. The American educator; completely remodelled and rewritten from original text of the New practical reference library, with new plans and additional material. e, bituminous coal and ligniteare found, and the yearly output is over3,000,000 tons. The mining of gold ranksnext in importance, and this is followed bysilver. Emeralds, turquoises and other pre-cious stones are found in paying quantities,and other minerals worked include zinc, lead,gypsum, iron ore, mica, clay and salt. Manufactures. The manufactures arelimited in extent, but since 1890 they haverapidly increased in number and importa
. The American educator; completely remodelled and rewritten from original text of the New practical reference library, with new plans and additional material. e, bituminous coal and ligniteare found, and the yearly output is over3,000,000 tons. The mining of gold ranksnext in importance, and this is followed bysilver. Emeralds, turquoises and other pre-cious stones are found in paying quantities,and other minerals worked include zinc, lead,gypsum, iron ore, mica, clay and salt. Manufactures. The manufactures arelimited in extent, but since 1890 they haverapidly increased in number and of the industries are connected with thesmelting and refining of ore and the construc-tion and repairing of cars and locomotivesfor the railway lines passing through thestate. There are a number of flour mills,some sawmills and numerous carpentry andrepair shops in various localities to meet thedemands of the surrounding population. Theproduction of large quantities of wool hasled to the establishing of several plants forwool-scouring. There are also a number ofbeet-sugar factories and establishments forcanning fruit. NEW MEXICO 2540 NEW MEXICO. Transportation. The Atchison, Topeka &Santa Fe Railway system enters the state inthe northeastern section and extends acrossit from north to south, following, through alarge part of the way, the valley of the RioGrande River. The western branch of thisline extends westward to the Pacific coast andeast to Texas and the Gulf of Mexico. Abranch of the Southern Pacific enters NewMexico from the east and traverses it in asouthwesterly direction to El Paso, thencewestward into Arizona and then to thePacific coast. The other important lines arethe El Paso & Southwestern and the Denver& Rio Grande. The total railway mileage isabout 3,000. Education. The large number of Spanish-speaking residents gave New Mexico a highrate of illiteracy in the past, but this rateis rapidly being lowered as the public schoolsystem is becoming steadily mo
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