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Coal.—Statisties relating to the production of coal will be found in 
another part of this report. 
STOCK-GROWING. 
This industry has been not only a very important buta very profitable 
one. During the last year or two, owing to a variety of causes—mis- 
management being a principal one—the leading branch of the business, 
cattle-raising, has not yielded much profit. The “range” system of 
raising cattle and horses, with its attendant. cruelties and losses, is 
gradually giving way to more humane and thrifty methods. Improved 
breeds are beirg introduced, and no doubt in the near future the busi- 
ness will be placed upon a much better footing than heretofore. In facet, 
the immense grazing resources of the region are likely to be more fully » 
utilized in the future than in the past. ; 
The estimated number of cattle in the Rocky Mountain region at the 
beginning of the present year (1887) was 4,919,113, and the value of the 
sanre $164,981 ,067. 
WOOL-GROWING. 
This is a branch of the live-stock industry which should not be over- _ 
looked. In Colorado and New Mexico it has long oceupied a promi- 
nent place, and it is gradually gaining ground in the surrounding 
Territories. Growing the mutton breeds of sheep is also receiving at- 
tention. 
The number of sheep in the region now under review was estimated 
to be, on the Istof January, 1887, 7,353,326, and their value $12,477,725. 
MANUFACTURES. 
Some of the leading manufactures are those connected with the mip- 
ing industry, such as the reduction of ores, manufacture of coke, char. 
coal, machinery, and castings. Iron furnaces, steel and nail works, 
rolling mills, foundries, etc., are mainly centered at Denver and Pueblo. 
The following is the product of the works of the Colorado Coal and 
Tron Company, at Pueblo, for the year 1886: 
Tons. 
(OH BERS Sorbie SA SAb es osoe 4odees Be ss6 eas cbse clases 615, 360 
COKE SaaS e = see ce et cee an wie cee ne ree eer eee eoUO 
Pig-iroa (five months’ run only) -.---.----------------- OR323 
Spleseleisem soe. so = 2 eee re ano te ol Sonera 982 
Steel xrails«(four- momths onilly,) 3 ses sae ee ae ee Reve 
Merchant DalstOUW ss a oats ore slo etter 4, 240 
Castings (for their own use only) ---------------------- 621 
@ast-1rol pip. soos. c= = eee niet mae erie ai ale 995 
Nails, kegs of 100 pounds each-..---.---..------------- 53, 200 
Track spikes, kegs of 150 pounds each -...---.--.--..--- 3, 370 
Smelting and reduction works are in operation in ail of the principay 
mining districts. The many minor manufactures and productions of 
this country can not here be described. When one considers the ex- 

