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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 produc- 

 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 industrj^ Fine marble quarries of great extent have 

 also been discovered at various points, and are receiving due attention 

 and development, 



POPULATION" AKD YAI.1TES. 



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, 250,- 

 000; Kew Mexico, 148,000 ; Utah, 196,600; total, 906,850, The prin- 

 cipal towns and their population are as follows : 



IdaJio.— Boise Citv, 3,000; Hailey, 2,500; Ketohum, 2,000; Paris, 

 1,000. 



Montana.-'Relma, 10,000 ; Butte City, 15,000 ; Missoula, 2,500 ; Boze- 

 man, 2,500; Fort Benton, Billings, and Miles City, about 1,500 each. 



Wyoming.— GheyQune, 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; Lead ville, 11,000; Col- 

 orado Springs, 5,800. 



New Mexico. — Santa Fe, 7,000 ; Albuquerque, 10,000. 



Utah.—^3lt Lake City, 20,768. 



The following are the assessed valuations for the year 1887 of real 

 and personal property, exclusive of mines : 



Idaho 120,741.192.00 



Montana 60,200,000.00 



Wyoming 32,089,613.00 



Colorado 136,322,313.00 



New Mexico 63,000,000.00 



Utali » .- 35,865,000.00 



More detailed statements can be given as follows: 



NOTii;. — For the purpose of comparison, the estimates of tlie numbers and value of 

 if arm animals, January 1, 1887, made by the Statisticiq^n of the Department pf Agri- 

 f.Tilture^ are appended to the assessed valuations, 

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