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Title: The land of sunshine, a handbook of the resources, products, industries and climate of New Mexico
Year: 1904 (1900s)
Authors: New Mexico. Bureau of Immigration Frost, Max, comp Walter, Paul A. F
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Publisher: (Santa Fe, N.M.) J.S. Duncan: public printer
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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for 1903 at $531,000, and of silver at $586,000. Coal. Area of prospected coal lands, 1,493,480 acres; amount ofcoal in sight, 8,813,840,000 tons valued at $10,000,000,000. Coalproduced from June 30, 1900, to June 30, 1903, 3,710,000 tons,valued at $5,011,281. Coke produced during the same period,94,697 tons, valued at $252,642. There were twenty-eight coalmines worked during the past year; three new mines wereopened, one resumed, and two were abandoned. Coal producedfrom June 30, 1900, to June 30, 1901, 1,217,230 tons, valued at$1,605,174; from June 30, 1901, to June 30,19l)2, 1,322,944 tons,$1,609,848; from June 30,1902, to June 30,1903,1,359,530 tons,valued at $1,795,208. Coke as follows: From June 30, 1900,to June 30, 1901, 42,732 tons, valued at$117,516; from June 30,1901 to June 30, 1902, 25,012 tons, valued at $58,207; from June30, 1902, to June 30, 1903, 26,353 tons, valued at $76,919. Menemployed in the coal mines June 30,1901,1,870; June 30, 1902,1,682; June 30, 1903, 2,341.
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THE LAND OF SUNSHINE. 13 Railroads. There were 1,679 miles of railroad on June 30, 1900; 1,9^1miles on June 30, 1901: 2,263 miles on June 30, 1902; 2,520miles on June 30, 1903, a total increase in three years of 841miles. Stock. According to the best estimates, there are here 1,123,000head of cattle; 5,674,000 sheep, 250,000 goats, 97,500 horses.The wool crop in 1903 was 22,000,000 pounds. During the lastfiscal year there were shipped out of the territory 184,602 cat-tle, 5,562 horses and 422,252 sheep. Internal Revenue. From June 30, 1900, to June 30, 1903, New Mexico paid$130,375 in internal revenue. For the year ending June 30,1903, $33,918; for the year ending June 30, 1902, $37,847; forthe year ending June 30, 1901, $58,607. Incorporations. In the past three fiscal years 553 companies filed incorpora-tion papers, with a capitalization of $309,711,966 with the Ter-ritorial Secretary. In the fiscal year ending June 30, 1901,149 companies incorporated with a capital stock of $89,735

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