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WYOMING 



of Yellowstone Park there are great for- 

 lodge-pole pine; the forests of the Bighorn 

 Mountains and the Black Hills produce yellow 

 pine, and the Medicine Bow slopes yield the 

 Douglas fir and Rocky Mountains white pine. 

 Juniper, willow, ash, scrub oak and wild plum 

 and cherry trees grow in the foothills, but occa- 

 sional cot ton woods along the streams are the 

 only trees of the plains. 



Minerals. The development of Wyoming's 

 great mineral wealth has been retarded by the 

 lack of railroads. With increased facilities for 

 transportation, mining is likely to prove the 

 prime factor in the growth of the state. Al- 

 though gold, silver and other valuable minerals 

 are found in the mountains, mining has been 



mineral product in point of importance. The 

 output has decreased since 1913, and the state 

 has fallen from sixth to eighth rank in iron 

 production. Gypsum, copper, building stone, 

 sand and gravel, mineral waters and gold and 

 silver are produced in small quantities. A few 

 gems and precious stones, and phosphate, 

 graphite and asphaltum deposits are found. 



Manufactures. Although the abundance of 

 fuel, the rich minerals and the live-stock prod- 

 ucts constitute- a broad basis for the develop- 

 ment of large industries, there has been little 

 growth of the manufacturing interests. The 

 value of the state's manufactures is only about 

 83,000,000 a year. The most important indus- 

 tries are the construction of cars and general 



THE FARM 

 Wool 



Cattle sold 

 Sheep sold 

 Oats 

 Alfalfa 

 Wild Hay 

 Potatoes 

 Spring Wheat 

 Winter Wheat 

 Horses sold 

 Eggs 



"Rmothy.Clover 

 Corn 

 Barley 

 Butter 



WYOMING PRODUCTS CHART 



Figures Based on U.S. Government Reports 



Millions of Dollars Annually 

 1 2. 4 6 8 



THE FACTORY 



Steel. Iron 

 Wall Plaster 

 Leather Goods 

 Brooms 



Steam Laundries 

 Beer, etc. 

 Bread, etc. 

 Milk Products 

 Printing .Publish ing 

 Flour, Grist 

 Lumber .Timber 

 Railroad Shop WorK 



THE MINE 

 Petroleum 

 Coal 



limited principally to the production of coal. 

 In 1915 the output was 6,268,989 tons, the value 

 of which constituted almost five-sixths of the 

 income from all mineral products. The coal 

 fields are in the southwestern part of the state, 

 and the available supply is enormous. Wyo- 

 ming usually ranks twelfth among the states in 

 the production of coal. 



Petroleum is next in importance among the 

 mineral products of the state. The oil indus- 

 try has shown remarkable growth, and Wyo- 

 ming is now among the ten leading oil-pro- 

 ducing states in the Union. Ninety-six per 

 cent of the output comes from the Salt Creek 

 and Shannon fields, in Natrona County. Field 

 work has been especially active; '104 wells were 

 dug in 1916; an important new field was 

 opened in Hot Springs County. 



Iron ore is mined in the southeastern slopes 

 of the Laramie Mountains, and is the third 



repair work for the railroads, the manufacture 

 of lumber and timber products, the milling of 

 flour and grist, printing and publishing and the 

 making of butter, condensed milk and cheese. 



Transportation. Wyoming has no navigable 

 rivers, and proportionately less railroad mile- 

 age than any other state. In 1917 there were 

 less than 2,100 miles of railroad in the state, 

 and the only means of communication with the 

 towns of the central and west-central sections 

 was by stagecoach over rough and mountain- 

 ous roads. The southern part of the state is 

 traversed by the Union Pacific line, and the 

 Chicago, Burlington & Quincy extends across 

 the northeastern corner. A spur of the Chicago 

 & North Western enters the state, and a branch 

 of the Northern Pacific extends from Montana. 

 to Yellowstone Park. 



The limited. railway .mileage is due to the 

 mountainous character of the state. 



