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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 ^i>'rown at higljer 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 uniuy varieties of grapes. At elevations 1,000 or 2,000 feet higher 

 in the mountain x)arks and vaHeys, or upon the Arkansas-Platte Divide, 

 oats, rye, barley, buckwheat, potatoes, turnips, timoth}-, and other 

 grasses, tame and native, are successfully cultivated 5 usually without 

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

 being done in many parts of the mountain region. 



The yield of precious metals for the year 1880 is oflicially reported as 

 follows : 



state or Territory. 



Idaho 



Montana 



Colorado 



Utah 



Kew Mexico . 

 "Wyorain.^- ... 



Total in Ilocky Moautain region 



Percentage of total product in United States 



Gold. 



Silver. 



$1, 800, 000 

 4, 425, 000 

 4, 450, 000 

 216, 000 

 400, 000 



$3, 600, 000 

 12, 490, 000 

 16, 000, 000 

 G, 500, 000 

 2, 300, 000 



n 



11,291,000 



40, 800, 000 



32.4 



79. "5 



* No report. 



The copper product of the Eocky j\[onntain region is given in pounds 

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

 compiled hy Mr. D. T. Day, of the U. S. Geological Survey : 



state or Territory. 



1882. 



18S3. 



1881. 



1885. 



1886. 



Idaho 







46, 667 

 43, 093, 054 



40, 381 

 67, 797, 864 





Montana 



Wyoming 



9, 058, 284 

 11)0, 000 



1, 4!U, 000 

 605, 880 

 869, 498 



24, 664, 346 

 962, 468 

 1, 152, 652 

 341,885 

 823, 51 1 



57, 611, 621 



Colorado 



Utah 



New Mexico 



Total 



Total of United States 



Percentage from Eocky Mountain 

 region 1 



2,013, 125 

 2(;5, 526 

 59, 450 



1, 146, 400 

 126, 199 

 79,839 



409, 306 

 500, 000 

 558, 385 



12, 127, 662 



27, 944, 862 



45, 477, 822 j 69, 190, 743 



*69, 079, 312 



90, 646, 232 



115, 526, 053 



144, 946, 000 ' 165, 875, 000 



156, 735, 000 



13.3 



24.2 



31.3 



41.7 



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* The decrease of production in 1886 Avas due partly to labor troubles and 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, COO 



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



