

DENVER has five mining exchanges; 

 population, 164,000; altitude, 5,280 feet; 

 area of city, forty-four and one-half square 

 miles: 5,000 acres in parks; manufacturers' 

 output, 1895, $50,000,000; gold output, 

 $17,000,000; silver output, $12,500,000; 

 total mineral output, $33,324,358.12; 

 live-stock receipts, 402,148 head; death 

 rate, 11.04 per 1,000; sun shines 315 days 

 in the year. 



As AN exchange says, many wildcat min- 

 ing companies are making a still hunt in 

 the east, taking good care that there pros- 

 pectuses and other advertising matter 

 shall not be seen at home where their false 

 pretenses would be speedily exposed. 

 Eastern investors will do well to ascertain 

 the home standing of a company before 

 putting their money in it. 



DENVER'S fourth mining stock exchange 

 will be known as the Denver Stock & 

 Mining Exchange, and has a membership 

 of 400, with the following officers: Thomas 

 B. Stuart, president; J. 11. Pratt and W. 

 D. Wright, vice-presidents; John McMil- 

 lan, secretary; and R. Mercy Anderson, 

 treasurer. A fifth exchange has been or- 

 ganized recently. 



The following is the world's output of 

 gold for the years named: 



1853 $155,000,000 



1874 90,000,000 



1883 95,000,000 



1887 106,000,000 



1890 113,000,000 



1893 155,000,000 



1894 179,000,000 



1895 203,000,000 



THE Reform Press Association of Illinois 

 has opened the columns of the papers con- 

 trolled by its members to the silver party. 

 In the resolutions adopted they state that 

 they look upon the silver party as a friend 

 and ally in the impending struggle between 

 the masses and the classes. 



J. J. MOTT, chairman of the national 

 committee of the silver party, has issued 

 an address to the people arraigning the old 

 parties for their financial attitude, and 



calling on Americans who are patriotic to 

 join in a concerted movement for the free 

 coinage of silver. 



THE Paris Economist says the stock of 

 gold in European state banks has increased 

 $622,500,000 since 1890. At the end of 

 1895, the banks of France and Russia 

 possessed gold representing half the stock 

 of all the banks of Europe. 



CY. WARMAN contributes to the Review of 

 Reviews for February a very readable ar- 

 ticle on "The Story of Cripple Creek," 

 illustrated by views of the camp and por- 

 traits of Messrs. D. H. Moffat and W. S. 

 Stratton. 



THE output of the DeLamar mine, in 

 Idaho, for the year 1895, is stated at 43,- 

 680 tons of ore. Total receipts, $935,- 

 899.57; expenses incurred, $469,807.85; 

 net profits, $466,091.72. 



THE Farmers' Institute of Camden 

 County, New Jersey, was practically unan- 

 imous in declaring for free coinage, and 

 sent a petition to Senator Teller to be pre- 

 sented to the Senate. 



A project is on foot to construct a reser- 

 voir in Platte Canon, Colorado, and use the 

 water power to generate electricity which 

 will operate an electric railway from Den- 

 ver to Cripple Creek. 



UTAH kept her reputation good as a sil- 

 ver and gold producing region during 

 1895, and toward the close of the year 

 several very rich new strikes of gold were 

 made. 



THE gold production of two great States 

 is compared like this: 



1893. 1894. 1895. 



California $12,538,780 $13,863,282 815,500,000 



Colorado 7,487,071 10,618,463 18,605,000 



THE Beaver Hill Coal Company in Ore- 

 gon are turning out 15,OGO tons a month. 

 The Colorado smelter, at Pueblo, is con- 

 templating a change in the power plant. 



THE DeLamar mines in Nevada have a 

 capacity of sixty-five tons daily. Some 

 new machinery, recently purchased, will in- 

 crease the output to 200 tons. 



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