year Were: PrOwcrs c0un-
ty. 81 carloads; Bent county. 30 car
loads; Otcro county. 5l2 carloads.
The wheat yield of Sagouche county
is estimated ut 7jO.OOO 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 MI report large in
crcases-and in addition they have re-
ccived uniformly good prices.
The hay crop of Custer county yield
cd 300 tons: oats. about 10000 bushels:
wheat. 1000 bushels: barley and rye
are said to be short or the former B.
900 bushels will cover the yield. and
of the latter 500 or 1000 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