Gunnison news-champion., 1918-01-11
COT NTI WEALTH GIVEN
BOOST By JUDGE STONE

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travel which goes over the Rainbow
route, il only is necessary 20 mention
the figures compiled by the persons
who kept count OF the number of auto
mobiles passing over the Monarch and
CochetOpa passes, the two auto ways
into the Gunnison yalley. DuHng the
season Of 1917 in six months @.UZs
automobiles and IO,s26 persons cross
I'D COchetopa pass; and during the
same season in four months .g35 au-
tomobIles and 7.42l persons passed
over Monarch. This record includes
people from ,hirty-siN states and six
foreign countries.
And so many people have enjoyed
the entlclrg fishing resorts and have
carried the Rainbow route and Rain
bow fish gospel TO many clIm"s, but
few have appreciated the wealth Of
tho stock. mining and agricultural in
du-try Of this same Gunnl-on country.
A the p"opl" admired III" wonderful
scenery Of the mountains. they failed
90 YAK" notice Of the resources OF tn"
rugged region as a vast pa-'uragr for
many herds Of cattle.
32.337 Head of Cattle
Raised in County
In agrcultun. and stock raising It
I- tho great open range which holds
th, wealth Of production. Th. G4nnI-
ION county herds Of cs.'il" uumb-r
@2.317 head, Of which 1900 are an
nuu.lg put on the market. At tho
present prlr" Of cattle, the -tuCkm"n
Of the county rra.iz" from their an
nual caft'" sales approximately $500
600. The rIuhnr Of h.np raugrd and
owned n the county ar" i2.5G1.
tn" county rhDrr agricultural pro
due, is hay, which grow Iu the h-autl-
ful winding 'a.lrys o. N" mountains.
There w.rr produced this Year iGl6I
ton % hay and Of hi. amount 1860
ton, are placed on The market. Fine
UO'utu crops ar noted this year and
'hr cuunty'- yg'd u th.- product for
lrl7 is .O6I tpn-. A. took and hay
ra'-inr attracts the attention Of IN"
Ianchm"u little gram Is produced.
the Yield for this season being 2G.55O
bushels. Tho number Of acres Of ag-
rirultural land in the county are 3d.
2l5.
Coal mining is a leading industry
Of the county, there being l2,9O0 acres
Of coal land. The producing mines
are at Crested Butte where the c. f.
& l. mines are located. Baldwin,
where is found the Rocky Mountain
Fuel company's property, and Somer-
set. where is mined the coal for the
Utah Fuel company. In these camps
are employed about 900 coal miners.
Mining Has Increased
By Leaps and Bounds
Metalifcrous mining in the county has
increased. the chief producing pro-
perty being the Doctor mine, a zinc
producer. the net output of which dur
ing the past year was $4,000. II is
estimated that the total production of
the mines, other than coal, during the
year was about 100000. Many val
liable and undoubtedly large produc-
ing copper mines have been developed
during the year near Spencer.
There is considerable numbering in
the county, the forests near Crested
Butte, in the Elk mountains, produc-
ing the greater proportion of this pro-
duct.
Altho the work of the famous Colo
RADIO Yule marble quarries in Gunni-
son county is stopped for the pres
ent, it should not be forgotten that
this beautiful white building material
has gained a worldwide recognition
and future years will see this mater
ial again being used in the great arch
itectural works of the nation. The
Colorado Yule marble is the building
material in the recently completed
Lincoln memorial at Washington.
Gunnison is the home of the Colo
RADIO state normal school, the young
est educational institution of the state