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a few miles distant bat 1,500 or 2,000 feet lower in altitude. As the 

 season advances nearly the same products are grown at higher eleva- 

 tions. Upon the farms of this region are raised wheat, oats, alfalfa, 

 timothy, red and white clover, and other grains and grasses. In the 

 orchards and gardens are found the hardier and smaller fruits, includ- 

 ing many varieties of grapes. At elevations 1,000 or 2,000 ieet higher 

 in the mountain parks and valleys, or upon the Arkansas-Platte Divide, 

 oats, rye, barley, buckwheat, potatoes, turnips, timothy, and other 

 grasses, tame and native, are successfully cultivated ; usuall^^ without 

 the aid of irrigation. The foregoing is only an illustration of what is 

 being done in many i^arts of the mountain region. 



The yield of precious metals for the year 188G is officially reported as 

 follows : 



state or Territory. 



Gold. 



Silver. 



Iflabo . 



Montau;i 



Coloiado 



Utali 



New Mexico - 

 "Wyoming - - - 



Total iu Rocky Moiiutaiu region 



Percentage of total product in United States 



$1, 800, 000 



$3, COO, 000 



4, 425, 000 



12, 400, 000 



4, 450, 000 



le, 000, 000 



216,000 



6, 500, 000 



400, 000 



2, 300, 000 



(*) 



n 



11,291,000 



40, 800, 000 



* No report. 



' The copper product of the Rocky Mountain region is given in pounds 

 as follows by Mr. Kirchhoff, jr., in the report of the mining statistics 

 compiled by Mr. 1). T. Day, of the U. S. Geological Survey : 



state or Territory. 



1882. 



1883. 



1881. 



1885. 



1880. 









46, 667 

 43, 093, 054 



40, 381 



67, 797, 864 





Montana ... 



9, 058, 284 

 100, 000 



1, 494, 000 

 COJ, 880 

 869, 498 



24, 664, 346 



962, 468 



1, 152,652 



341, 885 



823,511 



57 611 621 







Colorado 



2,013,125 

 265, 526 

 59, 450 



1, 146, 460 

 126,199 

 79, 839 



409 306 



Utah 



500, 000 

 558, 385 







Total 



12, 127,CG2 



27, 944, 862 



45, 477, 822 



69, 190, 743 



*69, 079, 312 







Total of United States 



Percentage from Rocky Mountain 

 region . .. 



90, 646, 232 

 13.3 



11.5, 526, 053 

 24.2 



144, 940, 000 

 31.3 



1(55, 875, 000 

 41.7 



156, 735, 000 

 44 



. 





* The decrease of production iu 1880 was due partly to labor troubles aud partly to unfavorable 

 market conditions. 



The lead product in 1886 for the region may be estimated as follows : 



Short tons. 



Utah .,. 20,000 



Colorado 59,000 



Idaho 16,000 



Total 95,C00 



or about 75 per cent, of the total lead product of the United States. 



