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Indeed the irJiahitiiuts of the Rio Grande will never require any other 

 fertilizer tlian tlie waters of the Rio Grande Del Norte." 



.MINERAL RESOURCES. 



Colli.— The Fort Union coal formation underlies most all the lands in 

 this re.yii»n. except tlie mountain districts. Its coal outcrops are quite a 

 distance from tlie railroad and until just recently only Mexicans and In- 

 dians knew of its occurrence. The coal is a s'ood quality and the seams 

 are tliick. It is reasonable to lielieve tliat tlu" time is not far distant when 

 coal will lie mined there on a large scale. 



<li/lisiini.~T\n' .lurassic rocks, wherever found, are capped with gypsiim 

 from ten to forty feet in tliickness. Owini;- to its tliickncss and its laclv of 



Picture showing Tufa near Jumez Hot Springs. 



