The Glenwood post., 1911-06-17
Agricultural Colorado
For the Year 1910
Wonderful Record of State Heretofore Considered
'ftining State" "---produCtS Exceeded in
Value All Natural Resources

To the majority of the people in the
east Colorado is pictured in their
mind s eye as being typieally and ex
clusively a mining state.
Its vast mountainous area is sup
posed to be natures storehouse for
mineral treasure, and this is to a great
extent borne out by statistics which
show that Colorado produced in the year
1910 over $3S 100000 worth of mineral
wealth, more than $24,OOo,OOO worth Of
coal and $4,OOO,OOO worth of marble
and building stone.
Pretty good record, isn't it.
Nearly everyone in the east knows
Cripple Creek. one of the greatest gold
mining districts in the world, and which
produced in the history of its existence
over $25O,OO0,OOO worth of gold.
They also know Leadville; the fa-
nous Leadville, which has probably
made more millionaires than any other
section of equal area in the country.
They have read of Clear Creek AMI
Gilpn counties, whose annual output
of gold and other precious metals runs
up into fabulous figures, and the stories
told of the wonderful Silver San Juan
mining district of the southwestern
corner of the state and dozens of other
y,iy tr-hn Co
miliar to every school child in the east.
Everyone knows of the great state of
Colorado, and it is no wonder that they
associate Colorado with a great moua-
famous mining region wherever the
game is mentioned in their hearing.
Now, since Colorado has become so
firmly established in the minds of the
people as a mining state, it will be
hard for them to believe some of the
facts and figures as given below, but
they are true ,and authentic, and while
Colorado is today the greatest mineral
producing state in the Union. it is also
coming to the front as an agricultural
state, as proven by the following sta
tistics:
In 1910 Colorado's mineral
products were valued at. So ,345,4S3
The states output of coal
was worth ............. 20 $685. 900
Building stone and marble
was produced to the val
ues of ............. 100000
Lumber and forest products
brought ................ 100000
A grand total of ..... $72 ,554 ,4S3
But Colorado IS agricultural products
including livestock, for the same year
amounted to $94.s74,245.
Think of it! Agricultural values ex-
ceeding 33 l-3 per cent more than all
of the other natural resources com
bined.
Looks like Colorado might also be an
agricultural state, doesn't it7
Now here are few more statistics
that are equally interesting:
\ Colorado was admitted to the Union
in 1876 and had at that time popula
tion of about 100000. Today it has
100000 inhabitants.
1t is $50 miles long and 2sO miles
wide and contains l03,925 square miles
or 66,56OOOO square acres.
It is one of the five largest states IN
the Union.
Two-thirds of its area is mountainous
and oneand third rolling plain.
Eighty per cent of the population is
natural American and 20 per cent for
eign.
In area it is equal to all the New
England states together. with Ohio
and Illinois. 1t is equal to Old Eng
land and New England, and more than
half as large as the German empire,
with 5O,OOo,OOO people.
The Rocky mountains in Colorado oc-
cupy more than five times as much
space as that occupied by all the Alps.
It has over go rivers and contains
900 lakes, with 5000 miles of trout
streams.
There are over 5000 miles of rail
roads within the state lines and con
struction is steadily going on.
The state ranks first for irrigated
lands, eighth as to agricultural prod
ucts and sixth as to livestock.
Has $4,000 miles of main agricultural
canals in operation and the system IS
rapidly extending. These canals cover
about 100000 acres of land, of which
over 5000 900 acres are under cultiva-
tion. There are many large reservoirs
for storage in different parts of the
state, and those now in course of CON,
struction will cover at least 1000 600