The Keota news., 1920-01-16
COLORADO NIws NOTES.

COLORADO 0BW8 NOTES.
The mine output Of gold. silver. COP
per. lead and zinc In Colorado for eiev-
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 $9.092. 900 In gold. $3.50. 900 ounces OF
silver. IS. CSC. 900 pounds Of lead. 8.4O0..
600 pounds OF copper. and 02.SOO.OOO
pounds OF sine. having total value OF
<22. .522. 900 a. compared with &l2.75l.-
7ls In gold. 7.06a.6A ounces Of silver.
Is 1880. 100 pounds Of lead. 6.277,S $50
pounds Of copper. and 06lSS,O01
pounds Of sine. having total value OF
-. .l6O.l72 In 1918. This estimate
SHOWS q decrease Of 1850. 900 In gold.
I. .4S0000 ounces Of silver. 32.1o0.0OO
pounds Of lead. 2.s77.000 pounds OF
copper, and 8des4 900 pounds Of sine.
Even at the increased value Of silver
Of @l.ll (average) ~ compared with
81 In 1913. the value Of the silver pro-
duced in 1919 was &a2s8.000 A. CON-
pared with $7.06a.5A In 1918. and with
the lower average prices for lead. cop
per and sine there were respectively
decreases Of $2.e61 900. $9l3.00o and
S4.So6.000.
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 q liberal rate II
made Of $3.50 for q season ticket good
at all times. This year the stock show
cut loose from the stock yard manage
ment, rents its buildings and II stand.
Ing on its own base. It must be made
to pay. Heretofore there has been
q liberal distribution Of paper" but
that Ii all cut off this year. Secretary
johnson announces that there will be
no profltecrinG regarding anything At
the show. The general admission u
90 cents. the same ~ alwaya
With q score Of 74S out Of q possl.
BILE 750. Dr. J. b. Ochsner Of Durango.
at the last meeting Of the Rife Club.
scored what 10 believed to be . worlds
record when he made seventy-live con.
secutive bullseyea In shooting offhand
from q distance Of seventy.five feet at
q target with one-half.inch center. He
scored twenty consecutive tens and
during the seventy.five shots made
sixty.elght tens and seven nineA He
used q regulation p caliber target
gun.
The local land office at Nontrose re-
ports q real "land office" business dur
Ing the past year. with $50 applica.
tions having been filed for home
stsads during that period. This II one
OF the largest number ever filed at
this office during . similar period.
The records show, however. that due
to the holding up Of many grazing
claims during 1918. that more applica.
tiOns were allowed during 1919 than
were filed, the total being TAT.
OF oil the mountain counties In
Colorado, San Miguel seems to give
out the best report In mining opera
tions for the past year. The mines
around Telluride, taken with those
dealing In vanadium ores out In the
west valley, make an admirable show
ing. The Tomboy- mine alone Is send.
ing out fifty cars Of concentrates per
month, and the Liberty Bell produces
three or four hundred tons Of ore q
day.
Denver's bona fide death rate 10 said
to be lower than almost any other city
of it's size in the country In q state