. Transactions . llustrated, weighing 2J pounds, I panned over11 ounce of gold. NOTES ON CERTAIN IRON-ORE DEPOSITS IN COLORADO. BY CHARLES M. ROLKER, NEW YORK CITY. The mining industry of Colorado received a powerful impetusfrom the enterprising railroad builders who, rating highly—perhaps,in some instances, too highly,—the natural resources and favorableconditions of the State for the production of the precious metals andlead, covered it, in advance of any thorough general development ofthese resources, with a network of railroads. At that time, every-thing was viewed couleur de rose; populat
. Transactions . llustrated, weighing 2J pounds, I panned over11 ounce of gold. NOTES ON CERTAIN IRON-ORE DEPOSITS IN COLORADO. BY CHARLES M. ROLKER, NEW YORK CITY. The mining industry of Colorado received a powerful impetusfrom the enterprising railroad builders who, rating highly—perhaps,in some instances, too highly,—the natural resources and favorableconditions of the State for the production of the precious metals andlead, covered it, in advance of any thorough general development ofthese resources, with a network of railroads. At that time, every-thing was viewed couleur de rose; population was gaining rapidly,and much more in the way of productivity was expected of certaindistricts than was subsequently realized. It is, therefore, not quitefair to judge of the wisdom of constructing some of the branches ofthe Colorado railroad system from the standpoint of later expe-rience. With the building of railroads, a demand sprang up for iron and NOTES ON CERTAIN IRON-ORE DEPOSITS IN COLORADO. 2G7. 268 NOTES ON CERTAIN IRON-ORE DEPOSITS IN COLORADO. rails. Coal having been already developed, the energetic railroadbuilders resolved to make their own iron, and also steel rails. Theycreated, by a consolidation of previously existing different interests,the Colorado Coal and Iron Company, which gave the first realstimulus to iron-ore mining in Colorado. It was successful in itsefforts to find deposits of magnetite and hematite in the State; and
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