Gunnison news-champion., 1924-01-04
County is Featured
In New Year Post
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plorers. led BY intrepid Captain John
W. Gunnison, made its way thru the
the mountains Of this region. sreking
. suitable route to the Mormon set
Elements in Salt Lake and thence to
California Captain Guanison's hopes
were not realised. becanse be became
. victim Of IL snSaGe ln4ians when
he had gone = fhr = ~ Sevjsg Tivet
in Utah, but this tsWn ana cs1nty
anA river, - vsn - . city IN Utah
near his barial panss, are named in
honor Of tie br.vs explorer.
Ths Gunnisoa eoantxy II FieA in u
bounties Of nature thaf bring many
visitors and settlers. No other county
affords more opportunities. owing to
the large areas Of mineral deposits
the cattle raisfng nd agricultural val
leys, the maxbes, sandstone and gran
ite and lava qunzsios, tie summer re-
sorts and health giving elimats, tAe
fine roads Of the valleys, and lastly
its edueAtional system capped BY the
Western State College of CeloFado,
the only state educational institution
within several hundred miles. All
these combine to make 4 . most de-
sirable place in which to live.
Stock raising IL the dominant IN
dustry Of the county and very likely
will continue to be since tie two mil
lion acres Of mountain Fangs in he
Gunnison and other forest which are
included within its boundaries viii H.
ways remain . ranchman's paradise.
Here the $1,000 cattle upon ten thous-
and hills roam in the summer season,
and following the fall roundup are
kept in pastures on the succulent hay
grown in the valleys. The annual
surplus Of cattle sent 10 market is
around 10000 head; shipments for the
month Of November 1928 alone, TO-
tailed 3,976. OF these, 1l00 head were
sold directly to the corn belt fesdsss
In Iowa, going in . special train. se-
companied BY sixteen Of the owners;
an experiment in cooperative selling
which it is believed will be Of great
value to the industry In the future.
The cattle sold well. and the feeders
purchased direct at auction, known
high grade Hereford stock on which,
II they make n profit as expected, 10
peat orders will follow. The sheep
grazing industry is also attracting
notice here. /.
Grain and potatoes do well 1t this
and the head lettuce industry
is receiving much attention rs II seems
adapted to soils and climatic
Of several high, but fertile
valleys in our mountains.
Mining precious metals and min
erals such as gold, silver, zinc, copper
ahtimony, and lead was in early days
the prominent industry Of Gunnison
county. The recent depression in min
ing shows signs Of passing away. and
several properties, IDLE for years. have
just been rcopened. The Good Hope
and Mammoth Chimney mines 1t Vul-l
can have lately bsen purchased by N.
w. Bacon Of New York, but also
widely known ~ . leading mining
man Of Butte. Montana Ths mine
has been unwatered to the $50 foot,
level, and again opened for shipping
ore. Development Of some of the
Of the late A. E. Reynolds
near Ptkin is progressing under lease
and at White Pine, the Akron tunnel
and Morning Star lodes are being de-
veloped with considerable siipments
during the season. Besides these min
erals, Gunnison county contains work
able deposits Of granite, graphite,
grindstones, molybdenum, fire clay
and marble. The revival Of quarry
ing at the town Of Marble in the ex.
treme northern part Of the county is
attended with the belief that 4 will
shortly he expanded to point in ex-
cess Of before the war when the pop
ulation Of Marble exceeded 1900 for
q brief period. From q reduced popu-
lation Of so it has increased to 400
during the last year. due to resump-
tion Of quarrying and the finishing of
the marble Of the great mills there.
The federal postofYice building in
Denver and the famous Lincoln Mem
orial building at Washington are built
Of this marble. A lava stone quarry
of superior building stone is being
opened six miles southwest Of Gunni-
son, and the stone finds ready market
This II near the Aberdeen granite
quarry from which came the stone for
the state capitol in Denver.