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COLORADO. 



COLORADO. The following were the State 

 officers during the year : Governor, Frederick 

 W. Pitkin (Republican) ; Lieutenant-Governor, 

 H. A. W. Tabor; Secretary of State, N. H. 

 Melldrum ; Treasurer, Nathan S. Culver ; Au- 

 ditor, Eugene K. Stimpson ; Attorney- General, 

 Charles W. Wright ; Superintendent of Public 

 Instruction, Joseph C. Shattuck ; Adjutant- 

 General, Robert S. Roe; State Librarian, Jo- 

 seph 0. Shattuck. Supreme Court Henry 0. 

 Thatcher, Chief-Justice, and Samuel H. Elbert 

 and Wilbur F. Stone, associates. 



STATISTICS. From the county returns to the 

 State Auditor of taxable property, it appears 

 that Lake, Fremont, and Gilpin are the only 

 counties which do not show an increase in 

 their wealth. The increased valuation for the 

 year is $19,884,357.09. The county values are 

 as follows : 



Total valuation as reported $104,440,683 5T 



General revenue fund, 4-mill tax 



Capitol Building, i-mill tax 



Agricultural College, J-mill tax 



Insane Asylum, -mill tax 



Mute and blind fund, -mill tax 



School of Mines fund, -mill tax 



University of Colorado fund, ^-mill tax 



Stock-inspection fund, A-mill tax 



Military poll-tax fund, |l per poll on 28,776 



417,762 73 

 52,220 34 

 20,888 14 

 20,888 14 

 20,888 14 

 20,888 14 

 20,888 14 

 6,962 71 



28,776 00 

 Grand total tax for the State $610,162 48 



The following is a statement of the bullion 

 product for 1881 : 



Boulder County $535,482 88 



Chaflee County 196,400 00 



Custer County 755,600 00 



Clear Creek County 2,204,980 34 



Dolores County 125,000 00 



Fremont County 14,535 50 



Gilpin County 2,150,700 00 



Grand County 10,000 00 



Gunnison County 535,033 00 



Arapahoo $34,557,730 00 Hinsdale County 187,375 00 



Bent 8,282,011 00 Lake County 12,738,902 00 



Boulder 4,477,05000 La Plata and San Juan Counties 40,00000 



Chaffee 2,651,563 00 Ouray County 78,000 00 



Clear Creek 2,128,209 29 Park County 350,000 00 



Conejos 1,486,29800 Pitkin County 120,00000 



Costilla 958,981 48 Kio Grande County 280,000 00 



Custer . 1,478,528 51 Saguache County 53,500 00 



Dolores 484,550 00 Summit County 1,828,000 00 



Douglas 1,242,144 00 



Elbert 1,610,553 00 Total $22,203,508 72 



ElPaso 4,879,37500 _ .. . -, ,, . . . , 



Fremont 2,004,155 oo On the whole, the mining industry was pros- 



jjUJlJ-" If 425 079 oo P erous Curing the year. In most of the newer 



Gunnison'.'.'.".'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'."".'.'.".'."!.'.'.".'.'.'.'.' 2,340^95600 districts a considerable increase of develop- 



Hinsdaie '830,46000 ment and production took place. The gross 



?Z^ ;::::::::::::::;:;::;;::::;;::;;;:: iSSS return * m be somewhat greater than that of 



Lake 4,586,07500 188.1. The yield of the Leadville mines is the 



Jifk ' ' ' foS 260 oo S reatest e ver produced in that section. The 



Las Ar.ima's '.'.'.'. '. !!!!!!!!!!!!! '. '.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'. '. '. '. \ sjooi J43 oo San Juan country will give a much larger re- 



Ouray 657,533 oo turn than ever before, and the same is ex- 



Pitkin : : ::::::::::::::::::::'.: 1 SS 22 pected of Gunnison and pitkm. summit win 



Pueblo'.'.'.'.!'.".'.!'.'.'.;'.'.'.!'.'.!;'.'.'.!'.!'.!'.'.'.;'.'.'.! 7,066/T20 oo yield about the same as in 1881, Boulder near- 



Rio Grande... 1,081,716 00 ly fifty per cent more> wMle Q ilpm and CIea ' r 



Saguache; .";;;;.".!!!'.! ! ! !'.!'.!! ! ! ! ". '. ! ! ! !!'.! ! ! is&\m oo Creek will make a good report. But few sales 



San Juan 624,67500 were made, though several of considerable 



WeTcT. ! ! !!.!!!!:!!:!!!!;!!!;'.!!! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! 6,113,395 Ss magnitude were under negotiation at the close 



- of the year. There were no excitements and 



Total $104,440,683 5T but fe w i mport ant discoveries, yet the develop- 



The value of the different items of property ment m &H sections continued with more or 



is as follows : l ess energy. The most conspicuous event was 



valuation. the removal of the Grant smelter to Denver, 



2,642,777^ acres of land and improvements.. $18,714,386 oo and the erection there of one of the finest es- 



2,245^ miles of railroad and valuation 17,788,153 24 tohlisrimfmta rf ire tinrl in tliA wnrlrl A ma 



Value of merchandise 7>82 912 00 taUShmentS Ot ^ It* kind m tne world. A ma- 

 Amount of capital in manufacturing 907,921 oo terial advance in the treatment of low-grade 



Tpwn and city lota 89,187 ,284 oo O res has been made by the successful establish- 



m^:::::;:::;:;:::::;;;c:;:::;::;: i^S??? ment of the Bancroft- walker process, which 



4iOasses 5,54900 will take a prominent part in the affairs of 



B t^::::::;:;;::::::::::::::::::::: SSSSJffi **** * is understood that a large par t of 



4,167 goats 4,028 oo these mills will be manufactured in Denver. 



ffiS5asa : %&% , ? e P r dnc f t f the Leadvill f trict * or * 



Musical instruments 297 214 oo lwt quarter of the year was as follows : Pounds 



Clocks and watches 299,681 50 of lead, 17,009,228 ; ounces of silver, 1,336,212 ; 



fS^ 1 ^,^":^;;; ::::: ^USS ounces' of 'gold, 2,921. Total currency v'alue! 



Carriages and vehicles of all kinds 915,936 00 $5,783,127. The total value of the output for 



SS^UW 7 . ;:::::::::::: *$$ JS the last four y ears ha8 been as foll W8: 



Bank and other shares 1,201,878 00 1879 $10,383,740 1 1881 ... . . ..$13,170.576 



Insurance premiums 283,223 44 1880 14,187,697(1882 183$898 



Granatotal $104,440,683 57 The population of the State in 1880 was 



The State tax for the year is: 194,327, of whom 129,131 were males and 65,- 



