Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-01-04

e'hts now CLOSELY approaches tis
2,000.000 mark.
The production OF the United States
Zinc company at Pueblo for the year
was 6.544 tons of metallic zinc. val
ued at s752.550.
he zinc production of the state for
the year is valued at s4,1o5.3O0. The
output for 1903 was valued at $3.554.-
80.
Lake county still holds its place
for heavy production since 1t was
opened as camp. In 26 years 1t has
produced s32s. .457.l46 worth of pre-
cious metals. This year It outputs
sl3 .22i 900 worth. Pretty boomy sort
Of camp for an old timer.
Ouray mines employ 2.io00 men.
San Miguel mines produced s3,oo00 900
and are looking for a bigger year
to come.
Boulder county is developing some
fine mineral mines and outputted ore
to the value OF s1.000.00o.
Clear Creek and Gilpin counties
come up smiling again this year with
over Sc .000. 900 product in the precious
metals. They have been mined for
over forty years and nave not as yet
been scratched.
The value OF manufactured products
in Denver in 1905 was s5s,796,5S0, and
the Sactories pay out in wages $40,
l97.O1s.
There were 2l2 miles Of new main
line railroad track built in Colorado
last year. all but one piece of twenty
miles broad gauge. More than 100
miles of spurs and switches were also
put in.
There are now 5.16S.15 miles OF
main track railroad in Colorado.
In the fiscal year ending June 30
last the Denver & Rio Grande's net
earnings were 7.43 per cent larger
than in the previous year The Colo
RADIO & Southern increased at the rate
OF 1895 per cent in the same time,
l
| Botn will have much larger increase
for their next showing
| Over 700 homes were built in Den
yer this year. costing between $1,000
and $4,000. and nearly 200 costing
from $4,000 10 80 .010
One hundred filings month are
made with the state engineer affect
ind owater rights. Colorado has a
great value in her water
Coal was produced in Colorado in
| 1905 to the amount of s,S05,2li tons
worth at the mines S9,6S5, 1876. There
We're III mines in operation. The in
crease was 2.l2S.663 over the previ
Gus year, and it is a recordbrealter
II is estimated that there are 1902,
900 head of stock in Colorado at this
time. worth $45,S00.O00
Colorado feeds g.340,oO0 head OF
sheep at this time.
| The value of the output of live
stock and wool for this state in 1909
was sl5.599.0 600.
Denver stock yards shipments in
creased TO PA 800 head of stock ii
1906 The receipts for 1904 were $50
043.
The Greeley district produced TO-
900 cars of potatoes this year. This
is 1000 cars less than the crop for
the preceding year, but the growers
will get more for their potatoes, as
crops were short elsewhere and the
demand is good
The Greeley district produces crops
OF total value of s7,000,0OO annual.
ly, and 15O,00O acres of land in the
district are under irrigation.
Colorado increased its beet sugar
acreage from akout 10000 in 1904 to
S5.032 in 1905. The tonnage of beets
increased from 625, 1000 to 929.447 in
the same period.
Figured at 4 cents pound the val
ne of Colorado's product of refined
sugar was s7,4S5.576. The industry is
six years old. the sweetest, fattest
of baby industries.
Colorado farmers were paid si,647..
235 for their sugar heets in the year
figuring at So ton. Tidy bit to keep
the wolf away.
There is sIS,25O.OoO invested in Col,
orado sugar factories outside of the
real estate. Always keep in mind the
fact that the first sugar beets were
planted six years ago.
Il. G. Giddings raised 120 acres of
beets the past summer that netted
him si.S00. Fort Collins beet grow
ers ride out to their farms in automo
biles worth the price of many an iii
nols farm that is thought by its own.
or to be a bonanza
1t is estimated by the officers of
the State Horticultural society that
the fruit crop of this state brought
the growers s6,75O.ooO in 1905. The
crop was lighter than in 1904. but the
prices were better. Apples were king
this year.