The land of sunshine; a handbook of the resources, products, industries and climate of New Mexico . eing grouped around the county seat of Gallup. TheSanta Fe Pacific Railroad cuts from east to west for aboutseventy-five miles and a branch road has been built fromThoreau into the Zuni mountains timber districts which arebeing exploited and add considerably to its business. A northand south railroad has been surveyed to be known as the Colo-rado and Gulf Railway and is to be built from Durango, Colo-rado, to Clifton, Arizona. In the eastern part are good copperindications, while around Manuelit
The land of sunshine; a handbook of the resources, products, industries and climate of New Mexico . eing grouped around the county seat of Gallup. TheSanta Fe Pacific Railroad cuts from east to west for aboutseventy-five miles and a branch road has been built fromThoreau into the Zuni mountains timber districts which arebeing exploited and add considerably to its business. A northand south railroad has been surveyed to be known as the Colo-rado and Gulf Railway and is to be built from Durango, Colo-rado, to Clifton, Arizona. In the eastern part are good copperindications, while around Manuelito considerable prospectingfor oil has been done as the indications are very of Gallup are salt lakes which will ultimately be of com-mercial value. A portion of the northern part of the countyis covered with lava. In the southeastern part are chff dwel-hngs and other prehistoric ruins. Excavations which havebeen made north of Thoreau have brought forth many relicswhich are finding their way to eastern museums. The ChacoCanon and the Pueblo Bonito, which are on the San Juan coun-. THE LAND OF SUNSHINE. 199 ty boundary line, are visited by many tourists and containsome of the best preserved cliff dwellings in New of the large Navajo Indian reservation is in northwesternMcKinley county. The Navajoes are wealthy in sheep andhorses and are good workmen who are given employment onthe railroads and in the sugar beet fields of Colorado. Theyare the finest blanket weavers among Indian tribes and theirfame as silversmiths has spread far and wide. Part of the res-ervation is excellent range country, especially for sheep. Richmineral indications, especially copper, also exist. In the south-ern part is the Zuni Indian reservation, the principal pueblo,Zuni, being one of the Seven Cities of Cibola and one of themost ancient and interesting pueblos in the southwest, whoseannual dances attract more and more tourists every year. Thegovernment is building a $250,000 r
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