. The fertile lands of Colorado and northern New Mexico .. . nes have produced as follows: Gold $506,560,748 Silver 428,570,522 Lead 148,668,197 Copper 28,257,001 Zinc 38,976,033 Number of men employed in mining, smelting and reduction of all kinds of metals 9,000 Annual wages paid for labor in mining, smelting and reduction of all kinds of metals $ 8,000,000 Coal area of the state (U. S. Geological Survey) 10,130 square miles Actual coal output, 1911 10,075,861 tons Coke output during 1911 946,284 tons Value of iron and steel output for 1911 $13,000,000 Number of men employed in coal mines 13
. The fertile lands of Colorado and northern New Mexico .. . nes have produced as follows: Gold $506,560,748 Silver 428,570,522 Lead 148,668,197 Copper 28,257,001 Zinc 38,976,033 Number of men employed in mining, smelting and reduction of all kinds of metals 9,000 Annual wages paid for labor in mining, smelting and reduction of all kinds of metals $ 8,000,000 Coal area of the state (U. S. Geological Survey) 10,130 square miles Actual coal output, 1911 10,075,861 tons Coke output during 1911 946,284 tons Value of iron and steel output for 1911 $13,000,000 Number of men employed in coal mines 13,813 Population of state, 1910 799,024 The mean temperature at elevations between 4,000 and 6,000 feet is thesame as that in Maryland, Virginia, Northern Spain, Southern France,Northern Italy, Southern Turkey in Europe, Greece, Northern Japan andCentral California on the coast. The greatest need of the state of Colorado is population. It has been estimated by competent authorities that the state of Coloradocan well sustain a population of 5,000,000 A Drop on the Great Gunnison Tunnel ProjectThe U. S. Reclamation Service has spent nearly nine million dollars on this Irrigation EnterpriseIt will water 150,000 acres of Arid Land in the Uncompahgre Valley
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