The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1920-01-15
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.


en- months Of 1919 and the estimated
output for December, according to data
compiled by Charles w. Henderson Of
the United States Geological Survey,
Department OF the Interior, amounted
to $9,S92,OOO in gold, $500, 600 ounces Of
silver, S5.65O,OOO pounds Of lead, S,4OO.-
OOO pounds Of copper, and 52,3OO.0OO
pounds of zinc, having total value Of
$22,522,OO0 as compared with $12,751.-
71s in gold, 7,08S,554 ounces Of silver.
65,96O,760 pounds of lead. 6,277,SS2
pounds OF copper. and 0S,133,0Ol
pounds Of zinc, having total value of
$34. l6O,172 In 1918. This estimate
SHOWS n decrease of 81, 500, 900 in gold
100000 ounces Of silver, 81, 100OO
pounds of lead, 2,s77,OOO pounds Of
copper and $685., 900 pounds Of zinc
Even at the increased value Of silver
OF Sill (average) as compared with
81 In 1918, the value Of the silver pro-
duced in 1919 was $G,249,OOO as COM
pared with $7,O8S,654 in 1913, md with
the lower average prices for lead, cop
per and zinc there were respectively
decreases Of $685., 900. $4,000 and
$4.S9S,OOO.
There will be no free admissions to
the National Western Stock and
Horse Shows which open at Denver
on January 18th. Even stOckmen ex-
hibitors and their employees will have
TO pay. However liberal rite Ii
made of $3.50 for season ticket good
at all times. This year the stock show
cut loose from the stock yard manage
ment, rents its buildings and Is stand
ing on its own base. 1t must be made
to pay. Heretofore there has been
a liberal distribution of paper" but
that is all cut off this year. Secretary
johnson announces that there will be
no profiteering regarding anything at
the show The general admission Is
80 cents, the same as always.
With score Of 743 out Of POSI-
BILE $50. DIR. ]. b. Ochsner Of Durango,
ut the last meeting Of the Rifle Club,
scored what Is believed to be worlds
. record when he made seventy-five con-
secutive bullseyes In shooting Offiand
: from distance Of seventy-five feet ut
a target with One-half-inch center. He
: scored twenty consecutive tens and
during the seventy-five shots made
sixty eight tens and seven mines. He
/ used a regulation p caliber target
gun.
| The local land office at Montrose re-
ports real land office" business dur
ing the past year, with GsO appllca'
, lions having been filed for home
, steads during that period. This Ii one
, OF the largest number ever filed mt
I this office during . similar period.
The records show. however, that due
] to the holding up of many grazing
claims during 1918, that more appllca-
lions were allowed during 1919 than
were filed, the total being TAT.
OF all the mountain counties In
Colorado. San Miguel seems to give
out the best report In mining opera
! tiony, for the past year. Tho mines
around Telluride. taken with those
dealing In vanadlum ores out In the
west valley, make an admirable show.
ing. The Tomboy mine alone 10 send.
Ing out fifty cars Of concentrates per
month, and the Liberty Bell produces
three or four hundred tons Of ore q
. day.
D.nver.s bon, f,de death rata n sa,d
{ N bs lover Than almost .nv other city
NJ N. ~. IN the country IN . state.
/ mani ,..,.6 nv william n Shsrnlev.
: commis.aooer NJ health He estimated
that one.nfth Of an deaths here xhoult,
NOT ~ credited tn Denver N the vic.
I Elm. 49,. h.r. =, ...rch ~ health
hm, a.. IN . cond,tIon too v..k n
, .,.,d .nv ch.nc. NJ r.roverv
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Santa Fl will he GRADED md nut In
I shane for tourist travel early this
|. xprins. II was decided ut meeting ut
!. Antonito Of the Antonito Commercial
/. Club. REPRESENTATIVES Of the AIn,uos,,
\ and Monte v,s,s commercial cIuhs Mt.
Il $3.50 A.. -., - .,>, .,,.