The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1920-01-09
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

The mime output OF ROIus S1lVeFs cop
per, lead and zinc in Colorado for elev-
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 50, S92. 600 in gold, $500, 600 ounces of
silver, 35,65O. 900 pounds of lead, 3,40O.-
900 pounds of copper, and $4,000, 900
pounds of zinc, having total value of
So, 522, 600 as compared with $12, ,751,-
71S in gold, 1908, ,554 ounces OF silver.
81, ,96O. .76O pounds Of lead. 6,277, 1892
pounds of copper, and 90, 133,9Ol
pounds of zinc, having 4 total value of
s34, ,16O,172 in 1918 This estimate
SHOWS decrease of $2,S6O, 900 in gold.
/ ,43O, 900 ounces of silver. 81, 100 900
pounds of lead, 2,s77.OOO pounds of
copper, and 36,s34,OOO pounds of zinc.
Even at the increased value of silver
of $111 (average) as compared with
81 in 1918, the value Of the silver pro-
duced in 1919 was S6,249,OO0 as COM
pared with $7,O63, ,554 in 1918, and with
the lower average prices for lead, cop
per and zinc there were respectively
decreases of $2,651 900, $915.OOO and
"a, ,S9s. 900.
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 a liberal rate il
made of $3.50 for a season ticket good
at all times This year the stock show
cut loose from the stock yard manage
ment, rents it's 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
so cents, the same as always.
The largest increase ever made in
n single year is seen in the receipts
from the national forests for the fis-
cal year ending June 80, 1919. which
were greater by s7S3,4s4 than in the
previous twelve months. The receipts
totaled S4,36S, ,414, says Chief Forester
H. S. Graves In his annual report just
made public. To this total the graz
ing business contributed more than
50, SOC, 600 and the receipts from timber
were somewhat more than 81, SOC, 600.
Drainage projects to reclaim about
$4,000 acres of rich land in the San
Luis valley, adjacent to Alamosa, are
either now under way or have been ar
ranged for and will be completed prob
ably by the end of this year One of
the most important of these, the La
lara district, which will reclaim about
600O acres, is now under construction
by William OGara, Denver contractor
Mr. O'Gara has undertaken to have the
system completed by Dec. l, 1920.
The Guedaloupe mine. near ouray,
has cut large vein of ore and Since
duly 1t has shipped $4,000 worth Of
ore For several years this property
has been worked by leasers, who drove
a tunnel 100 feet in their effort to find
ore Last summer they threw up the
lease and the Guadaloupe company re-
sumed work. 1t had continued the tun-
mel fifteen feet when this large body
of ore was struck.
Reports of county assessor show
226, 1876 acres Of oats in the state in
1919, which, with 10 per cent added
for incompleteness, gives a total OF
249, 1000 acres, compared with correct
ed figure of $1,000 acres in 1918.
The average yield per acre. as deter
mined from reports of threshermen and
from other sources, was 26.2 bushels
compared with a corrected figure OF
80 bushels for last year.
A twelve-mile stretch of road from
the southern border of Colorado to
Santa Fe will be graded and put in
shape for tourist travel early this
spring, it was decided at a meeting al
Antonito of the Antonito Commercial
Club Representatives of the Alamosa
and Monte Vista commercial clubs at
tended the meeting and pledged theii
support to the movement.
1t is estimated that 1,50O birds and
head of pet stock will be on exhibition
at the chicken show this year that il
held in connection with the Nationa
Western Stock Show. II is the elev
enth annual poultry show, and W. G
Schuman again is in charge. The
judges will be George NJ Wells of Wis
consin and +. NJ. Brauch Of Missouri
c. S. Gibson of Detroit Mich, vii
judge the pet stock. Entries close OIL
Jan. 13 and there have been notifica
tions from all Western states from Mis-
souri, to California. All leading breeds
are represented, the Mediterranean di
vision of Leghorns taking about so pei
cent
Colorado's national forests are six
teen in number, with a total area o
more than 13,26O,O0O acres. They covel
| for the most part the high mountain
Gus country of the Rockies. Within
| these forests are some forty of the
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