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Title: The fertile lands of Colorado and northern New Mexico ..
Year: 1912 (1910s)
Authors: Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company Lyman, Clarence Augustus, 1871-
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Publisher: (Denver?) Passenger Dept., the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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ted with towering der-ricks, for it is the center of the oil industry in the West. Acres which onthe surface produce abundantly of every good thing yield a second crop ofpetroleum from far beneath the surface. There are oil refineries at Florence THE FERTILE LANDS OF COLORADO 41 which handle not only the petroleum produced from the local wells, but oilbrought in tank cars from all the other districts of Colorado. Florence, besidesthe kerosene business, has also a large smelting and ore milling industry. Ithas direct rail connection to the great gold camp of Cripple Creek, and itscyanide and chlorination mills send to the mints every year millions of dol-lars worth of gold ingots. The town is well built and prosperous, and itsvaried industries afford a good home market for the adjoining farms. Flor-ence has good schools, churches, large commercial houses and practically allthe advantages of a city, besides being rated one of the most progressive andenterprising communities in the West.
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An Orchard near Florence WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY The Wet Mountain Valley, situated in Custer and Fremont counties,Colorado, almost directly south of Canon City, ranks foremost among themany fertile mountain valleys of the state. Extending for thirty miles in anearly north and south direction between the Sangre de Cristo Range on thewest and the Wet Mountain Range on the east, with an average width ofseven miles of arable land, it combines all the advantages of climate, soil, etc.,and is the home of a populous and prosperous agricultural community. Themean altitude of the valley proper is about 7,500 feet. It is drained by Grapeand Texas creeks, both of which streams flow toward the northeast into theArkansas River, and is abundantly watered by numerous tributaries, whichcome down from natural lakes high up in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains.For miles the valley presents an almost level appearance, with just sufficientslope toward the north and east to facilitate irrigation. 42 THE FERTILE

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