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tensive water-power afforded by the mountain streams, the inexhaustible 
coal measures, and the amount and variety of raw material at hand, it 
seems more than probable that the manufactures of the region will rap- 
idly increase in number and importance. In view of the great produce- 
tion of wool here, it is difficult to understand why cloth and woolen fac- 
tories have not already been established. 
STONE AND MARBLE. 
Extensive and valuable stone quarries have been developed and 
worked wherever building operations have created a demand for stone. 
The existence of many elegant and substantial public buildings, busi- 
ness blocks and residences, constructed of this material, attest the extent 
and value of this industry. Fine marble quarries of great extent have 
also been discovered at various points, and are receiving due attention 
and development. 
POPULATION AND VALUES. 
An estimate, based mainly upon official reports, of the present popu- 
lation of Colorado and the Territories under consideration is, in round 
numbers, as follows : 
Idaho, 97,250; Montana, 130,000; Wyoming, 85,000; Colorado, 25 
000; New Mexico, 148,000; Utah, 196,600 ; total, 906,550, The ae: 
cipal towns and their popuiation are as follows: 
Idaho.—Boisé City, 3,000; Hailey, 2,500; Ketchum, 2,000 ; Paris, 
1,000. 
” Montana.—-Helena, 10,900; Butte City, 15,000; Missoula, 2,500; Boze- 
man, 2,500; Fort Benton, Billings, and Miles City, about 1,500 each. 
Wyoming.—Cheyenne, 7,700; Laramie, 5,100; Rawlins, 1,500; Evans- 
ton, 1,800; Rock Springs, 1,200; Douglas, 1,200; Carbon, 1,000. 
Colorado.—Denver, 62,000; Pueblo, 12,500; Leadville, 11,000; Col- 
orado Springs, 5,800. 
New Mexico.—Santa Fé, 7,000 ; Albuquerque, 10,000. 
Utah.—Salt Lake City, 20,768. 
The following are the assessed valuations for the year 1887 of real 
and personal property, exclusive of mines : 
eee 20 DAS SBA ee EB pOod! Song Sonn Sebo REDE oepSooOd 20, 741, 192. 00 
Se See 0 2s i es Se ae eee ene 60, 200, 000. 00 
RARE rea ler ear Si Berean nem wri ininw oe ole em Sie eines we eo eis tanned 32, 089, 613. 00 
Ma a Bay SE eee Se Seem asite ls are onc ctameposeia neers 136, 322, 313, 00 
INP eee a od bake md svc ca afnine sna JsiniSewe Sele cee sce steeccce 63, 000, 000. 00 
EM ia era ears oo ao aay wclacedis ne sce ctceds ssausivieseces 30, 865, 000. 00 
More detailed statements can be given as follows: 
Notrr.—For the purpose of comparison, the estimates of the numbers and value of 
farm animals, January 1, 1887, made by the Statistician of the Department of Agri- 
cuiture, are appended to the assessed valuations, 
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