The land of sunshine, a handbook of the resources, products, industries and climate of New Mexico . cent; a maxi-mum temperature of 89 degrees; a minimum temperature of4 degrees; a precipitation of inches, a maximum monthlyprecipitation of inches, a minimum monthly precipitationof of an inch. Lands. Subject to entry under the federal land laws June 30, 1903,52,000,000 acres. Included in the three forest reserves, 5,125,-000 acres; in land grants approved by congress or the courts9,963,200 acres; by the court of private land claims, 1,934,986acres. The land grants approved by con
The land of sunshine, a handbook of the resources, products, industries and climate of New Mexico . cent; a maxi-mum temperature of 89 degrees; a minimum temperature of4 degrees; a precipitation of inches, a maximum monthlyprecipitation of inches, a minimum monthly precipitationof of an inch. Lands. Subject to entry under the federal land laws June 30, 1903,52,000,000 acres. Included in the three forest reserves, 5,125,-000 acres; in land grants approved by congress or the courts9,963,200 acres; by the court of private land claims, 1,934,986acres. The land grants approved by congress include 549,065acres belonging to the Indians. Public lands entered fromJune 30, 1900, to June 30, 1903, 2,179,738 acres. By years:From June 30, 1900, to June 30, 1901, 655,739 acres; June 30,1901, to June 30,1902, 441,871 acres; June 30,1902, to June 30,1903,1,082,128 acres. Of the above areas the following wereentered under the homestead laws from June 30,1900, to June30, 1903, 1,120,477 acres. By years: From June 30, 1900, toJune 30, 1901, 265,524 acres; from June 30, 1901, to June 30. BERNALILLO COUNTY COURT HOUSEAT ALBUQUERQUE. THE LAND OF SUNSHINE. 11 1902, 396,757 acres; from June 30, 1902, to June 30, 1903,468,196 acres. Desert land entries, June 30, 1900, to June 30, 1903, 129,395acres. By years: From June 30, 1900, to June 30, 1901, 8,472acres: from June 30, 1901, to June 30, 1902, 46,596, acres,from June 30, 1902, to June 30, 1903, 74,565 acres. Mineral Production. From 1860 to 1900 there were produced $17,600,000 worthof gold. In 1903, New Mexico produced: Gold, $384,685; sil-ver, $148,659; copper, $860,737; lead, $94,936; a total of$1,489,016. This does not include the production by individualplacer miners or by prospectors not mining in a systematicmanner. In addition there were produced large quantities ofcoal, iron, turquoise, gypsum, building material, and a num-ber of useful minerals and precious stones. The Colorado Fuel and Iron Company during the fisc
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