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pounds. The yield of walnuts was liberal, the 

 total being 14,400,000 pounds. Almonds were 

 scarce, the estimated yield being 5,400,000 pounds. 

 Late statistics show that the State has about 

 30,000,000 fruit-trees of all kinds, more than two- 

 thirds being in full bearing. Santa Clara County 

 has more than 4,000,000 trees, and Los Angeles 

 County nearly 3,000,000. The northern part of 

 the State has about 09 per cent, of the trees, 

 and 31 per cent., mostly citrus trees, are in the 

 southern counties. The wine production of the 

 year was smaller than for the two previous years, 

 the total being 17,500,000 gallons, of which 

 12,000,000 gallons is estimated to be dry wine 

 and 5,500,000 sweet wine. The yield of brandy 

 was 810,000 gallons. The estimated pack of 

 canned fruits is 2,275,000 cases, each case con- 

 taining 2 dozen 2^-pound cans. In addition, 

 1,150,000 cases of canned vegetables were put up. 

 Increased attention is being given to candied fruits. 



Railroads. The principal event of the year 

 was the opening of a new through coast line 

 from San Francisco to Los Angeles, thus making 

 a continuous rail line from San Francisco to New 

 Orleans. This shortens the overland trip by the 

 southern route nearly half a day, besides being 

 much pleasanter for travel. Instead of bringing 

 passenger-trains up through the vast grain-fields 

 and cattle-ranges of the San Joaquin valley, the 

 trains now follow the coast-line with the Pacific 

 ocean in view for nearly 100 miles, thence through 

 big-tree groves and the orchards and vineyards 

 of the beautiful Santa Cruz mountains and the 

 Santa Clara valley to San Francisco. In the 

 northern part of the State the railroad has ex- 

 tended its northern terminal 25 miles beyond 

 Ukiah, and the work is still going on toward 

 Eureka, in Humboldt County. The line between 

 San Francisco and San Jos6 is being improved, 

 and will be double-tracked the entire distance. 



Manufactures. The State has always been 

 at a great disadvantage in the utilization of its 

 resources because of the high cost of fuel. The 

 last year, however, has witnessed a marked ad- 

 vance owing to the abundance of petroleum oil 

 and the transmission of electric power developed 

 by water-pressure in the mountains. With these 

 two sources of power manufacturing has largely 

 increased, and the output of 1901 is nearly 50 

 per cent, greater than in any previous year. 



COLORADO, a Western State, admitted to the 

 Union Aug. 1, 1876; area, 103,969 square miles. 

 The population was 194,327 in 1880; 412,198 in 

 1890; and 539,700 in 1900. Capital, Denver. 



Government. The following were the State 

 officers in 1901: Governor, James B. Orman, 

 Democrat ; Lieutenant-Governor, David C. Coates, 

 Populist; Secretary of State, David A. Mills, 

 Populist; Treasurer, J. N. Chipley, Silver Repub- 

 lican; Auditor, Charles W. Crouter, Democrat; 

 Adjutant-General, G. F. Gardner, Populist; At- 

 torney-General, Charles C. Post, Democrat; Su- 

 perintendent of Public Instruction, Helen L. 

 Grenfell, Democrat; Chief Justice of the Supreme 

 Court, John Campbell, Republican ; Associate Jus- 

 tices, Robert W. Steele and William H. Gabbert; 

 Clerk, H. G. Clark. 



The State officers are elected in even-numbered 

 years, the term beginning in January of odd- 

 numbered years. The Legislature holds biennial 

 sessions, beginning in January of odd-numbered 

 years, limited to ninety days. 



Valuation. In 1898 the assessed valuation 

 was $192,243,080; in 1899 it was $203,486,692; in 

 1900 it was $216,776,356. 



Education. In 1900 the State paid for the 

 support of schools $2,894,331, an increase of near- 



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of children of 

 The actual 

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JA1IES B. ORMAX, 

 GOVERNOR OF COLORADO. 



ly $400,000 over IS'W. Th 

 school age for 1000 \\\[ ~ 

 school enrolment for t.htii 

 increase of about 10,000 over |.s!i 

 of school-buildings erected in I.Y.I 

 126. The attendance at, the Slate 

 in 1900 rose to 575, an inci<- ;i M ,,i 7 

 The State School 

 of Mines had 235 

 students, an in- 

 crease of about 

 one-third over 1899, 

 filling the school 

 to its utmost ca- 

 pacity. The State 

 University, at 

 Boulder, had in 

 1901 900 students 

 in all departments, 

 and 92 instruct- 

 ors. The enrol- 

 ment of the Agri- 

 cultural College, 

 the University of 

 Denver, and the 

 Colorado College 

 also showed a 

 large increase for 

 1900-1901. The 

 other higher 

 schools of the State show a gratifying condition 

 of growth and prosperity. The attendance and 

 the enlargement of facilities at the State Uni- 

 versity in 1901 surpassed the records of all pre- 

 vious years. A new library building is one of 

 the latest additions. 



Last year Colorado College received a donation 

 of $100,000 for a new science building. 



The University of Denver in 1901 erected new 

 houses for the accommodation of students. 



Productions. The report of the Director of 

 the United States Mint, issued early in 1901, 

 showed that while the total production of gold 

 in the country during the calendar year 1900 

 was valued at over $79,000,000, the product of 

 Colorado, by far larger than that of any other 

 State, amounted to $29,500,000. In the output 

 of silver this was also the leading State, being 

 credited with more than 20,000,000 fine ounces. 

 Of lead, Colorado in 1900 produced 82,137 short 

 tons, against 70,308 in 1899, and her copper pro- 

 duction was about 8,000,000 pounds. About 

 5,300,000 tons of coal were produced in 1900, being 

 an increase of nearly 500,000 tons over 1899, and 

 making Colorado seventh among the coal-produ- 

 cing States. The iron and steel production of 1900> 

 was worth about $6,000,000, the increase in iron, 

 ore being nearly 45,000,000 pounds, that in pig; 

 iron almost 50,000,000 pounds, and that in steel 

 rails close upon 80,000,000. More than 500,000 

 tons of coke were produced a substantial in-? 

 crease over 1899, showing a corresponding growth 

 in various industries. 



The biennial report of the Commissioner of 

 Mines, filed at the close of 1900, presents many 

 interesting facts, covering the entire mining his- 

 tory of the State. 



There were 40,111 men employed in mining dur- 

 ing 190016,040 above ground and 24,071 below 

 ground. For the first time definite figures are 

 given for the 1899 production of minerals in the 

 State, namely, $48,320,341.98, divided as follows: 

 Gold, $26,508,675.57; silver, $13,771,731,10; cop- 

 per, $1,869,166.78; lead, $6,170,765.63. There were 

 210 fatal and 1,001 non-fatal accidents in the 

 mines under the commissioner's jurisdiction dur- 

 ing the biennial period. 



